TY - JOUR T1 - ERS International Congress, Madrid, 2019: highlights from the Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00331-2019 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 00331-2019 AU - Celal Satici AU - Daniel López-Padilla AU - Annia Schreiber AU - Aileen Kharat AU - Ema Swingwood AU - Luigi Pisani AU - Maxime Patout AU - Lieuwe D. Bos AU - Raffaele Scala AU - Marcus J. Schultz AU - Leo Heunks Y1 - 2020/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/6/1/00331-2019.abstract N2 - The Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly of the European Respiratory Society is delighted to present the highlights from the 2019 International Congress in Madrid, Spain. We have selected four sessions that discussed recent advances in a wide range of topics: from acute respiratory failure to cough augmentation in neuromuscular disorders and from extra-corporeal life support to difficult ventilator weaning. The subjects are summarised by early career members in close collaboration with the Assembly leadership. We aim to give the reader an update on the most important developments discussed at the conference. Each session is further summarised into a short list of take-home messages.The #ERSCongress in Madrid had some great sessions on respiratory intensive care. This article highlights the most important sessions. http://bit.ly/2GtT0qL ER -