Annual Congress Vienna 2009

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COPD, chronic respiratory failure and rehabilitation

Symposium
Chairs: S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom), A. Agusti (Barcelona, Spain)
Aims: At the end of the symposium the audience will know about the following:
- the different indications and results of pulmonary rehabilitation programmes in various categories of patients with chronic respiratory failure;
- possible mechanisms and remedies for chronic respiratory failure as a factor complicating pulmonary rehabilitation, including oxygen or mechanical ventilation aid during pulmonary rehabilitation.

The development of chronic respiratory failure in patients with different disabling respiratory disorders N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece)
Is my patient too mild or too severe to participate in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme? B. Balbi (Veruno, Italy)
Oxygen, mechanical ventilation and pulmonary rehabilitation L. Bianchi (Lumezzane (Brescia), Italy)