RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Hot Topics in Noninvasive Ventilation: Report of a Working Group at the International Symposium on Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Leuven, Belgium JF Respiratory Care FD American Association for Respiratory Care SP 1337 OP 1362 DO 10.4187/respcare.03796 VO 60 IS 9 A1 Bart Vrijsen A1 Michelle Chatwin A1 Oliver Contal A1 Eric Derom A1 Jean-Paul Janssens A1 Mike J Kampelmacher A1 Jean-Francois Muir A1 Susana Pinto A1 Claudio Rabec A1 Michelle Ramsay A1 Winfried J Randerath A1 Jan H Storre A1 Peter J Wijkstra A1 Wolfram Windisch A1 Dries Testelmans YR 2015 UL http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/60/9/1337.abstract AB During the last few decades, attention has increasingly focused on noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in the treatment of chronic respiratory failure. The University of Leuven and the University Hospitals Leuven therefore chose this topic for a 2-day working group session during their International Symposium on Sleep-Disordered Breathing. Numerous European experts took part in this session and discussed (1) NIV in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (when to start NIV, NIV and sleep, secretion management, and what to do when NIV fails), (2) recent insights in NIV and COPD (high-intensity NIV, NIV in addition to exercise training, and NIV during exercise training), (3) monitoring of NIV (monitoring devices, built-in ventilator software, leaks, and asynchronies) and identifying events during NIV; and (4) recent and future developments in NIV (target-volume NIV, electromyography-triggered NIV, and autoregulating algorithms).