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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Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in pleural diseases

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. Chhajed (Basel, Switzerland), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)
Feasibility of short term drainage for diagnostic thoracoscopy
D. P. Breen, S. Mallawathantri, A. Fraticelli, L. Greillier, P. Astoul (Marseille Cedex 09, France; Dublin 8, Ireland; Nottingham, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Predictors of survival in patients with recurrent malignant pleural effusion
R. Terra, L. Antonangelo, M. Suesada, V. Capelozzi, P. Pego-Fernandes, F. Vargas, F. Jatene (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Incidence and diagnostic utility of pleural fluid eosinophilia
R. Krenke, P. Korczynski, J. Nasilowski, K. Gorska, T. Przybylowski, J. Domagala-Kulawik, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Medical thoracoscopy and guided chest tube drainage as effective management of spontaneous pneumothorax
A. Pismennyy, E. Korimasov, I. Fedorin (Samara, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Lung function and respiratory muscles strength in patients undergoing medical thoracoscopy
A. Pataka, G. Kouliatsis, P. Steiropoulos, D. Makris, S. Anevlavis, D. Bouros, M. Froudarakis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy in pleural disease – a 5-year retrospective study
X. Tsiafaki, N. Maounis, S. Karampi, M. Chorti (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
‘Redo‘ medical thoracoscopy is feasible in patients with pleural diseases – a series
D. P. Breen, A. Fraticelli, L. Greillier, S. Mallawathantri, P. Astoul (Marseille Cedex 09, France; Dublin 8, Ireland; Nottingham, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Closed pleural brushing in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusions
G. Anzalone, M. C. Truglia (Prato, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Relationship between survival after talc pleurodesis and classic prognostic factors in pleural metastatic breast carcinoma
A. Romero Falcon, A. Montes Worboys, J. L. Lopez-Campos Bodineau, A. Casas Fernandez de Tejerina, F. Rodriguez Panadero (Sevilla, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Diagnostic and therapeutic thoracoscopy in sole thoracic epidural anaesthesia
C. Steppert, T. Holl, C. Sommer, G. Habich (Ebensfeld, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Role of medical pleuroscopy for management of pleural effusion: a 3 years period review
J. Bento, A. P. Vaz, A. Amorim, V. Hespanhol, A. Magalhaes (Oporto, Portugal)
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Nonspecific pleuritis – clinical characteristics and follow-up
S. Figueiredo, P. Caetano Melo, F. Jesus Coelho, A. Magalhaes (Oporto, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Long term follow up in patients with idiopathic pleuritis
D. Zachilas, A. Asimakos, H. Michaelides, G. Papavasiliou, N. Anastasiou (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Sedative drug requirements during thoracoscopy
P. Chhajed, J. Fernando, D. Stolz, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Empyema thoracis in children: clinical staging and video assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
K. Lahiri, M. Engade, R. Agarwal (Mumbai/Maharashtra, India)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Management of pneumothorax in a district general hospital comparing with the British Thoracic Society guidelines
K. Pannu, A. Kavidasan, M. Goolam (Wiltshire, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Evaluation of long term safety of a novel sealant to prevent pneumothorax in transthoracic needle biopsy
S. Kee, E. Lee, C. Loh, G. Gong, M. Cham, D. Yankelevitz (Los Angeles, CA, Mountain View, CA, New York, NY, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevention of pneumothorax following transthoracic needle biopsy (TTNB): feasibility study of safety and effectiveness of a new sealant system
S. Lindemayr, M. Kreuter, R. Hammerstingl, T. J. Vogl (Frankfurt am Main, Heidelberg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison aspiration and core needle biopsy of thoracic tumour
J. Plutinsky, E. Pechacova, K. Bitter, S. Petricek, D. Magula, B. Matula, M. Michalickova (Nitra, Slovakia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The diagnostic value of closed pleural needle biopsy in tuberculous pleurisy
M. Vejnovic, D. Jelacic, A. Ogrizovic Ponjevic (Sombor, Serbia And Montenegro)
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