Contributors Giuseppe Adamo PROMISE Department, University of Palermo, and Pulmonary Division, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy giuseppe.adamo92@gmail.com Marta Amata PROMISE Department, University of Palermo, and Pulmonary Division, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, Italy marta.amata@gmail.com Tiina Andersen Norwegian Advisory Unit on Long-term Mechanical Ventilation, Thoracic Department, Haukland University Hospital, and Department of Physiotherapy, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, and Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Science, Bergen, Norway tiina.maarit.andersen@helse-bergen.no Sébastien Baillieul University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, and Service Hospitalo-Universitaire Pneumologie et Physiologie, Grenoble, France SBaillieul@chu-grenoble.fr Sébastien Bailly University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, and Service Hospitalo-Universitaire Pneumologie et Physiologie, Grenoble, France SBailly@chu-grenoble.fr Özen K. Basoglu Department of Chest Diseases, Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey ozen.basoglu@ege.edu.tr, ozenbasoglu@ yahoo.com Renzo Boersma Department of Pulmonary Diseases/ Home Mechanical Ventilation, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, and Groningen Research Institute of Asthma and COPD, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands r.boersma@umcg.nl Izolde Bouloukaki Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece izolthi@gmail.com Chief editors Maria R. Bonsignore PROMISE Department, University of Palermo, Palermo, and Pulmonary Division, Villa Sofia-Cervello Hospital, Palermo, and Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation (IRIB), National Research COuncil (CNR), Palermo, Italy mariarosaria.bonsignore@unipa.it Winfried Randerath Bethanien Hospital, Clinic of Pneumology and Allergology, Center for Sleep Medicine and Respiratory Care, Institute of Pneumology at the University of Cologne, Solingen, Germany randerath@klinik-bethanien.de Sophia E. Schiza Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Respiratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece schiza@med.uoc.gr Anita K. Simonds Sleep and Ventilation Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK A.Simonds@rbht.nhs.uk ix