Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

Saturday, 24.09.2011
Sunday, 25.09.2011
Monday, 26.09.2011
Tuesday, 27.09.2011
Wednesday, 28.09.2011

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, abstract number.

Material from 2011

4205 Abstracts
632 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
66 Handouts
1703 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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PG14 Improving skills in cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium), L. Puente Maestú (Madrid, Spain)
Aims: At the end of the course the participants will know: the usefulness of exercise testing in clinical trials; the interpretation of clinical exercise testing; the state-of-the-art knowledge on the performance and usefulness of inspiratory capacity during exercise; and useful tips on how to measure daily living activity.

HERMES syllabus links: D.1.6 Exercise testing including walking tests and spiroergometry-interpretation and performance, E. 1.14 Pulmonary rehabilitation, C.1.1 Dyspnoea, D.1.7 Assessment of respiratory mechanics-interpretation

Type of course: Lecture and case based

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Exercise testing as an outcome P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Case-based guide to cardiopulmonary exercise test interpretation R. Casaburi (Torrance, United States Of America)
Practical aspects of end-tidal lung volume measurmentes D. O'Donnell (Kingston, Canada)
Clinical measurement of daily living activity T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)