Acute respiratory failure

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Chairs: A. Özsancak Ugurlu (Istanbul, Turkey), S. Levine (San Antonio, United States of America), C. Cowl (Rochester, United States of America)
Aims: to discuss 1) hot topics in respiratory critical care medicine with relevance to clinical practice such as mechanical ventilation, weaning from ventilatory support and end-stage right-sided heart failure; 2) the findings of the ERS statement on chest imaging in acute critically ill patients.

ERS statement on chest imaging in intensive care unit patients P. Navalesi (Padova, Italy)
Worldwide practice on ventilator management in acute respiratory failure patients M. Schultz (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Worldwide perspective on weaning from mechanical ventilation: insights from WEAN SAFE L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), B. Johnson (sheffield, United Kingdom)
Bridging to lung transplantation in end-stage right-sided heart failure O. Mercier (Le Plessis-Robinson, France)