Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Wider aspects of managing respiratory disease in primary care

E-Communication Session
Chairs: M. Levy (Wembley, United Kingdom), B. Stallberg (Uppsala, Sweden)
The level of sexual hormones in postmenopausal women with COPD (stage I-II)
G. L. Ignatova, L. A. Stepanisheva, E. Blinova, I. Grebneva (Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Health care professionals‘ (HCPs) experiences and attitudes toward asthma management in rural communities
S. Bosnic-Anticevich, B. Kraljevski-Cvetkovski, C. Armour (NSW, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The effects of vocal effort on respiratory health status in teachers
M. Micaela, M. Iustin, C. Marcela (Iasi, Romania)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effectiveness of guideline implementation within the German competence network CAPNETZ
M. Schnoor, T. Schaefer, H. Raspe, T. Welte (Luebeck, Hannover, Germany)
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High prevalence of poorly controlled asthma amongst patients visiting clinics in Pune City, India
B. Brashier, D. Kekan, A. Bamnikar, D. Kolte, M. Dhakar, A. Kessari, S. Valsa, S. Mandrekar, S. Limaye, S. Salvi (Pune, Maharashtra, India)
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Diagnostic accuracy of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP), fibrinogen and C-reactive protein (CRP) in differentiating pneumonia from acute bronchitis in primary care
R. Hopstaken, J. Cals, G. J. Dinant (Maastricht, Netherlands)
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Novel intradermal influenza vaccine: phase 3 data in targeted adult populations
R. Arnou, G. Icardi, M. De Decker, A. Ambrozaitis, P. Eavis, J. R. De Juanes Pardo, M. P. Kazek, A. Hoffenbach (Angers, Lyon, France; Genova, Italy; Antwerp, Belgium; Vilnius, Lithuania; Bath, United Kingdom; Madrid, Spain)
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Comparability of Asthma Control TestÔ (ACT) scores between different administration forms
J. Carranza Rosenzweig, A. E. Williams, A. Kite, M. Yang, M. Kosinski (RTP, NC, Lincoln, RI, United States Of America)
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Mind the gap. A qualitative study of planned respiratory service development
H. Pinnock, G. Huby, A. Tierney, S. Hamilton, T. Kielmann, A. Powell, A. Sheikh (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Predictive factors of asthma control in clinical practice in France
A. Didier, P. Godard, D. Vervloet, C. Pribil, G. El Azzi, P. Serrier, J. P. Dumur, S. Salmeron (Toulouse, Montpellier, Marseille, Marly-le-Roi, Paris, Aix-en-Provence, France)
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Clinical implications of diagnosing underlying chronic bronchitis (CB) in at-risk patients (pts) with acute bronchitis (AB) visiting general practitioners (GPs)
N. Roche, J. Gaillat, M. Garré, H. Bendjenana (Paris, Annecy, Brest, Rungis, France)
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Retrospective analysis of ambulance calls caused by severe asthma exacerbation
M. Ovcharuk, Y. Mostovoy (Vinnitsa, Ukraine)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A new model of training to make spirometry in primary health care services
G. García, M. Beamud, G. Mora, J. J. Muñoz, F. Muñoz (Madrid, Spain)
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Prevalence of asthma symptoms in athletes in the region of Tricity (Poland)
K. Kuziemski, K. Specjalski, L. Gorska, W. Slominski, R. Kalicka, E. Jassem, M. Slominski (Gdansk, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The COPD dietician: food for thought
A. Evans, G. South (Rotherham, United Kingdom)
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Should guidelines be revised for add-on therapy in asthma? A 2 year randomized pragmatic equivalence trial of leukotriene antagonists (LTRAs) and long-acting beta agonists (LABAs) with inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) in primary care
E. Sims, D. Freeman, L. Kemp, S. Musgrave, L. Juniper, R. Gilbert, J. Ayres, A. Blyth, I. Harvey, E. Wilson, M. Mugford, S. Wolfe, L. Shepstone, J. Murdoch, D. Price (Norwich, Aberdeen, Hamilton, United Kingdom)
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Non-inferiority comparison of budesonide HFA (BUD-HFA) pMDI with budesonide CFC (BUD-CFC) pMDI in patients with persistent moderate asthma
S. Saboo, D. Christopher, A. Mesquita, V. Singh, S. Salvi, M. Shete, J. Po, S. Chachad, S. Purandare, A. Lulla, A. Sule (Hyderabad, Vellore, Goa, Jaipur, Pune, Mumbai, India)
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