CONGRESS GUIDE

ERS International Congress 2016
DETAILED PROGRAMME
SATURDAY 03 SEPTEMBER, 2016
Track(s) : Physiology
Tag(s) : Clinical
Target audience : Allied health professional, Cardiologist, Clinician, Fellow, Junior member, Lung function technician, Nurse,
Paediatrician, Physiologist, Physiotherapist, Pulmonologist, Researcher, Respiratory physician, Respiratory therapist, Trainee
Chairs : Susan Ward (Crickhowell, United Kingdom), Enrico Lombardi (Florence, Italy)
09:30
10:00
Respiratory mechanics: changes in disease
Pierantonio Laveneziana (Paris, France)
Measuring exertional dyspnoea in health and disease
Denis O'Donnell (Kingston, Canada)
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15
10:30 Group assignment 16
11:00 Break 17
11:30
12:00
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing for evaluating muscle strength, endurance and pulmonary
rehabilitation
Rik Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium)
Lung function and exercise testing in preschool children
Kai-Håkon Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)
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19
12:30 Group assignment 20
Platinum Room 3+4 Session 22 09:30 - 13:00
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €140 on site, €125 standard or €95 for early bird
registration.
Postgraduate Course: PG4 How to improve the success of noninvasive ventilation
Aims : Access educational materials here
To review the physiological rationale for giving patients with hypercapnia and hypoxaemic failure non-invasive ventilation (NIV) support;
to provide an overview on the use of NIV in specific patient categories including those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD), those who are being weaned from invasive ventilation, and those with congestive heart failure; to discuss the limitations of NIV;
to describe new developments in NIV support; and to incorporate the patient perspective for a successful NIV.
Track(s) : Intensive care
Tag(s) : Clinical
Target audience : Clinician, Emergency medicine doctor, Fellow, Intensivist/critical care physician, Junior member, Nurse, Patient,
Pharmaceutical industry representative, Physiologist, Physiotherapist, Pulmonologist, Resident, Respiratory physician, Respiratory
therapist, Student, Trainee
Chairs : Antonio M. Esquinas (Murcia, Spain), Mark W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
09:30
10:00
Non-invasive ventilatory support: physiology and interfaces
Stefano Nava (Bologna, BO, Italy)
Long-term application of NIV: success in obstructive and restrictive lung diseases
Michael Dreher (Aachen, Germany)
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22
10:30 Group assignment 23
11:00 Break 24
11:30
12:00
NIV in the intensive care unit: how to improve the success rate in hypoxemic and hypercapnic patients
Paolo Navalesi (Vercelli, Italy)
Developments in NIV: unusual applications and new modes
Leo M.A. Heunks (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
25
26
12:30 Group assignment 27
Room H Session 30 09:30 - 13:00
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €140 on site, €125 standard or €95 for early bird
registration.
Postgraduate Course: PG5 How to reach peripheral solitary nodules
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