Respiratory critical care

State of the art session
Chairs: M. Schultz (Amsterdam, Netherlands), S. Schiza (Heraklion, Greece), M. Patout (Mont-Saint Aignan, France)
Aims: To describe the role of lung ultrasound in diagnosis of acute respiratory failure; to list sub-phenotypes of acute respiratory distress syndrome and their therapeutic consequences; to identify patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome that may benefit from steroid treatment and to discuss appropriate dosing of steroids in these patients; to discuss the diagnostic approach in patients with suspected pulmonary fungal infection and to propose a treatment strategy in patients with confirmed fungal infection.

Lung ultrasound in acute respiratory care P. Tuinman (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Phenotypes of acute respiratory distress syndrome L. Ware (Nashville, United States of America)
Corticosteroids in acute respiratory distress syndrome J. Villar (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
Pulmonary fungal infections in mechanically ventilated patients F. Van de Veerdonk (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Discussion and Q&A