New indications and clinical outcome in acute or chronic respiratory failure treated with noninvasive ventilation

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain), D. Georgopoulos (Heraklion, Greece)

Non-invasive ventilation: application to the cancer patient A. P. Meert, L. Close, M. Hardy, T. Berghmans, E. Markiewicz, J. P. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium)
Health related quality of life (QoL) after weaning from long-term mechanical ventilation B. Schönhofer, S. Euteneuer, S. Suchi, D. Köhler, P. W. Jones (Schmallenberg, Germany; London, United Kingdom)
The influence of co-morbidity on the outcome of non-invasive ventilatory support in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) P. Matuška, O. Pilarova, Z. Merta, J. SkriČkova, L. Dušek (Brno, Czech Republic)
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation improves quality of life in patients with COPD B. Schucher, H. Hein, I. E. Zuehlke, H. J. Baumann, H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Germany)
Initiation of NPPV in obese patients after hospitalization in ICU A. Cuvelier, G. Beduneau, L. C. Molano, J. P. Stain, J. F. Muir (Rouen, France)
The role of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in the management of acute respiratory failure in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) S. N. Avdeev, O. E. Avdeeva, A. G. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russia)
New opportunities for non-invasive ventilatory support in small children A. Markstrom, K. Sundell, H. Selldén (Stockholm, Sweden)
Predictors of success in COPD exacerbation treated with non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV): a 5-year prospective study G. Bardi, C. Ribas, M. Desideri, M. Pazzagli, I. D'Amico, S. Petruzzelli, A. Palla (Pisa, Italy)
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) for acute exacerbations (AE) of chronic respiratory insufficiency (CRI) in patients with home noninvasive mechanical ventilation (HNIMV). Experience on a general ward F. Oliveira, L. Mota, C. Santos, F. Paula, F. Rodrigues, M. Ferreira (Lisbon, Portugal)
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation for respiratory failure due to acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a general medical emergency assessment unit S. Packham, N. Shafi, K. Kuo (Margate, United Kingdom)
Effect of mechanical insufflator-exsufflator (MI-E) on airway secretion in neuromuscular patients with respiratory tract infection (RTI) A. Vianello, G. Arcaro, F. Gallan, C. Ori, M. Minuzzo, C. Greggio, M. Guolo, S. Chizio, M. Bevilacqua (Padova, Italy)
Respiratory effects of high-flow transtracheal air/oxygen insufflation in spontaneously breathing COPD patients T. Brack, O. Senn, E. W. Russi, K. E. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland)
Which patients with respiratory diagnoses are considered for CPR or ITU? J. E. Scullion, J. Spence, M. J. Tweed (Leicester, Warwick, United Kingdom)
Application of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in a rural hospital M. K. Harris, P. Barker (Shepparton, Australia)
Long-term effects of non-invasive ventilation in chronic respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive lung disease S. Budweiser, F. Heinemann, W. Fischer, J. Dobroschke, M. Pfeifer (Donaustauf, Regensburg, Germany)
Long term ventilatory support in patients with M.Duchenne : 14 year experience G. Bladder, A. F. Meinesz, J. G. Zijlstra, P. J. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Noninvasive ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure designated 'do not resuscitate' C. M. Chu, V. Chan, I. Wong, W. S. Leung (Wanchai, Hong Kong)
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) for the treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic obtructive pulmonary disease (COPD) A. Ursavas, M. Karadag, E. Uzaslan, E. Ege, O. Gozu, N. Ozyardimci (Bursa, Turkey)
Weaning from mechanical ventilation with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with acute or chronic respiratory failure at the intensive respiratory care unit in the national institute of respiratory diseases, Mexico City L. Reveles, I. Serna, V. Hernández, O. Narvaez (Mexico City, Mexico)
Non-respiratory comorbidity (NRC) and prognosis of non invasive positive pressure mechanical ventilation (NIV) in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) due to COPD exacerbations R. Scala, S. Bartolucci, I. Archinucci, G. Coniglio, M. Naldi, M. Rossi (Arezzo, Italy)