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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Exercise tests and emerging outcomes: defining the impact of pulmonary rehabilitation

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: F. Franssen (Horn, Netherlands), R. Evans (Toronto, Canada), C. Bolton (Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Effect of COPD severity on hemodynamic responses to exercise in patients with GOLD stages I-IV
M. Vasilopoulou, I. Vogiatzis, I. Nasis, S. Spetsioti, E. Cherouveim, G. Kaltsakas, E. Kortianou, M. Koskolou, A. Koutsoukou, M. Alchanatis, N. G. Koulouris (Athens, Lamia, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Electrocardiographic and echocardiographic abnormalities in COPD patients according to disease severity
L. Caram, C. Naves, S. Zanati, S. Tanni, L. Coelho, R. Ferrari, I. Godoy (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effects of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) on arterial stiffness in patients with COPD: The CIROCO study
L. Vanfleteren, M. Spruit, F. Franssen, M. Boorsma, J. Op‘t Roodt, M. Groenen, E. Wouters (Maastricht, Horn, Netherlands; Charnwood, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Reduced six-minute walking distance is associated with endothelial dysfunction in COPD patients
C. Minet, I. Vivodtzev, R. Tamisier, F. Arbib, B. Wuyam, J. F. Timsit, D. Monneret, J. C. Borel, J. P. Baguet, P. Levy, J. L. Pepin (Grenoble Cedex 09, La Tronche, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Reproducibility of a time trial cycle ergometer test protocol in comparison to a constant work rate test protocol in patients with COPD
W. Gosens, J. Oomen, A. van ‘t Hul, M. Hesselink, L. Borghouts (Tilburg, Maastricht, Breda, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Estimation of peak work load based on 6-min walk distance and general demographics in patients with COPD: A new regression equation
M. J. H. Sillen, J. H. Vercoulen, A. J. van Het Hul, P. H. C. Klijn, E. F. M. Wouters, D. van Ranst, J. B. Peters, A. R. J. van Keimpema, F. M. E. Franssen, H. Otten, J. Molema, J. J. Jansen, M. A. Spruit (Horn, Nijmegen, Breda, Hilversum, Maastricht, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Inhibitory effect of SABA on exercise dynamic lung hyperinflation during 6-min walk test in stable COPD patients
M. Satake, T. Shioya, H. Takahashi, K. Sugawara, C. Kasai, N. Kiyokawa, T. Watanabe, S. Fujii, A. Kawagoshi, M. Homma (Akita, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Energy economy of walking with a wheeled ambulatory aid (rollator) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
K. Hill, T. E. Dolmage, L. Woon, D. Brooks, R. S. Goldstein (Bentley, Australia; Toronto, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Characterization of balance impairments in individuals with COPD
M. Beauchamp, K. Sibley, B. Lakhani, J. Romano, S. Mathur, R. Goldstein, D. Brooks (Toronto, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of maximal exercise capacity between patients with COPD from Brazil and United Kingdom
R. B. de Mesquita, C. Sandland, N. A. Hernandes, V. S. Probst, S. Singh, F. Pitta (Londrina, Brazil; Leicester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on the sit-to-stand test in COPD
M. Patel, J. Canavan, A. Clark, K. Ingram, R. Fowler, M. Polkey, W. Man (Harefield, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Age of loss of walking ability in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A marker for the elective use of mechanical ventilation?
L. A. Tavares, M. T. Fonseca, L. B. Lasmar, R. C. Barbosa, T. B. Guimarães (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstract
In which male patients with COPD participated in a pulmonary rehabilitation program should be evaluated for osteoporosis?
D. Kaymaz, P. Ergün, G. Kayalar, F. Sengül, N. Demir (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD outpatients with comorbidities
N. Mendil, P. Ergün, D. Kaymaz, S. Aktas, E. Utku (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Comorbidities in COPD patients are not associated to higher disease severity
L. Caram, R. Ferrari, C. Naves, S. Tanni, L. Coelho, S. do Vale, I. Godoy (Distrito de Rubiao Júnior, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster