Man at altitude: benefits and risks of pre-existing respiratory impairment due to various diseases

Symposium
Chairs: H. Matthys (Freiburg, Germany), K. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland)
Aims: The doctor will learn when and why altitude exposure may be a therapeutic and when it might be a harmful risk for the patient exposed to additional external hypoxia with respiratory impairment due to various diseases. Target audience: Clinicians, physiologists, pediatricians, trainees in sport medicine.

Cystic fibrosis patients: do they profit from altitiude residence? B. Fauroux (Paris, France)
COPD and asthma patients: what can they expect of high altitude residences? G. Menz (Davos, Switzerland)