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
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  • 632 Slide presentations
  • 250 Webcasts
  • 66 Handouts
  • 1703 e-posters
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Obstructive sleep apnoea : physiology, diagnostic tools and technology

Poster Discussion
Chairs: R. Farré (Barcelona, Spain), P. Jennum (Glostrup, Denmark)
Effect of chronic intermittent hypoxia on rat genioglossus
X. Zhang, Q. Li (Nanjing, China)
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CPAP therapy withdrawal – A model to evaluate treatments for OSA
M. Kohler, A. C. Stoewhas, K. E. Bloch, E. W. Russi, J. R. Stradling (Zurich, Switzerland; Oxford, United Kingdom)
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The effect of interleukin-1β on lung ventilation and central CO2 chemoreception
N. P. Aleksandrova, G. A. Danilova (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Didgeridoo may lower apnea hypopnea index through reducing parapharyngeal fat pads
A. Turk, A. Zuercher, F. Zahn, T. Frauenfelder, M. Puhan (Wald, Zurich, Switzerland)
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Improvement in obstructive sleep apnoea features under targeted hypoglossal neurostimulation is independent from body mass index and collar size
D. Rodenstein, B. Mwenge, M. Dury, B. Lengele, P. Rombaux (Brussels, Belgium)
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Supine position dependency in obstructive sleep apnea
S. Firat Guven, B. Ciftci, T. Ulukavak Ciftci (Ankara, Turkey)
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Berlin questionnaire performance for detecting sleep apnea in the general population
R. Heinzer, D. Andries, F. Bastardot, N. Tobback, P. Vollenweider, M. Tafti, J. Haba-Rubio (Lausanne, Switzerland)
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STOP-BANG score as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea in the general population
R. Heinzer, D. Andries, F. Bastardot, N. Tobback, P. Vollenweider, M. Tafti, J. Haba-Rubio (Lausanne, Switzerland)
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AutoCPAP devices accurately identify obstructive sleep apnea patients with residual apnea during treatment
L. Hess, T. D. Latshang, M. Kohler, C. M. Lo Cascio, R. Thurnheer, K. E. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland)
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Neural network model for estimating the apnoea-hypopnea index from nocturnal oxygen saturation
F. del Campo, R. Hornero, D. Alvarez, J. V. Marcos (Valladolid, Spain)
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A clinical score to predict polysomnographic (PSG) results in paediatric sleep disordered breathing (SDB)
M. C. Paolino, R. Castaldo, F. Ianniello, L. Papini, F. Biagiarelli, M. Del Pozzo, M. P. Villa (Rome, Italy)
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Reducing investigation time for the diagnosis of the obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) by combining oximetry with a screening algorithim
J. Benjamin, R. Chaube, C. Narendra (Llantrisant, United Kingdom)
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Epworth sleepiness scale ratings – What does ²in recent times² mean?
W. Cassel, T. Ploch, A. Jerrentrup, S. Canisius, V. Claus (Marburg, Germany)
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Diagnostic performance of the non-contacting device SleepMinder in diagnosis of sleep apnea
G. Weinreich, P. de Chazal, Y. Wang, H. Teschler (Essen, Germany; Dublin, Ireland)
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Acoustic respiratory monitoring (ARM) as an adjunct to polysomnography (PSG) in a sleep laboratory
J. M. Goldin, P. Dionysopoulos, N. Kohli, L. Irving, S. Godfrey, N. Gavriely (Parkville, Australia; Haifa, Israel)
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A new method to determine the site of upper airway obstruction using sleep induced endoscopy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
M. G. Gregorio, M. Jacomelli, N. Danzi-Soares, F. Schorr, P. R. Genta, G. Lorenzi-Filho (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Interpretation of central and obstructive apnea event type varies widely between scorers: An observational study
A. Thornton, P. Singh, W. Ruehland, P. Rochford (Adelaide, Heidelberg, Australia)
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Prediction of cardiovascular risk from nocturnal pulse wave signal – Results from the ASIC multi center study
L. Grote, D. Sommermeyer, D. Zou, D. N. Eder, J. Hedner, J. Ficker, W. Randerath, T. Penzel, B. Sanner (Gothenburg, Sweden; Karlsruhe, Nuremberg, Solingen, Berlin, Wuppertal, Germany)
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