Exercise, rehabilitation and physiology
PG10 Postgraduate Course
Dysfunction of the diaphragm
Clinical
Registration for this session is additional to the congress registration fee and is €171 on site, €153 standard.
Aims : Access educational materials here
To stress the importance of diaphragmatic dysfunction by describing its main causes and natural history; to provide new knowledge on assessing diaphragmatic dysfunction, with particular emphasis on ultrasound techniques; to discuss new insights on the diaphragm dysfunction that arises from mechanical ventilation; to describe how to treat diaphragm dysfunction.
Target audience :
Allergologist, Clinician, Engineer, General practitioner, Lung function technician, Paediatrician, Physiologist, Physiotherapist, Pulmonologist, Researcher, Respiratory physician, Respiratory therapist, Scientist
09:30
Diaphragmatic dysfunction: causes and natural history
M. Polkey(London, United Kingdom)
COI
1
96
10:00
Evaluation of diaphragm dysfunction by ultrasound imaging
A. Aliverti(Milan, Italy)
COI
2
97
10:30
Group assignment
3
98
11:30
Ventilator-induced dysfunction of the diaphragm
A. Demoule(Paris, France)
COI
5
100
12:00
New treatment approaches to diaphragmatic dysfunction in COPD
E. Barreiro Portela(Barcelona, Spain)
COI
6
101
12:30
Group assignment
7
102
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