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PG11 Sleep and acute respiratory failure (ARF)

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: M.R. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), M.W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Aims: To revisit sleep-disordered breathing as a possible precipitating cause of respiratory failure, to describe sleep disturbances in patients with ARF, and to analyse the effects of drugs and noninvasive ventilation on sleep.

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ADULT: Module B.10 Respiratory Failure, Module B.19 Sleep-related disorders, Module E.1.6 Treatment modalities and prevention measures, Ventilatory Support (invasive/non-invasive/CPAP)

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Sleep-disordered breathing that leads to severe respiratory failure: mechanisms and clinical presentation O. Marrone (Palermo, Italy)
Does acute respiratory failure affect sleep? A. Piper (Sydney, Australia)
Prevention and treatment of sleep disturbances in acute respiratory failure: the role of drugs C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy)
Prevention and treatment of sleep disturbances in acute respiratory failure: the role of noninvasive ventilation M.W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)