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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Advances in long-term noninvasive positive pressure ventilation

Oral Presentation
Chairs: W. Windisch (Cologne, Germany), P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands)

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Respiratory mechanical and cardio-vascular changes during non invasive ventilation in stable COPD patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: High intensity ventilation vs low intensity ventilation J. Lukacsovits, A. Carlucci, N. Hill, P. Ceriana, L. Pisani, A. Schreiber, P. Pierucci, A. Lorx, G. Losonczy, S. Nava (Pavia, Bologna, Italy; Budapest, Hungary)
Lobar airway resistance and tissue stiffness in hypercapnic COPD patients eligible for NIV treatment V. Wim, L. De Backer, C. Van Holsbeke, J. De Backer, D. Daems, W. De Backer (Kontich, Edegem, Belgium)
HOT HMV UK: An investigation into mechanisms of action of home mechanical ventilation (HMV) following acute hypercapnic exacerbations of COPD P. Murphy, J. Moxham, M. Polkey, N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)
Polysomnography (PSG) under NIV in stable COPD to reduce patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) and morning breathlessness D. Adler, S. Perrig, H. Takahashi, F. Espa, D. Rodenstein, J. L. Pépin, J. P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland; Woluwe, Belgium; Grenoble, France)
Impact of exhalation system and additional leak on oxygenation during noninvasive ventilation J. Storre, S. Huttmann, E. Ekkernkamp, S. Walterspacher, M. Dreher, C. Schmoor, W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany)
Monitoring of non-invasive ventilation: Is the strategy used in daily practice enough? M. Georges, C. Rabec, N. Kabeya, D. NGuyen, A. Vagner, P. Camus (Dijon, France)
Impact of three back-up rate (BUR) on subjective quality of sleep (QoS) and residual events in obesity-hypoventilation (OHS) treated by home non invasive ventilation (NIV): A randomised controlled trial O. Contal, J. C. Borel, D. Adler, F. Espa, D. Rodenstein, J. L. Pépin, J. P. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland; Grenoble, France; Brussels, Belgium)