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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Assessing profiles of rehabilitation candidates

Oral Presentation
Chairs: N. Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy), A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Metabolic syndrome (MS) in COPD patients entering pulmonary rehabilitation (PR)
M. K. Breyer, M. Spruit, E. Rutten, A. Celis, L. Fransen, E. Wouters (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands; Vienna, Austria)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The relation in body composition and exercise capacity assessed with incremental shuttle walking test in stable COPD
P. Ergun, D. Kaymaz, U. Turay, F. Sengul, T. Sert, A. Caglar (Ankara, Mugla, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Expanding the use of the MRC dyspnoea scale
R. A. Evans, R. Collier, S. J. Singh, M. D. L. Morgan (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Degree of agreement between two modified BODE indexes. Are they useful?
E. Marquez-Martin, J. L. Lopez-Campos, P. Cejudo, F. Ortega, C. Carmona, M. Echevarria, E. Barrot (Seville, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationMultimedia files
Distribution of leg muscle weakness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
J. Seymour, K. Ward, J. Steier, C. Jolley, C. Reilly, M. Polkey, J. Moxham, G. Rafferty (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Relationship between peripheral muscle force and systemic and localized muscle mass in healthy subjects, smokers and COPD patients
F. Figueirôa Sanchez, S. Tanni, M. Maria Faganello, P. Adolfo Lucheta, N. Gelamo Pelegrino, I. Godoy (Araçatuba/São Paulo, Botucatu/São Paulo, Lins/São Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Cut-off point of anthropometric mid-arm muscle area to identify systemic fat-free mass depletion in COPD patients
F. Figueirôa Sanchez, S. Tanni, M. Maria Faganello, S. Reiko Hasegwa, N. Gelamo Pelegrino, I. Godoy (Araçatuba, São Paulo, Botucatu, São Paulo, Lins, São Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Peak cough expiratory flow: a useful tool to guide diet prescription in dysphagic patients?
L. Bianchi, T. Meschini, M. Vitacca (Lumezzane Brescia, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation