Complex breathing disorders during sleep

Symposium
Chairs: Konrad E. Bloch (Zürich, Switzerland), Oana Claudia Deleanu (Bucarest, Romania)
Aims: This session will focus on an exciting and increasingly important area for pulmonologists and sleep specialists, namely, patients with complex breathing disorders during sleep that are related to obesity hypoventilation, opioid-induced sleep apnoea, overlap syndrome, and obstructive sleep apnoea that relates to neuromuscular disorders.

The spectrum of complex breathing disorders during sleep Rami Khayat (Colombus, United States of America)
Interaction between obesity, pulmonary disease and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) Jean-Louis Pépin (Grenoble, France)
The role of the "central" component in the pathophysiology of complex breathing disorders during sleep Johan Verbraecken (Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium)
Therapeutic approach to complex breathing disorders during sleep Winfried J. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)