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Industry Breakfast Symposium - ResMed: Practical initiation and support of patients on non-invasive ventilation.

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Track 2
Friday, October 18, 2024
7:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Room 5
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The Victorian Respiratory Support Service (VRSS) is a state-wide program caring for over 1,400 patients on home ventilation based out of The Austin Hospital, Melbourne. In this session, VRSS Senior Physician Dr Anna Ridgers will present a practical guide to initiating and managing long-term ventilation. Topics are tailored to enhance patient care in your everyday clinical practice. Dr Ridgers will cover: • Understanding the underlying pathophysiology of respiratory failure • An approach to the assessment of respiratory failure • Selection of NIV settings based on clinical phenotype • Advanced NIV settings with case based studies • NIV Optimisation • NIV implementation including ventilator selection • Progressive Neuromuscular Disorders/at risk populations • Titration of therapy • An approach to remote monitoring of NIV


Speaker

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Dr Anna Ridgers
Physician
Austin Health

ResMed Sponsored Symposium Speaker

Biography

Dr Anna Ridgers is a Sleep and Respiratory Physician specialising in ventilation, sleep apnoea, insomnia and circadian disorders. Her clinical roles include respiratory and sleep medicine (chronic ventilation clinics including tele-health), sleep reporting and interventional pulmonary procedures (bronchoscopy, EBUS and pleural procedures). Dr Ridgers has recently completed a PhD in the treatment of chronic respiratory failure with NIV and optimising therapy using ventilator data.
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