Technical refinements in home mechanical ventilation: what is useful, what is irritating, and what is gadgetry?

Symposium
Chairs: R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy), P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Aims: The aim of the symposium is to elucidate:
- The rationale of target volume settings;
- The significance of different CO2 exhalation systems;
- Recent developments in interfaces used for long-term NIV; and,
- The usefulness of new built-in ventilator software systems.

Target volume setting: great progress or gadget? W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany)
CO2-exhalation: does the system matter? M. Dreher (Aachen, Germany)
What interface for which patient? C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy)
New built-in ventilator software systems: do they make the ventilation better? J-P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)
A patient's testimony L. Marques (Porto, Portugal)