TY - JOUR T1 - Comprehensive management of ventilator-dependent patients: course report JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 7 LP - 8 DO - 10.1183/20734735.019016 VL - 13 IS - 1 AU - Nicolino Ambrosino AU - Elena Fatnic Y1 - 2017/03/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/13/1/7.abstract N2 - The ERS postgraduate course in comprehensive management of ventilator-dependent patients was held in Barcelona, Spain, on October 6–8, 2016. This course aimed to highlight the challenges of home mechanical ventilation, including patient and caregiver education. The session gave an overview of best practice in the most important aspects of home mechanical ventilation, such as telemonitoring, nutrition, physiotherapy and airway management.ERS hosted a postgraduate course on comprehensive management of ventilator-dependent patients in Barcelona, Spain http://ow.ly/jYzL306W0l6 ER -