TY - JOUR T1 - Paediatric long-term noninvasive ventilation: course report JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 91 LP - 92 DO - 10.1183/20734735.002118 VL - 14 IS - 2 AU - Brigitte Fauroux AU - Goran Markovic Y1 - 2018/06/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/14/2/91.abstract N2 - Use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in children is expanding worldwide. A wide range of heterogeneous disorders such as neuromuscular diseases, lung diseases, and upper airway obstructions causing severe obstructive sleep apnoea (OSAS) may benefit from continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) or NIV. All age ranges may be concerned, from neonates to adolescents. Technical aspects are of major importance in practice: prescribers need to know which equipment (interfaces and devices) may be used in a specific child. Practical training of physicians dealing with children requiring CPAP or NIV is thus mandatory. To provide this specific and practical training the ERS held a course on paediatric long-term NIV on November 29 and December 1, 2017 in Paris, France.Faculty and delegates of an @ERStalk course on paediatric long-term NIV describe their experiences http://ow.ly/n3gi30iYYuM ER -