Interactions between ventilatory strategies and different organ systems

Major Symposium
Chairs: K. Raymondos (Hannover, Germany), A. T. Dinh-Xuan (Paris, France)

Different systems of ventilation including NIMV and their relation with respiratory and systemic infections M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)
Lung-protective ventilation to protect extrathoracal organs T. Welte (Magdeburg, Germany)
Effects of extrathoracic organ systems on pulmonary organ dysfunction P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy)