Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to invite all of you to this 6th International Conference on Pediatric and Neonatal Non-invasive Ventilation will be held September 26-27th 2024, again in Barcelona, Spain.

This Conference, focused on NIV, will be offering the latest advances to young paediatricians, neonatologists, pediatric intensivists, pediatric pulmonologists, and pediatric and neonatal intensive care nurses/respiratory therapists.

It is a multidisciplinary forum where everyone will learn from the lectures of well-known experts in this field. This time, the 6th Conference will overlap one day with our 1st International Pediatric Home mechanical ventilation Conference covering issues that matters to pediatric intensivists, pulmonologists and allied-healthcare professionals (27-28th). Those interested in the last day (28th) of this activity can join us with a reduced fee for the extra-day.

In addition, true to our commitment to education, we will also offer a series of workshops that will focus on efficient bedside issues.

We invite you to participate and make this 6th Conference on Pediatric and Neonatal Non-invasive Ventilation a high standard event and a great success. We are looking forward to seeing you in Barcelona in September 2024.

Dr. Martí Pons-Òdena

Senior Consultant of the PICU Department at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital

Member of the Educational Board of ESPNIC

CONFERENCES

September, 26th | 09:00 - 20:00 h

1. Non-invasive ventilation: Behind the stage
• Turbine-based ventilators versus Gas-compressed ventilators for NIV support?
• Ventilator’s software: is this helpful? Learning from Home ventilators.
2. Respiratory support in PICU patients: One size does fit all?
• Adults experience.
• Use of CPAP/BLPAP in the PICU.
• Just intubate all of them (and oscillate).
• Safety protocol to use HFNC out of PICU versus Use of HFNC in the PICU.
3. Analyzing quality of the use of non-invasive ventilation
• Data from an Argentinian center.
• Delayed failure Index of elective extubation to NIV: Low percentage, means overuse?
• Initial failure index: Should we keep it below five percent?
4. Key points to persist on non-invasive ventilation or moving to tracheostomy in ex-preterm babies.
• Neonatologist point of view.
• Intensivist point of view.
• Pulmonologist point of view.
5. Industry sponsored workshop
• Management of asynchronies in NIV.

September, 27th | 08:30 - 16:30 h

(overlaps with 1st Home Mechanical Ventilation Pediatric meeting)

1. Prolonged ventilation
• What do we know about prolonged ventilation in the PICU?
2. Make a decision with the mask. From the PICU to Home
• Use of Total face mask.
• Use of alternative interfaces (Helmet, hybrid).
• Role of the interface’s rotation to prevent the pressure sores.
3. Wearing of ventilation
• Transferring from PICU ventilator to Home ventilator: Tricks of the trade.
• Weaning from the Home ventilator: Strategies.
• Differences between diseases?
4. Ventilatory support in the PICU for neuromuscular patients
• Extubation/Decanulation Protocols in difficult to wean patients.
• Non-invasive management: Our experience in adult.
5. Managing chronic complex patients
• Ventilator’s software: is this helpful? Adult experience.
• Diaphragm evaluation:
• Ultrasounds
• Alternative monitoring / EIT

PARALLEL ACTIVITIES

WORKSHOP

September, 27th

• Option A) Home ventilation face-to-face workshop
• Option B) Lung ultrasounds workshop

Fee:

• Only Conferences NIV Meeting:
• €100 in streaming.
• €150 (pack of 10 registrations) Streaming for LMIC (*)
• Conference NIV + Workshop (September, 26th): €280
• Industry workshop: Free** (**sponsored by Löwenstein).

(*) In order to get a special discount for groups of 10 attendees living in LMIC. Request a discount code from gisela.dalmases@sjd.es, providing proof of residency in any of the listed country. Also for the registration to Industry workshop (registration required).