Preliminary sessions

Main sessions:

  • Trial design in mechanical ventilation rethought
  • Rethinking our approach to mechanical ventilation
  • Neonatal lung disease revisited
  • Patient-self-inflicted lung injury
  • Update on early interventions in the delivery room
  • Update on specific interventions in preterm infants
  • Vascular impact of neonatal respiratory disease 
  • Ventilation liberation revisited
  • Respiratory support for preterm infants
  • Update on Paediatric ARDS (including a PRO-CON debate)
  • Heart-lung interactions in Paediatrics 
  • Effect of mechanical ventilation/respiratory support on hemodynamics in the neonate
  • Current controversies in the management of paediatric and neonatal  acute respiratory failure 

Morning tutorials:

  • Neonatal lung Injury
  • Recognizing and monitoring patient-ventilator asynchrony
  • Assessing lung stress and strain at the bedside
  • Assessing lung volume at the bedside