PG21 - Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of respiratory disorders during sleep

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)
Aims: The aims of this postgraduate course are to improve knowledge of:
• the different respiratory problems occurring during sleep;
• diagnostic modalities and new developments in the evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing;
• treatment modalities and methods to improve the outcome of interventions.

Respiratory abnormalities during sleep J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium)
Diagnostic modalities in the evaluation of sleep-disordered breathing K. Franklin (Umea, Sweden)
Treatment modalities J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)
Techniques for predicting outcome of therapeutic interventions in respiratory disorders during sleep W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)