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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Clinical aspects of continuous positive airway pressure therapy

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany), D. Pevernagie (Heeze, Netherlands)
Insomnia, OSAS and CPAP treatment
X. L. Nguyen, D. Rakotonanahary, B. Fleury (Paris, France)
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Effects of air humidification on an air-leak controlled nasal-CPAP experimental rat model
B. Martiez-Vidal, J. M. Montserrat, R. Farre, M. Torres, I. Almendros, I. Vilaseca (Barcelona, Spain)
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Index for comfort of patients with obstructive sleep apnea on continuous positive airway pressure therapy
T. Mondeshki, O. Georgiev, D. Petrova, R. Bilyukov, A. Stavrakis (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Occurrence and predisposition for complex apneas during CPAP titration in OSA patients
I. Fietze, D. Ringel, M. Glos, D. Buck, T. Penzel (Berlin, Germany)
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Compliance of positive airway pressure therapy in patients with sleep related breathing disorder
Z. Z. Ucar, S. Olcay, A. U. Demir, R. Ozacar (Izmir, Ankara, Turkey)
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CPAP improves chronic cough in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea – a pilot study
K. K. Y. Chan, S. Birring, G. Cossa, L. Laks, A. Ing (New South Wales, Australia; London, United Kingdom)
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Algorithm-based versus titrated CPAP: a randomized study
A. Noseda, S. Andre, V. Potmans, M. Kentos, G. Hoffmann (Brussels, Belgium)
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Implementation of continuous positive airway pressure treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea syndrome by the self titration method with auto-adjusting CPAP at home. Experience in the real life
P. A. Hauss, N. Amiot, F. Portier, L. C. Molano, D. Benhamou, J. F. Muir (Rouen, France)
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Randomized study of an auto-titration protocol v.s. manual CPAP titration
J. Herold, T. Ebert, E. Roessner, S. Zanner, A. Steinmann, J. Ficker (Nuernberg, Germany)
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Titration of home CPAP in obstructive sleep apneas syndrome (OSAS) through real time telemetry
R. Dellaca‘, L. Govoni, M. Mayos, A. Pedotti, J. M. Montserrat, R. Farre‘ (Milano, Italy; Barcelona, Spain)
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Nasopharyngeal symptoms do not predict poor adherence to nCPAP treatment
H. R. Kreivi, J. Lehto, P. E. Brander (Helsinki, Hyvinkää, Finland)
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CPAP therapy and travelling
T. Aalto, P. Maasilta, A. Bachour (Helsinki, Finland)
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Psychological variables as predictors of adherence to continuous positive airway pressure
C. Poulet, J. Tyrrell, D. Veale, N. Arnol, J. L. Pepin (Grenoble, Saint Julien du Ratz, France)
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CPAP treatment reduce blood pressure in patients with recent diagnosis of systemic hypertension and obstructive sleep apnoea -hypopnoea (OSAH). A controlled study
D. C. Joaquín, A. Felipe, M. N. Cristina, R. Ramón, T. Joaquín, A. MariLuz, A. Jose Ignacio, L. Patricia, M. Mercedes, B. Eugeni, M. Jose María, C. Santiago, C. Rosario, G. Mónica, M. Juan Fernando, M. De la Peña,
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Long term effects of CPAP in blood pressure in nonsleepy hypertensive OSA patients
S. Gomez, C. Carmona, J. Duran-Cantolla, J. F. Masa, F. Garcia-Rio, M. Lumbierres, C. Monasterio, J. M. Marin, F. del Campo, M. de la Pena, E. Chiner, J. Diaz de Atauri, M. Mayos, M. Gonzalez, M. L. Alonso, M. Martinez, J. M. Montserrat, F. Barbe (Lleida,
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Efficacy of continuous positive airway pressure treatment to resistant hypertension in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
Z. Xilong, L. Yanqun, Y. Kaisheng (Nanjing/Jiangsu, China)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of automatic positive airway pressure (APAP) therapy on blood pressure (BP) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hypertension
P. Pinto, C. Barbara, J. Calaca, P. Calaca, A. S. Oliveira, C. Canhao, A. R. Dias, J. Teixeira, M. J. Marques Gomes (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Comparison of standard humidification and humidification with a heated breathing tube in CPAP therapy of obstructive sleep apnea
W. Galetke, S. Stieglitz, C. Priegnitz, T. Schaefer, W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
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Efficacy of OSA treatment with a new auto-CPAP mode
K. Bielicke, A. Blau, B. Diecker, T. Penzel, G. Baumann, I. Fietze (Berlin, Germany)
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