Target audience
All the health and sciences professionals who are involved in the cure of this disease including the following:
- Pulmonologists
- Respiratory
- Physicians
- Clinical researchers
- Research fellows
- Nurses
- Thoracic surgeons
- Physiotherapists
- Trainees surgeons
Educational aims
Following the course participants will be able to:
- Improve their knowledge on epidemiology, pathophysiology and causes of NCFBE
- Be able to prescribe microbiological investigations and other diagnostic techniques in patients with bronchiectasis
- Have the knowledge in order to evaluate microbiological findings in NCFBE patients
- Be able to define strategies for eradication and long-term oral and nebulised antibiotic therapy in NCFBE patients
- Improve their skills on chest physiotherapy, pulmonary rehabilitation and patient education
- Improve their management of an exacerbation of NCFBE
Programme
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Educational Materials
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Introduction to the course and Investigating underlying causes of bronchiectasis S. Aliberti (Milan, Italy), D. Bilton (London, United Kingdom)
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Microbiology of NCFBE J. D. Chalmers (Dundee, United Kingdom), E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain)
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Antibiotics strategies in NCFBE: challenges and concerns E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain), F. Blasi (Milan, Italy)
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Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in NCFBE J. D. Chalmers (Dundee, United Kingdom), A.Floto (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Chest physiotherapy and patient education in NCFBE E. Polverino (Barcelona, Spain), J. Bradley (Beslfast, United Kingdom)
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How do I manage a NCFBE patient in my clinic every day? R. Wilson (London, United Kingdom)
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The management of NCFBE exacerbation S. Aliberti (Milan, Italy), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)
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