Airway diseases
PDW5 Professional development workshop
End of life care for elderly asthmatic and COPD patients
Clinical
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is: €38.5 standard and €44 on site.
Aims : to help the physicians 1) predict the natural course of an advanced disease in patients with asthma and COPD, and 2) develop a plan for palliative care and manage dyspnoea in terminally ill patients
Target audience :
Critical/Intensive care physician, General practitioner, Student, Patient, Trainee, Adult pulmonologist/Clinician
Methods :
General respiratory patient care, Palliative care
Chairs
M. Elliott
Leeds (West Yorkshire)
(United Kingdom)
14:30
Introduction
1
1533
14:40
Detection of advanced disease, advance care planning and recognition of dying for people with COPD
J. Escarrabill Sanglas(Barcelona, Spain)
COI
A. Bikov(Manchester, United Kingdom)
COI
2
1534
15:10
Should patients with life-threatening severe asthma be intubated
G. D'Amato(Napoli (NA), Italy)
COI
3
1535
15:40
Symptom management at the end of life
M. Barrecheguren Fernandez(Barcelona, Spain)
COI
4
1536
16:10
End-stage respiratory diseases and respiratory support
S. Nava(Bologna (BO), Italy)
COI
5
1537
16:40
Conclusion and final remarks
6
1538
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