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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Lung function in respiratory disease

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: O. Pedersen (Aarhus, Denmark), R. Pellegrino (Cuneo, Italy)
Undiagnosed heart failure in elderly COPD patients does not affect the diffusion capacity
N. Stigter, F. Rutten, P. Zanen, J. W. Lammers (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Value of MEF50/MIF50 parameter in diagnosis of airflow disturbances in upper respiratory system tract
E. Kolarzyk, W. Szot (Krakow, Poland)
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Bronchodilator response assessed by computed tomography in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
M. Hasegawa, Y. Nasuhara, H. Makita, N. Odajima, K. Nagai, Y. Ito, T. Betsuyaku, M. Nishimura (Sapporo, Japan)
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Determination of functional residual capacity and moment ratio from multiple breath inert gas wash-ins
N. Bell, A. Horsley, K. Macleod, S. Cunningham, A. Greening, A. Innes (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Respiratory function in subjects living in mountain villages in Nepal exposed to indoor but not traffic or industrial pollution
V. Fasano, L. Pomidori, S. Donghi, M. Amatya, A. Cogo (Milano, Ferrara, Italy; Kathmandu, Nepal)
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Features of the bronchodilatation response at overweighting asthma patients
T. O. Pertseva, S. S. Panina, N. P. Nud‘ga, N. O. Gondulenko (Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
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Indirect determination of viscous pressure losses (Pfr) and resistances (Rfr) upstream from the choke points in humans breathing air and He/O2
O. Pedersen (Aarhus, Denmark)
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Methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction is associated with a decrease in NO airway wall diffusing capacity and an increase in alveolar NO concentration
L. Barbinova, A. Preisser, X. Baur (Hamburg, Germany)
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Comparative study of pulmonary function tests before and after successful percutaneous ballon mitral valvotomy in Shahid Rajaie hospital in 2004-2005
H. A. Sadeghi, N. Paziraee, M. M. Zahmatkesh (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and smoking cessation in exposed to low-dose radiation
K. Bazyka, V. Sushko, L. Shvajko (Kiev, Ukraine)
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The regional lung ventilation during pregnancy in patients with bronchial asthma with different autunomic activity
L. G. Nakhamchen, D. L. Nakhamchen (Blagoveschensk, Russian Federation)
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Impact of hemodialysis on dyspnoea and lung function in patients with chronic renal failure
A. Palamidas, J. Milic-Emili, F. Karakontaki, S. Gennimata, J. Papantoniou, A. Vourliotou, A. Koutsoukou, N. Koulouris (Athens/Attica, Pireus/Attica, Greece; Montreal/QC, Canada)
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Comparison of spirometry values between normal adults practising a novel breathing technique – SKY (Sudarshan Kriya yoga) – and nonpractitioners
S. Bodi, D. Kumar, N. Reddy, S. V. Prasad, Vedamurtachar, S. S. RaviShankar (Hyderabad/A P, Bangalore, India)
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Reference equations for lung function screening of healthy never smoking adults aged 18-80 years
S. P. Kuster, D. Kuster, C. Schindler, M. K. Rochat, J. Braun, L. Held, O. Brändli (Zurich, Basel, Switzerland)
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Airway responsiveness to methacholine and deep inhalations in obese subjects
R. Torchio, A. Gobbi, L. Maugeri, C. Gulotta, M. Tinivella, V. Brusasco, R. Pellegrino, R. Dellacà (Orbassano Torino, Milano, Genova, Cuneo, Italy)
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Flow and volume responders: classification criteria
J. R. Gonçalves, M. C. Pereira, E. M. F. P. Cerqueira, J. F. Y. Costa, M. Povinelli, W. D. O. Villalba, D. O. Magro, I. A. Paschoal (Campinas, SP, Campinas, Brazil)
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Lung function, insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in Korean males: a population-based study
S. Y. Lim, K. C. Sung, S. Y. Lim (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
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Can per slip breathing cause dynamic hyperinflation?
A. Skoczylas, E. Wojda, E. Romanski, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Negative regional respiratory loops of healthy people
F. Tetenev, A. Levchenko, K. Tetenev, T. Ageeva, A. Kashuta, A. Yurchenko, S. Mishustin (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Small airways dysfunction in the general population
A. Kainu, A. Rouhos, A. Lindqvist, S. Sarna, A. Sovijarvi (Helsinki, Finland)
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