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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Asthma management and response

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy), N. Thomson (Glasgow, United Kingdom), G. D'Amato (Naples, Italy)
Effects of formoterol-budesonide combination on residual eosinophilic inflammation in distal airway of patients with well-controlled moderate asthma
H. Ohbayasshi, N. Shibata, M. Adachi (Mizunami, Tokyo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Montelukast as add-on therapy may improve some indices of small airways involvement in uncontrolled asthmatics
L. Malagrinò, F. Costa, L. Melosini, A. Di Franco, G. Catapano, P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The eXpeRience registry: Monitoring the ‘real-world‘ effectiveness of omalizumab in allergic asthma
G. J. Braunstahl, J. Leo, C. W. Chen, R. Maykut, P. Georgiou, G. Peachey (Rotterdam, Netherlands; Horsham, United Kingdom; East Hanover, United States Of America; Basel, Switzerland)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Omalizumab and malignancy: Interim results from the EXCELS study
M. Eisner, M. Miller, W. Chou, A. Rahmaoui, M. Bradley (South San Francisco, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Factors influencing the relative effect of leukotriene receptor antagonists (LTRA) and inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) as monotherapy in persistent asthma: A systematic review
B. Chauhan, F. Ducharme (Montreal, Canada)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Real-life effectiveness of beclomethasone diproprionate/formoterol extra-fine combination in adult patients with persistent asthma
G. G. Brusselle, P. Van Den Brande, R. Peché, B. Fonteyn, D. Iacono, M. Blockmans, J. Bruhwyler, W. Hollanders (Ghent, Duffel, Montigny-le-Tilleul, Zutendaal, Malmedy, Court-Saint-Etienne, Ecaussinnes, Brussels, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of budesonide/formoterol, budesonide and terbutaline on exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in mild intermittent asthma
N. Lazarinis, L. Bjermer, K. H. Carlsen, B. Dahlén, T. Ekström, G. Hedlin, L. Jörgensen, T. Pullerits, K. Larsson (Stockholm, Lund, Södertälje, Gothenburg, Sweden; Oslo, Norway)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Randomized, placebo-controlled study of asthmatic smokers treated with montelukast or mid-dose fluticasone
D. Price, T. Popov, L. Bjermer, S. Lu, R. Petrovic, A. Mehta, J. Strus, P. Peter, G. Philip (Aberdeen, United Kingdom; Sofia, Bulgaria; Lund, Sweden; Whitehouse Station, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
‘Real-life‘ persistence beyond the first year of omalizumab treatment in patients with severe allergic asthma: The R-Pixel study
A. Michils, O. Vandenplas, G. Brusselle, C. Lee, J. Van Schoor, S. Gurdain, C. Hermans, S. Vancayzeele, K. MacDonald, I. Abraham (Brussels, Yvoir, Ghent, Vilvoorde, Belgium; Earlysville, Oregon, Tucson, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Plasma and urinary concentrations of inhaled salmeterol in healthy and persons with asthma – Quantifying a doping limit
M. Hostrup, J. Elers, J. Henninge, K. Dalhoff, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark; Oslo, Norway)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The effect of liposome inhalation on non-invasive oxidative stress markers in patients with bronchial asthma
A. Lisitsa, I. Klimanov, S. Soodaeva (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Quantitative IgE levels in asthma and implications for treatment with omalizumab. Are the cutoffs to narrow?
M. L. Zaremba, K. Elliott, A. Redford, N. Shah, S. Ali, S. Reddy (Port Huron, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The effect of statin usage on airway inflammatiory cells and markers, and clinical indices in asthmatic patients
S. Olgun Tandogdu, B. Bagci Ceyhan, A. Ikinci, R. Ahiskali (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Stability and achievement of asthma control with higher doses of inhaled conticosteroids regular treatment
S. L. Cheng (Taipei, Taiwan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of the efficacy of cicleosonide with budesonide in mild to moderate asthma patients after step-down therapy
K. C. Chiu, J. Y. Hsu, M. S. Lin, W. T. Liu, C. H. Wang, H. P. Kuo (Luodong Town, I-Lan County, Taichung, Chiayi, Taipei, Taiwan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The effect of GSK2190915, a 5-lipoxygenase activating protein inhibitor, on the early asthmatic response to inhaled allergen
V. Norris, J. Bentley, S. Kent, D. Singh, M. Boyce, B. Leaker (Stevenage, Manchester, London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Asthma control and lung function after step down from high dose ICS/LABA combination therapy
P. Paggiaro, N. Gabriele, N. Crimi, L. M. Fabbri, D. Olivieri, A. Rossi, A. Papi (Pisa, Parma, Catania, Modena, Verona, Ferrara, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Risks of diabetes mellitus and hyperglycaemic adverse events in patients with asthma taking inhaled corticosteroids
P. O‘Byrne, S. Rennard, F. Radner, S. Peterson, L. G. Carlsson, D. Sin (Hamilton, Vancouver, Canada; , United States Of America; Lund, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Increased incidence of pulmonary embolism in severe asthma
C. Majoor, P. Kamphuisen, L. Rijssenbeek-Nouwens, T. van der Poll, A. Zwinderman, P. Sterk, H. Büller, E. Bel (Amsterdam, Netherlands; Davos Wolfgang, Switzerland)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effects of hydrocortisone on acute beta-blocker and histamine induced bronchoconstriction
P. Short, P. Williamson, L. McKinlay, B. Lipworth (Dundee, United Kingdom)
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