Opening session: Understanding respiratory physiology
Chair(s): L. Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland), A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Symposium
Paediatric mechanical ventilation recommendations
Chair(s): L. Corel (Rotterdam, Netherlands), C. Milesi (Montpellier, France)
Symposium
Getting the basic right
Chair(s): L. Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands), L. Pisani (Bologna (BO), Italy)
Symposium
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in neuromuscular disorders
Chair(s): W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany), P. Marti (Barcelona, Spain)
Symposium
Monitoring of mechanical ventilation in children
Chair(s): C. Milesi (Montpellier, France)
Case-based session
Monitoring the ventilated patient
Chair(s): A. Demoule (Paris, France)
Case-based session
Noninvasive ventilation - practical aspects
Chair(s): F. Magnet (Köln, Germany)
Case-based session
Chronic noninvasive ventilation
Chair(s): P. Wijkstra (Groningen, Netherlands), M. Duiverman (Groningen, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
High flow nasal therapy and respiratory muscles
Chair(s): P. Navalesi (Padova, Italy), L. Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Invasive mechanical ventilation
Chair(s): C. Gregoretti (Palermo, Italy), H. de Vries (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Controversies in patients with acute respiratory failure
Chair(s): L. Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Pro and con debate
Specific ventilation strategies in children
Chair(s): L. Corel (Rotterdam, Netherlands), P. Navalesi (Padova, Italy)
Symposium
Mechanical ventilation in specific cases
Chair(s): M. Schultz (Amsterdam, Netherlands), L. Pisani (Bologna (BO), Italy)
Symposium
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in COPD
Chair(s): P. Wijkstra (Groningen, Netherlands), W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany)
Symposium
Adverse effects of mechanical ventilation
Chair(s): P. Navalesi (Padova, Italy), L. Pisani (Bologna (BO), Italy)
Symposium
Sleep-related hypoventilation
Meet the expert
The practice of sedation in critically ill patients
Meet the expert
Weaning failure in children
Meet the expert
Acute noninvasive ventilation
Chair(s): S. Nava (Bologna (BO), Italy), M. Dres (Paris, France)
Poster Discussion
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chair(s): L. Bos (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Poster Discussion
Paediatrics and Quality of life
Chair(s): B. Fauroux (Paris, France), S. Mehta (Toronto, Canada)
Poster Discussion
Noninvasive ventilation and high flow nasal therapy (HFNT)
Chair(s): L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands), L. Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Symposium
Prolonged Weaning
Chair(s): N. Hart (London, United Kingdom), S. Schwarz (Köln, Germany)
Symposium
Health-related quality (HRQL) of life in patients with long-term ventilation
Chair(s): J. Janssens (Genève, Switzerland), P. Wijkstra (Groningen, Netherlands)
Symposium
Rescue therapies for respiratory failure
Chair(s): C. Karagiannidis (Cologne, Germany), L. Piquilloud (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Symposium
Noninvasive ventilation outside the ICU
Chair(s): C. Gregoretti (Palermo, Italy), A. Amaddeo (Paris, France)
Symposium
Diagnostic techniques during mechanical ventilation
Chair(s): S. Mehta (Toronto, Canada), H. de Vries (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Symposium
Noninvasive ventilation and noninvasive CPAP in the PICU
Chair(s): B. Fauroux (Paris, France)
Case-based session
Understanding the ventilator waveform
Meet the expert
Measurements of nocturnal gas exchange
Meet the expert
Weaning from mechanical ventilation
Chair(s): M. Tobin (Hines, United States of America)
Case-based session
Problem-solving - Case studies of NIV problems
Chair(s): S. Nava (Bologna (BO), Italy)
Case-based session
Closing session: Year in Preview
Chair(s): L. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Symposium