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Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2020; 55: Suppl. 65, abstract number.

Interstitial lung disease patients in the intensive care unit

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Chairs: C. Robalo Cordeiro (Coimbra, Portugal), N. Ubags (Epalinges, Switzerland)
Aims: To discuss: 1.) the different phenotypes of interstitial lung diseases (ILD) patients in the intensive care unit (ICU); 2) the importance of appropriate patient selection in determining outcome; 3) the potential prognostic role of computerized tomography (CT) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)/biopsy; 4) the role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as bridge to recovery and transplantation; 5) treatment strategies and algorithms

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Selection of ILD patients for ICU and ECMO C. Agerstrand (New York, United States of America)
Radiological patterns in ICU: does it matter? N. Sverzellati (Parma (PR), Italy)
Diagnostic procedures in ICU: bronchoscopy and BAL or tissue? C. Ravaglia (Forlì, Italy)
Management of ILD patients in ICU M. Kokosi (London, United Kingdom)