New developments in mechanical ventilation and ventilator weaning
Symposium Chairs: L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Aims: To describe global variation in ventilator weaning strategies and outcomes; to list at least three key principles of invasive ventilation in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); to define lung and diaphragm protective ventilation and to list at least three diagnostic tools (and reference values) for delivering such ventilation; to define machine learning; to summarise realistic expectations for the role of machine learning in mechanical ventilation.