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.


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New evidence in home mechanical ventilation

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: J. Nasilowski (Warsaw, Poland), E. Ekkernkamp (Freiburg, Germany), M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom), A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France)
Hemodynamic effects of non-invasive ventilation in patients with obesity-hypoventilation syndrome
O. Castro-Añón, R. Golpe, L. A. Pérez-de-Llano, M. J. López, E. Escalona, R. Pérez-Fernández, A. Testa, A. González Quintela (Lugo, Santiago of Compostela, Spain)
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The effects of non-invasive bilevel positive aiway pressure ventilation on insulin resistance in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
O. Georgiev, D. Petrova, R. Bilyukov, T. Mondeshki (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Prevalence of patient-ventilator asynchronies and effects on sleep quality in neuromuscular patients using long term non-invasive ventilation
G. Crescimanno, M. Canino, O. Marrone (Palermo, Italy)
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Evaluation of inspiratory rise time versus resistances of four home ventilators
A. Perel Jaillet, C. Letellier, D. Bounoiare, A. Cuvelier, J. F. Muir (Saint Etienne du Rouvray, Rouen, France)
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Effects of a nasal high-flow system (nHF) on tidal volume, breathing rate, minute volume and I/E-ratio in healthy volunteers and patients with COPD
J. Bräunlich, M. Köhler, H. J. Seyfarth, S. Hammschmidt, H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Validation design for a method to determine respiratory resistance and compliance in non-sedated patients
K. Lopez-Navas, H. Gehring, U. Wenkebach (Luebeck, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Adaptation of children with spinal muscolar atrophy type 1 and 2 to non invasive ventilatory support
T. Salerno, M. Pavone, M. B. Chiarini Testa, F. P. Rossi, E. Verrillo, S. Soldini, R. Cutrera (Rome, Italy)
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Long term home mechanical ventilation: 9 year experience
Z. Karakurt, O. Yazicioglu Mocin, N. Adiguzel, D. Ozgul, G. Gungor, D. Seker, R. Nazli, Y. Konuk, S. Solmaz, T. Yarkin (Istanbul, Turkey)
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A 20 year experience of home non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in a district general hospital and the ²growing² problem of obesity
M. Sidhu, A. Davison, D. Powrie, M. Ali, A. Patel, L. Ward, N. Chu (Essex, United Kingdom)
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Comparing a nasal high-flow therapy with single and double sided application (TNIoxy) on breathing and gas exchange at stable hypercapnic respiratory failure COPD
N. Georg, D. Ulrike, F. Karl-Josef, R. Karl-Heinz, S. Hartmut (Hagen, Germany; Baltimore, United States Of America)
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Home mechanical ventilation in chronic respiratory diseases: An experience from a pediatric semi-intensive respiratory care unit
F. P. Rossi, M. Pavone, E. Verrillo, A. Schiavino, M. B. Chiarini Testa, M. G. Paglietti, S. Soldini, R. Cutrera (Rome, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Lung function values as predictors for outcome during non-invasive ventilation in COPD patients
D. Bartusek, J. Varga, A. Bikov, T. Komaromi, G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary)
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A pilot study of treatment compliance in home non-invasive ventilation
L. Cheng, V. Chan, C. M. Chu (Kowloon, Hong Kong)
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Predictive factors for the tolerance of non-invasive ventilation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients
D. Gonzalez, J. Sancho, E. Servera, P. Bañuls, J. Marín (Valencia, Spain)
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Lower SNIP value is correlated to the need of intubation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
P. Carratù, A. Cassano, G. D‘Alba, V. N. Quaranta, R. Capozzo, F. Gadaleta, S. Dragonieri, I. L. Simone, G. Logroscino, O. Resta (Bari, Italy)
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Exploring reasons for the pattern of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) use among motor neurone disease (MND) patients: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
H. Ando, B. Chakrabarti, C. Young, E. Thornton, R. Angus (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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NIV for MND in the West of Scotland assisted ventilation service (WoSAVS)
P. Kewin, S. Tsim, J. McGlone, A. Clarke, S. Banham, S. Davidson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Evaluation of different patterns of high frequency spinal cord stimulation (HF-SCS) to activate the inspiratory muscles
K. Kowalski, A. DiMarco (Cleveland, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Mechanically assisted cough in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Effect on vital capacity decline and timing of non invasive ventilation onset
E. Meleo, A. Conte, F. Mormile, M. Scapigliati, F. Macagno, A. Zito, M. Sabatelli, S. Valente (Rome, Italy)
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