PG8 - From invasive to less-invasive management of the upper airways

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: T. Welte (Hanover, Germany), P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy)
Aims: The specific aims of this course are:
• to detail practical aspects of the management of difficult airways;
• to present standard and alternative techniques for invasive upper airway management;
• to report on the development of less-invasive methods by A. Brain and M. Frass;
• to highlight the advantages and limitations of these less-invasive techniques;
• to discuss when and how less-invasive methods can be applied in intensive care patients.

Difficult intubation in patients affected by respiratory diseases P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy)
Alternative and less invasive methods (laryngeal mask and Combitube) P. Krafft (Vienna, Austria)
Invasive diagnostic procedures in severely ill patients: to intubate or not to intubate ? M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain)