On 16 December the meeting will be held in Pavia titled Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - Problems breathing: from pathophysiology, the clinical ethics. Sclerosis Lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease
involving primarily motor neurons of the anterior horn of the spinal cord, brain stem and the fifth layer of the cerebral cortex. This disease has estimated annual incidence in the world of 1-3 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants and a prevalence of 6-7 cases out of 100,000.
Despite the availability of new technologies to assist people with ALS, many families, patients, home care do not receive sufficient information about the diagnostic, treatment and management of respiratory complications.
becomes necessary to deploy all the resources to give the patient the ability to access all the tools possible
can assure him and his family an acceptable quality of life in all stages of the disease.
The conference will take place at the Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri - IRCCS Maugeri Foundation
Congress Centre Hall "Salvatore Maugeri"
Via Salvatore Maugeri, 6
For info: segreteria@aisla.it
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