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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Assessment of the respiratory system

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Dellaca (Milan, Italy), F. Petak (Szeged, Hungary)
The effect of breathing frequency on forced oscillation mechanics in normal subjects: a pilot study
M. Brown, S. Morrison (Queensland, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Functional pulmonary adaptation to hyperbarism in divers for a prolonged period of 14 days at a depth of 10 mt
A. Re, A. P. Santamaria, G. M. Corbo, C. Contu, D. Visca, S. Valente (Rome, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Small airways function in non-smoking elderly patients with short asthma period is similar to that in young adult asthma using impulse oscillometry
H. Tanaka, J. Kitada, M. Fujii, Y. Tanaka, H. Takahashi (Sapporo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Resting cardiovascular function and ventilatory drive: correlation with exercise hyperventilation and sleep disturbances in chronic heart failure patients
L. Biasco, R. Torchio, M. Guglielmo, D. Lodico, L. Montagna, P. Greco-Lucchina, C. Gulotta (Orbassano TO, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Regional mechanical properties of the lungs of healthy people
F. Tetenev, A. Levchenko, K. Tetenev, T. Ageeva, A. Kashuta, A. Yurchenko, S. Mishustin (Tomsk, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Pulmonary function test and impulse oscillometry in severe COPD patients‘ offspring
B. Amra, V. Beigi, M. Golshan (Isfahan, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
One lung ventilation: use of the impulse oscillation system to assess lung function in an animal model
M. E. Rodriguez, A. Olivant, T. Miller, T. Shaffer, M. Theroux (Wilmington, DE, Philadelphia, PA, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Distal airway function in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients with normal spirometry; usefulness of impulse oscillometry
J. Kitada, H. Tanaka, H. Takahashi, H. Yasui, T. Hayashi, T. Ishida, Y. Shinomura (Sapporo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Broadband forced oscillations in healthy and COPD subjects: the impact of velum position
G. Albu, C. Thamrin, P. Sly, Z. Hantos (Szeged, Szeged-Deszk, Hungary; Bern, Switzerland; Perth/WA, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Pilot study on the objective cough measurement
I. Damps-Konstanska, M. Krajnik, M. Grabowski, P. Pozanski, L. Gorska, B. Cynowska, E. Jassem (Gdansk, Bydgoszcz, Gdynia, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Presence of inspiratory crackles (IC) in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients; correlation with plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-BNP) levels
F. Gomez, P. Martinez-Camblor, M. Castresana, P. Rodriguez, G. Cueto, B. R. Celli (Manacor, Palma de Mallorca, Bunyola, Spain; Boston, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Chaotic fractal characteristics of breathing rhythm oscillator
R. Zulkarneev, S. Zagidullin, G. Arslanova, L. Bakusov (Ufa, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Markers of fibrosis in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in sarcoidosis
A. Rudnicka, E. Puscinska, J. Czerniawska, A. Rozy, J. Chorostowska-Wynimko, D. Górecka (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory pattern analysis on the ventilatory response to incremental dead space loading
Y. Tasaku, H. Kurosawa, J. Ohishi, D. Kobayashi, K. Matsumoto, N. Mori, Y. Sano, R. Imanishi, W. Hida, M. Kohzuki (Sendai/Miyagi, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Response of the stomach to a solid-liquid meal in adult asthmatics
L. Amarasiri, J. De Silva, C. Ranasinha (Ragama, Sri Lanka)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of heliox breathing on tidal expiratory flow limitation and dynamic hyperinflation in chronic heart failure patients
M. Pecchiari, C. Anagnostakos, S. Dimopoulos, A. Koutsoukou (Milano, Italy; Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Ion mobility spectrometry in medical diagnostics: proof of inflammation markers in different parliamentary groups of the exhaled breath
A. Kikowatz, G. Becher, S. Dietze, W. Steinhaeusser, E. Glaser (Berlin, Wuerzburg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory muscle function in type 2 diabetes mellitus
L. Fuso, A. Longobardi, D. Pitocco, A. P. Santamaria, C. Pozzuto, S. Basso, F. Varone, R. Antonelli Incalzi (Roma, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Ampakine therapy to alleviate opioid and anesthetic induced respiratory depression
J. Greer, J. Ren, A. Lorier, F. Lenal, G. Funk (Edmonton, AB, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract