Annual Congress Stockholm 2007

Saturday, 15.09.2007
Sunday, 16.09.2007
Monday, 17.09.2007
Tuesday, 18.09.2007
Wednesday, 19.09.2007

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, abstract number.

Material from 2007:

4066 Abstracts
635 Slide presentations
310 Webcasts
98 Handouts
1992 e-posters
310 Multimedia files

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PG8 - From invasive to less-invasive management of the upper airways

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: T. Welte (Hanover, Germany), P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy)
Aims: The specific aims of this course are:
• to detail practical aspects of the management of difficult airways;
• to present standard and alternative techniques for invasive upper airway management;
• to report on the development of less-invasive methods by A. Brain and M. Frass;
• to highlight the advantages and limitations of these less-invasive techniques;
• to discuss when and how less-invasive methods can be applied in intensive care patients.

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Difficult intubation in patients affected by respiratory diseases P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy)
Alternative and less invasive methods (laryngeal mask and Combitube) P. Krafft (Vienna, Austria)
Invasive diagnostic procedures in severely ill patients: to intubate or not to intubate ? M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)