CONGRESS GUIDE

ERS International Congress 2016
DETAILED PROGRAMME
SATURDAY 03 SEPTEMBER, 2016
16:00
Mechanisms underlying muscle dysfunction in COPD exacerbations
Annemie Schols (Maastricht, Netherlands)
139
16:30 Group assignment 140
Room ICC Capital Suite 9 Session 55 14:00 - 17:30
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €40 on site, €35 standard or €25 for early bird
registration.
Postgraduate Course: PG16 Infection control in epidemics: strengthening the evidence base for
healthcare workers and the public
Joint PREPARE/ECDC course
Aims : Access educational materials here
To provide an overview of the essential evidence to prevent and manage infectious disease epidemics, incorporating new information from
influenza, Ebola and MERS epidemics.
Track(s) : Infection
Tag(s) : Clinical
Target audience : Respiratory physician, Intensivist/critical care physician, Microbiologist, Allied health professional, Public health
official, Scientist, General practitioner, Clinician, Emergency medicine doctor, Epidemiologist, Immunologist, Nurse, Pulmonologist
Chairs : Anita Simonds (London, United Kingdom), Pasi Penttinen (Stockholm, Sweden)
14:00
14:45
Protecting healthcare workers in epidemics and pandemics: the experience from MERS and Ebola
Pieter Fraaij (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
The role of epidemic intelligence and surveillance in predicting and managing epidemics
Thomas Mollet (Solna, Sweden)
173
174
15:30 Break 175
16:00
Fusing ICU clinical care and clinical research in severe community acquired pneumonia
Jean-Daniel Chiche (Paris, France)
176
16:45
Fast track trials for drug and vaccine development
Laura Fregonese (London, United Kingdom)
Room J Session 50 14:00 - 17:30
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: PG17 Pulmonary haemodynamics during exercise
Aims : Access educational materials here
To describe the pathophysiological background of right heart catheterisation (RHC) and provide a full comprehensive update on the use of
RHC for studying the pulmonary circulation; to describe practical issues regarding the assessment and interpretation of exercise
pulmonary haemodynamics with a focus on the reliability and correct interpretation of measurements taken during exercise, zeroing,
respiratory swings, normal responses, and different pathological patterns; to discuss from a practical point of view the role of non-invasive
methods in assessing exercise pulmonary haemodynamics; and to incorporate the pulmonary arterial hypertension patient's perspective.
Track(s) : Physiology
Tag(s) : Clinical
Target audience : Cardiologist, Fellow, Junior member, Pulmonologist, Student, Trainee
Chairs : Marion Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), Irene Lang (Vienna, Austria)
177
14:00
14:45
Pathophysiology of the pulmonary circulation
Robert Naeije (Beersel, Belgium)
Right heart catheterisation: how to avoid the most common mistakes
Michele D'Alto (Naples, Italy)
146
147
15:30 Break 148
16:00
16:45
Right heart catheterisation for assessing pulmonary exercise haemodynamics
Gabor Kovacs (Graz, Austria), Pisana Ferrari (Milan, Italy)
Non-invasive methods for assessing pulmonary exercise haemodynamics
Andrew Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
149
150
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