Update on Acute Respiratory Failure 2016

Update on Acute Respiratory Failure 2016 is organized by Erasme University Hospital and would be held during Dec 11 - 14, 2016 at Ambasciatori Palace Hotel - Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Goal of this meeting is in part an interactive teaching course and in part a consensus meeting, will cover all aspects of this topic, from monitoring to the various modes of mechanical ventilation and adjunctive therapies.

Main topics :
• ARDS: useful or useless concept?
• Optimal fluid balance vs fluid restriction
• A tidal volume of 6 ml/kg for everybody?
• Still a place for fancy modes of mechanical ventilation?
• What place for non-invasive ventilation?
• How to adjust PEEP
• VA-ECMO: sometimes just postponing death
• Improving patient-ventilator interactions
• Optimal cardiorespiratory monitoring
• Measurements of extravascular lung water: really useful?
• When and how to start ECMO
• What to strive for: paralysis or ambulation?
• ECMO: practical management
• New therapeutic interventions in the pipeline
• When to organize patient transfer for ECMO.