Clinical Grand Round

Grand round
Chairs: A. Wells (London, United Kingdom), G. Vagheggini (Volterra (PI), Italy)
Aims: to identify the degree to which the lungs are etiologically linked to an unexplained breathlessness; to explain the interplay of pathophysiological mechanisms causing breathlessness in relation to ventilatory, central haemodynamic and peripheral muscle abnormalities; to describe non-pharmacological approaches to manage breathlessness

Is it the heart or lung that fails? E. Bargagli (Siena, Italy)
Long-term oxygen therapy revisited E. Renzoni (London, United Kingdom)
Exertional breathlessness: a tailormade approach I. Vogiatzis (Newcastle upon tyne (Tyne and Wear), United Kingdom)
Managing breathlessness with a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation programme C. Nolan (Richmond, United Kingdom)