December 18-20, 2008 (Grenoble, France)

Course venue: Hotel Europole 29, rue Pierre-Sémard 3800 Grenoble, France www.hoteleuropole.com Registration form

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Organising Committee

P. Lévy (Grenoble, France)
J-L. Pépin (Grenoble, France)
J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium)

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Faculty

S. Andreas (Gottingen, Germany)
H. Bastuji (Lyon, France)
Y. Dauvilliers (Montpellier, France)
W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)
B. Fleury (Paris, France)
P. Franco (Lyon, France)
W. McNicholas (Dublin, Ireland)
M. Morrell (London, United Kingdom)
R. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
D. Rodenstein (Brussels, Belgium)
J-P. Baguet (Grenoble, France)
S. Benkheira (Grenoble, France)
G. Bettega (Grenoble, France)
J. C. Borel (Grenoble, France)
M. L. Cartier (Grenoble, France)
S. Launois-Rollinat (Grenoble, France)
C. Loiodice (Grenoble, France)
B. Naegelé (Grenoble, France)
M. Selek (Grenoble, France)
R. Tamisier (Grenoble, France)
D. Veale (Grenoble, France)
A. Verain (Grenoble, France)

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Educational Aims

The aims of this course are to:

• provide an overview of all sleep-related breathing disorders
• enable participants to inderstand the pathology and specific consequences of these disorders

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Target Audience

• trainee doctors
• practising physicians

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Course Goals

At the end of the course, participants will have a detailed knowledge of:

• physiology of respiration during sleep
• pathophysiology and mechanisms of OSA 
• clinical symptoms of syndromes with cognitive, cardiovascular and metabolic consequences
• diagnosis
• CSA
• obesity-hypoventilation syndrome
• treatment strategies
• practical issues

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