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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Inflammatory biomarkers

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Spanevello (Cassano Murge, Italy), S. Loukides (Athens, Greece)
Determinants of variability in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) in children
K. Bloemen, R. Van Den Heuvel, K. Desager, G. Schoeters (Mol, Antwerp, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Eicosanoids in EBC of adults with asthma and their relation to clinical severity
K. Samitas, D. Chorianopoulos, S. Vittorakis, E. Zervas, E. Economidou, G. Papatheodorou, S. Loukides, M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Zinc and magnesium in serum and exhaled breath condensate of patients with obstructive lung diseases and healthy controls
K. Tanou, S. Zarogiannis, A. Papaioannou, A. Koutsokera, K. Georga, C. Tsolaki, K. Gourgoulianis, K. Kostikas (Larissa, Greece)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Inflammatory cytokines in exhaled breath condensate (EBC) of exacerbated COPD patients
L. Lasagna, S. Peveri, E. Pilotti, M. Corradi, G. Bertorelli (Parma, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Markers of airway remodeling in exhaled breath condensate in relation to clean-up work of the Prestige oil spill and cigarette smoking
F. P. Gómez, G. G. Rodríguez-Trigo, J. P. Zock, Y. Torralba, A. Serrano, S. Kalko, C. Melero, H. Verea, C. Fuster, F. Pozo, J. A. Barberà (Barcelona, Spain)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Exhaled breath condensate pH and peak flow variability in asthma
P. Martins, I. Caires, J. Rosado Pinto, S. Torres, N. Neuparth (Lisboa, Viseu, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Exhaled nitric oxide and exhaled breath condensate pH in severe refractory asthma
E. Tseliou, V. Bessa, G. Papadaki, V. Delikoura, G. Hillas, C. Roussos, S. Papiris, P. Bakakos, S. Loukides (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Alkaline mineral water inhalation causes permanent alkalization of exhaled breath condensate
B. Szili, A. Bikov, B. Antus, A. Zsembery, M. Kollai, I. Horváth (Budapest, Hungary)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Cytokines in exhaled breath condensate of patients with asthma
I. Dugarova, E. Anaev, T. Ospelnikova, T. Anokhina, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Ability of an individual device for measurement of the temperature of exhaled breath to detect changes in patients recovering from mild exacerbations of asthma
T. Kralimarkova, C. Lazarova, V. Dimitrov, T. Popov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Relationship between asthma control test (ACT) and clinical, functional and inflammatory markers in treated and non treated asthmatics
F. L. Dente, L. Melosini, L. Malagrinò, A. Di Franco, F. Costa, F. Novelli, M. Latorre, P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A retrospective analysis of induced sputum from patients referred to a district general hospital with chronic cough
S. Barratt, S. Holwill, R. Tue, M. Biggs, R. Stone (Taunton, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Increased serum levels of interleukin 6 are associated with ventilator-associated pneumonia in extremely premature infants
D. Dmytriiev, K. Dmytriieva, K. Bercun (Vinnitsa, Ukraine)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Alcohol metabolites are detectable in exhaled breath of healthy, unaffected by a breath holding maneuver and may serve as novel pro-inflammatory biomarkers in asthma and COPD
K. Paschalaki, R. Brauer, S. Papiris, P. Barnes, S. Kharitonov (London, United Kingdom; Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Increase of exhaled carbon monoxide in subjects with non-controlled asthma
G. Garcia, M. Bergna, E. Giugno, D. Colodenco (La Plata, Vicente Lòpez, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Exhaled breath molecular profiling in measuring inflammatory status in COPD
N. Fens, M. P. C. van der Schee, S. B. de Nijs, E. Dijkers, E. H. Bel, P. J. Sterk (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster