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
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Progress and a new era for noninvasive mechanical ventilation

Oral Presentation
Chairs: J-F. Muir (Rouen, France), M. Chatwin (London, United Kingdom)
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) after extubation in hypercapnic patients with chronic respiratory disorders: a randomized trial
M. Ferrer, M. Valencia, J. Sellares, A. Carrillo, G. Gonzalez, J. R. Badia, R. Piñer, C. Esquinas, J. M. Nicolas, A. Torres (Barcelona, Murcia, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Nocturnal non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in stable hypercapnic COPD patients – a randomized controlled trial
G. C. Funk, M. Breyer, O. C. Burghuber, K. Kirchheiner, I. Schmidt, S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Performance of ventilators for noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in children
B. Fauroux, K. Leroux, G. Desmarais, D. Isabey, A. Clement, F. Lofaso, B. Louis (Paris, Puteaux, Creteil, Garches, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Magnetic ventilation – first evaluation of artificial ventilation with magnetic stimulation in humans
B. Sander, F. Homringhausen, T. Dieck, C. Tschan, J. Steffens, J. Ahrens, H. Hecker, S. Piepenbrock, K. Raymondos (Hanover, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Extubation and noninvasive ventilatory management of unweanable patients with neuromuscular weakness
M. Goncalves, J. R. Bach, I. Hamdani, J. C. Winck (Porto, Portugal; Newark, NJ, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Does patient-ventilator asynchrony actually affect sleep during nocturnal noninvasive ventilation?
H. Rabarimanantsoa, U. S. Freitas, C. Letellier, L. Achour, L. C. Molano, F. Portier, E. Delagree, J. F. Muir, A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A randomised trial of home non-invasive ventilation vs. sham ventilation in survivors of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in COPD
C. M. Chu, A. Cheung, V. Chan, J. Liong, W. S. Leung, A. Lin (Kowloon, Hong Kong)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Average volume assured pressure support mask ventilation in patients with hypercapnic COPD: a pilot study on night-time efficacy
E. M. Clini, E. Crisafulli, O. Coletti, D. Dell‘Orso, G. Rossi, L. M. Fabbri (Pavullo (MO), Modena, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation