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Symposium sponsored by Philips Respironics
ERCA–JIVD 3rd Joint International Meeting, Lyon, France, March 2018
Tidal expiratory flow (EFL) limitation can occur in COPD patients when they exercise, or in more severe cases, when they aren’t exercising – in either case creating what is sometimes described as a “severe mechanical constraint.”1
Recently Peter Calverley and Raffaele L. Dellacà led a symposium to discuss tidal expiratory flow limitation and its effects, how to measure it noninvasively and effectively, and how using ventilators to minimize tidal EFL can produce physiological improvements. Along the way, they emphasis the importance of understanding respiratory physiology and respiratory mechanics.
Treating patients with COPD effectively can be a challenge. With their ability to literally take a breath acutely impaired, how can we help them get the right dose of inhaled bronchodilators? What kinds of devices might work better?
The dose delivered by the InnoSpire Go mesh nebulizer was relatively unaffected by peak inhalation flow when tested using simulated breathing patterns with an I:E ratio representative of patients with severe COPD.
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Insight such as: Dr. Teofilo Lee-Chiong, chief Pulmonologist and Chief Medical Liaison at Philip, discusses how emerging evidence has reinforced the use of home-based noninvasive ventilation (NIV) to treat patients with chronic hypercapnic COPD. Combination therapy has been shown to1:
