Scientific Program

Wednesday June 20, 2018: McGill Thompson House 

3650 Mc Tavish St, Montreal, QC H3A 1Y2

Welcome Reception

Thursday June 21, 2018: McGill Faculty Club & Conference Centre

Theme 1: Mechanisms of Breathlessness

Theme 2:  Measurement of Breathlessness

Lightning Round Presentations:  2 slides in 2 minutes!

1. ​Lauren Tracey (McGill University, Canada): Physiological and perceptual responses to exercise according to the locus of symptom limitation in patients with COPD
2. Dr. Bob Banzett (Harvard Medical School, USA): Variance among and within individuals of air hunger response during constant mechanical ventilation and graded hypercapnia
3. Amar Mainra (McGill University, Canada):  Physiological mechanisms of exertional breathlessness relief following bariatric surgery for severe obesity
4. Dr. Nicolle J. Domnik (Queen's University, Canada): Ventilatory control characteristics and dyspnea in mild COPD
5. Sophie E. Collins (University of Alberta, Canada): Does the carotid chemoreceptor play a role in the potentiated ventilatory and dyspnea response to exercise in chronic heart failure?
6. Josef Sucec (University of Leuven, Belgium): Can you inhibit behavioral responses while being breathless?
7. Andrew P. Binks (Virgina Tech Carilion School of Medicine, USA): Tidal volume restrictions and hypercapnia produce indistinguishable forms of dyspnea
8. Charlotte G. Golding (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom): Differential modulation of breathlessness by deep brain stimulation of sub-thalamic and motor thalamic nuclei
9. Robert Hallowell (Harvard Medical School, USA): Effect of aerosol furosemide (80 mg) on exercise-induced dyspnea in patients
10. Dr. Joanna C. Grogono (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom): Effect of breathing pattern on dyspnea relief with inhaled furosemid in heart failure
11. Dr. Tony G. Babb (University of Texas Southwester Medical Centre, USA): Multidimensional dyspnea profile in patients referred for cardiopulmonary exercise testing
12. Norman R. Morris (Griffith University, Australia):  The impact of negative mood on exertional dyspnoea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
13. Joshua Good (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada): Perceptions of dyspnea and functional fitness among community dwelling older adults with obstructive lung disease
14. Joshua Good (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada):  Correlates of resting and exertional dyspnea in community dwelling older adults with obstructive lung disease
15. Joshua Good (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada):  Dyspnea during sprint interval and continuous exercise in adults with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
16. Abebaw M. Yohannes (Azusa Pacific University, USA): Determinants of dyspnea in COPD patients attending pulmonary rehabilitation program
17. Carley O'Neill (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada): Perceived dyspnea during high intensity interval exercise and continuous exercise among adults with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
18. Carley O'Neill (University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada):  The impact of a 6-week high intensity interval exercise intervention on perceived dyspnea among adults with exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
19. Dr. Alan Hamilton on behalf of Dr. Francois Maltais (Boehringer Ingelheim, Canada): The effect of tiotropium/olodaterol versus tiotropium on breathlessness during the 3-minute constant-speed shuttle walking test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

Friday June 22, 2018: McGill Faculty Club & Conference Centre

Theme 3:  Management of Breathlessness

Lightning Round Presentations:  2 slides in 2 minutes!

1. Kathy M. Baker (Harvard Medical School, USA):  Assessing dyspnea in ICU patients: An opportunity to improve care
2. Kathy M. Baker (Harvard Medical School, USA):  How we assess for dyspnea: Does "No" mean "Zero"?
3. Dr. Margaret L. Campbell (Wayne State University, USA):  Mild, moderate, and severe intensity cut-points for the respiratory distress observation scale: A receiver operating characteristics curve analysis
4. Dr. Margaret L. Campbell (Wayne State University, USA):  Trajectory of dyspnea and respiratory distress among patients in the last month of life
5. Dr. Jennifer Stevens (Harvard Medical School, USA): Temporal patterns of dyspnea during the hospital stay
6. Dr. Miriam J. Johnson on behalf of Ann Hutchinson (University of Hull, United Kingdom):  Presentation to the emergency department by breathless patients: A qualitative study
7. Dr. Magnus Ekstrom on behalf of Dr. David C. Currow (Lund University, Sweden): Missed opportunity? Worsening breathlessness as a harbinger of death: A cohort study
8. Dr. Miriam J. Johnson on behalf of Ann Hutchinson (University of Hull, United Kingdom): Living with breathlessness: A systematic literature review and thematic synthesis
9. Emilie Michalovic (McGill University, Canada):  Breathlessness: A major barrier to participation in daily and social activities for adults living with COPD
10. Emilie Michalovic (McGill University, Canada):  Relief of breathlessness: Top healthcare and research priority for adults living with mild to very severe COPD
11. Hayley Lewthwaite (University of South Australia, Australia):  Prioritise symptoms, expectations and coping strategies in people with COPD: Delphi consensus of factors important to improve habitual behaviours
12. Dr. Miriam J. Johnson (University of Hull, United Kingdom):  Breathlessness and sexual activity in older adults: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Ageing
13. Dr. Marie Williams (University of South Australia, Australia): Pulmonary rehabilitation with and without cognitive behavioral therapy for breathlessness: Pragmatic randomized controlled trial
14. Dr. Rachael A. Evans (University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, United Kingdom):  Need for integrated symptom-based diagnostic pathways: Results from a pilot diagnostic cardio-respiratory breathlessness clinic
15. Jacob Sandberg (Lund University, Sweden):  Validation of the Dyspnea Exertion Scale of breathlessness in people with life-limiting illness
16. Ann Norweg (New York University, USA):  Minimum clinically important difference for the Dyspnea Management Questionnaire-Computer Adaptive Test (DMQ-CAT)
17. Catherine Paquet (University of South Australia, Australia):  Longitudinal changes in breathlessness assessed with the Dyspnoea-12 and Multidimensional Dyspnea Profile: Sub-analysis of a pragmatic randomised controlled trial
18. Dr. Joanna C. Grogono (Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom):  Measuring dyspnea in chronic heart failure
19. Dr. Alan Hamilton (Boehringer Ingelheim, Canada): Measuring breathlessness during in-clinic exercise testing and everyday activities
20. Dr. Mathew Cherian (McGill University, Canada): Characteristics of dyspnea among adults with mild to moderate COPD and different exacerbation profiles: inferences from the CanCOLD study