Nocturnal Non-Invasive Ventilation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Final Breakthrough?

Chairperson:

Wolfram Windisch¹

Speakers:

Jean-Louis Pepin,,² Thomas Köhnlein,³ Michael Dreher⁴

1. Cologne Merheim Medical Centre, Cologne, Germany
2. Hopital CHR Citadelle, Liege, Belgium
3. St. Georg Unternehmensgruppe, Leipzig, Germany
4. University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Disclosure:

Prof Windisch has received open research grants for his hospital and personal speaking fees from companies dealing with mechanical ventilation. Dr Pepin received personal fees from ResMed, Philips, Fisher & Paykel for lectures during congress symposia, and unrestricted grants from ResMed, Philips, and AGIRadom for conducting clinical studies. Dr Köhnlein has received grants and lecture fees from Deutsche Lungenstiftung, ResMed, Tyco, Weinmann, and Heinen und Löwenstein. Dr Dreher receives an open research grant from ResMed, and has received speaking fees and/or fees for advisory boards from: Weinmann, Respironics, Vivisol, Linde, ResMed, Breas, Novartis, Boehringer, Almirall, Actelion, and Chiesi.

Acknowledgements:

Writing assistance was provided by Dr Ewen Legg of apothecom scopemedical.

Support:

Medical writing assistance was funded by ResMed. The views and opinions expressed are those of the authors as expressed during the symposium and not necessarily of ResMed.

Citation:

EMJ Respir. 2014;2:41-48. DOI/10.33590/emjrespir/10310471. https://doi.org/10.33590/emjrespir/10310471.

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