Annual Congress Barcelona 2010

Saturday, 18.09.2010
Sunday, 19.09.2010
Monday, 20.09.2010
Tuesday, 21.09.2010
Wednesday, 22.09.2010

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54, abstract number.

Material from 2010:

4910 Abstracts
646 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
97 Handouts
2124 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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Yernault Lecture followed by Hot Topic "Exercise Testing"

Hot topics
Chairs: P. Palange (Rome, Italy), L. Puente Maestu (Madrid, Spain)
Aims: The aims of this session are to:
- review the role of mechanical and gas exchange related factors in limiting exercise
- understand how new measurements techniques can increase understanding of exercise impairment
- recognise the important role of circulatory limitations and impaired peripheral muscle function in determining why patients with COPD stop exercising

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Introduction of the Yernault Lecture awardee P. Palange (Rome, Italy)
Yernault Lecture: "Determinants of the ventilatory response to exercise in health and disease: the ventilatory 'efficiency' issue" B. Whipp (Powys, United Kingdom)
Breath by breath quantification of progressive airflow limitation during exercise in COPD J. Porszasz (Torrance, United States of America)