PG9 - Nonapnoeic respiratory disorders during sleep

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Aims: In addition to providing an overview of all possible treatment options, the main aims of this course are to improve knowledge on:
-the basic mechanisms of interaction between sleep and breathing;
-the overall impact of sleep on several chronic respiratory conditions, either revealing or aggravating the disease or the related respiratory failure.

Sleep in COPD, asthma and restrictive lung disease P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Monitoring and capnography during sleep C. Van Der Grinten (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Arousals in nonapnoeic respiratory disorders J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium)
Treatment options for chronic respiratory failure M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)