Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

Material from 2006:

4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
175 Multimedia files

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Difficult weaning from ventilator

Symposium
Chairs: M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany)
Aims: This symposium will elaborate pathophysiology of weaning failure and provide participants with an update on:
• the impact of different weaning strategies;
• the impact of specialised facility and post-weaning care. Target audience: Clinicians, intensivists, physiotherapists, nurses with an interest in respiratory failure.

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Pathophysiology of weaning failure including weaning predictors T. Vassilakopoulos (Heraklion Athens, Greece)
*Weaning strategies: protocolized weaning, ventilator modes and invasive versus* noninvasive ventilation** L. Brochard (Creteil, France)
Impact of weaning facility: RICU, intermediate care and specialized ward M. Vitacca (Gussago, Italy)
Post-weaning care and terminal weaning A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)