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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Pleural diseases and pneumothorax

Poster Discussion
Chairs: S. Elia (Rome, Italy), I. Cordos (Bucharest, Romania)
Value of the video assisted thoracoscopy in the diagnosis of the pleural effusions – Our experience
C. Savu, C. Petreanu, V. Grigorie, N. Galie, E. Tabacu (Bucharest, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Significance of computed tomography in diagnostic of pleural content and the choice of the method of surgical treatment
M. Rusetskaya, V. Petukhov (Vitebsk, Belarus)
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Tuberculous empyema thoracis surgical perspective. A tertiary care center experience
A. R. Uraizee, J. A. Memon, A. R. Bhagwani, A. A. Poonawala, I. A. Farhan, S. A. Husain (Karachi, Pakistan; Kent, United Kingdom)
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Analysis of lung function test at patients with pleural empyema treated with thoracotomy and decortications
G. Kondov, R. Colanceski, Z. Spirovski, S. Jovev, B. Kondov (Skopje, Fyrom)
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Malignant pericardial effusion and pericardial-peritoneal window
C. Guimarães, C. Lares Santos, A. Correia de Matos, A. Figueiredo, F. Barata (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Thoracic empyema: Medical and surgical treatment
I. Ladeira, C. Ribeiro, M. Brito, T. Shiang (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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Fibrous cavernous pulmonary tuberculosis (FCT) complicated by spontaneous pneumothorax (SP)
S. Massavirov, K. Mukhamedov, A. Muzrabekov, F. Ismailova, N. Djurayev (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
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Do we follow the national guidelines for ICD (intercostal chest drain) insertion: A study in a district general hospital (DGH) in East of England
V. Sirpa, Y. Htwe, K. Falzon, S. Durairaj (Kings Lynn, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Outpatient management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax using small-bore catheter: A prospective study
M. Massongo, B. Chahine, C. H. Marquette, A. Scherpereel (Lille, Douai, Nice, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax size: Comparison of international guidelines
S. Tarique, J. Noble, A. Gallen, M. Jones (Abergavenny, London, United Kingdom)
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Pulmonary emphysematous dysplasia in young adults
S. Gorbunkov, O. Lukina, L. Kirukhina, A. Akopov (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Change in perfusion patterns and its correlation to clinical outcomes following lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in COPD as assessed by single photon emission computer tomography (SPECT)
H. Hoffmann, D. Lardinois, A. Mols, A. M. Balestra, F. Forrer, M. Tamm, D. Stolz (Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Does lung volume reduction surgery improve chronotropic incompetence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients?
H. Armstrong, M. Bartels, B. Thomashow (New York, United States Of America)
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Ultrasound guided pleural aspiration and chest drain insertion – A prospective study
W.Y. Lee, S. Faruqi, J. Kastelik, R. Teoh (Cottingham, United Kingdom)
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Health-related quality of life and pulmonary function in patients after segmentectomy and lobectomy for tuberculosis
M. Chushkin, O. Ots, B. Maliev, D. Zhutikov, S. Smerdin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster