Sleep and breathing disorders
Symposium
Sleep apnoea: is it time for new therapies?
Clinical
Aims : to describe new treatment alternatives to continuous positive airway pressure. New pathophysiological phenotyping studies of upper airway function in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) have opened the way to new treatment strategies. This session will examine these new possibilities and thereby provide an overview on the current and future developments in the treatment of OSA.
Target audience :
Clinical researcher, Physiologist, Trainee, Adult pulmonologist/Clinician
Methods :
Physiology
Chairs
R. Riha
Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
(United Kingdom)
08:30
The physiological phenotypes of OSA - the PALM scale approach
D. Eckert(Bedford Park (SA), Australia)
COI
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Description
1
1910
09:00
Can we use drugs to modulate upper airway function in OSA?
L. Taranto Montemurro(Brookline, United States)
COI
-
Description
2
1911
09:30
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation
O. Vanderveken(Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium)
COI
-
Description
3
1912
10:00
Mandibular advancement devices - short- and long-term effects
M. Marklund(Umeå, Sweden)
COI
-
Description
4
1913
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