ERS 2019 International Congress - Guidelines session Guidelines for long-term non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Airway diseases

Respiratory critical care

Sleep and breathing disorders

Guidelines session

Guidelines for long-term non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Clinical

ERS guidelines

Aims : to describe the new ERS guidelines for long-term non-invasive ventilation in COPD; to provide a practical approach for long-term non-invasive ventilation; to address aspects not covered by the current guidelines.

Link to guidelines

Target audience : Clinical researcher, Critical/Intensive care physician, General practitioner, Nurse, Patient, Physiologist, Physiotherapist, Policy maker, Scientist (basic, translational), Student, Trainee, Adult pulmonologist/Clinician

Methods : Epidemiology, General respiratory patient care, Physiology, Pulmonary rehabilitation, Respiratory intensive care

Chairs

Hamilton, ON (Canada)

Izmir (Turkey)

08:30

Clinical approach to non-invasive ventilation in COPD W. Windisch(Cologne, Germany) -

5128

09:00

ERS guidelines: the employed methodology B. Rochwerg(Hamilton (ON), Canada) -

5129

09:30

ERS guidelines: treatment options and recommendations R. Scala(Arezzo, Italy) -

5130

10:00

Practical considerations: comorbidities, pitfalls and individual cases S. Stanzel(Köln, Germany) -

5131