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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Innovative treatments in sleep disordered breathing

Oral Presentation
Chairs: J. A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
The ImPAP-mode – a new therapy for Cheyne Stokes respiration
S. Boecker, H. Wenz, E. Gruenig, F. J. F. Herth (Heidelberg/Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Efficacy of an open nasal cannula system (TNI) to treat obstructive sleep apnea – results from a clinical multi-center trial
G. Nilius, T. Wessendorf, W. Wolfgang, J. T. Maurer, L. Knaak, H. Schneider (Hagen, Essen, Mannheim, Dortmund, Germany; Baltimore, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Dual endothelin-1 receptor antagonism prevents chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced cardiovascular alterations in rats
E. Belaidi, P. Levy, C. Ribuot, D. Godin-Ribuot (Grenoble, France)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the genioglossus muscle in obstructive sleep apnoea
J. Steier, C. Jolley, G. Rafferty, J. Seymour, K. Ward, C. Reilly, Y. Luo, M. I. Polkey, J. Moxham (London, United Kingdom; Guangzhou, China)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Pressure reduction during exhalation in sleep apnea patients treated by continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
J. L. Pepin, J. F. Muir, T. Gentina, Y. Dauvilliers, R. Tamisier, M. Sapene, P. Escourrou, B. Fleury, F. Philip-Joet, P. Philip, M. P. D‘Ortho (Grenoble, Lille, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Creteil, Clamart, Paris, Marseille, Rouen, France)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Expiratory pressure-relief reduces the need for heated humidification in association with continuous positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea
A. Valipour, G. Kapfhammer, R. Pokorny, W. Pohl, N. Vetter, O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Grimmenstein, Austria)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
The role of bi-level therapy in obstructive sleep apnoea
T. Gentina, F. Fortin, B. Douay, J. M. Dernis, F. Herengt, J. C. Bout, C. Lamblin (Lille, France)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Pneumatic compression devices are effective for restless legs syndrome: a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial
C. Lettieri, A. Eliasson, D. Greenburg (Washington DC, Bethesda, MD, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation