9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Equation of motion: pressures, volumes and flow - Laurent Brochard
Mechanical ventilation and the respiratory muscles - Ewan Goligher
Spontaneous breathing under mechanical ventilation - Brian Kavanagh
Ventilator waveforms and patient-ventilator synchrony - Laurent Brochard
PEEP and lung recruitment - Ewan Goligher
Main modes of ventilation and settings - Niall Ferguson
Heart-lung interactions - John Granton
Ventilation and the brain - Jeff Singh
Ventilator-induced lung injury - Arthur Slutsky
Gas exchange in clinical practice - Lorenzo Del Sorbo
Interactive session on simulator: respiratory mechanics during volume and pressure ventilation - Laurent Brochard

5:00 - 6:00 pm - Welcome reception

8:30 am – 6:00 pm

Determinants of inspiratory effort under mechanical ventilation - Laurent Brochard
Proportional assist ventilation - Laurent Brochard
Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist - Jennifer Beck
Extubation vs tracheotomy - Damon Scales
Testing the ability to be separated from mechanical ventilation - Laurent Brochard
Difficult weaning: mechanisms and assessment - Ewan Goligher
Long-term mechanical ventilation - Louise Rose
Noninvasive ventilation technique and indications (including high flow) - Laurent Brochard
Humidification, aerosols - Laurent Brochard
Sedation for Mechanical Ventilation - Sangeeta Mehta

Hands-on workshops: monitoring (30 minutes per station)

Monitoring (I): Mechanics, Peso, recruitment - Lu Chen
Monitoring (II): Lung ultrasound, diaphragm ultrasound - Alberto Goffi
Monitoring (III): Electrical impedance tomography, assessment of patient’s effort, EAdi - Ewan Goligher
Monitoring (IV): Patient-ventilator synchrony - Laurent Brochard

8:30 am – 1:30 pm

ARDS: Berlin definition and clinical trials - Niall Ferguson
ARDS: recommendations for mechanical ventilation - Gordon Rubenfeld
ARDS: from stiff lungs to baby lung, stress and strain - Eddy Fan
ARDS: role for extracorporeal techniques - Lorenzo Del Sorbo
Long-term outcomes after mechanical ventilation - Margaret Herridge

Hands-on workshops: challenging cases (30 minutes per case)

1. Interactive case presentation: ARDS - Eddy Fan, Gordon Rubenfeld
2. Interactive case presentation: COPD - Lorenzo Del Sorbo, Laurent Brochard
3. Interactive case presentation: difficult weaning - Alberto Goffi, Ewan Goligher