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.

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3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
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Severe asthma: a heterogeneous clinical entity

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Chairs: E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)

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What defines abnormal lung function in asthma? Results from European community respiratory health survey (ECRHS) I. Cerveri, A. Corsico, S. Accordini, R. Niniano, E. Ansaldo, G. Cervio, C. Janson, N. Künzli, D. Jarvis, R. de Marco (Pavia, Verona, Italy; Uppsala, Sweden; Barcelona, Spain; London, United Kingdom)
A treatment regime based on induced sputum eosinophilia does not result in a reduction in exacerbations in refractory severe asthmatics D. Pinot, A. Nieves, A. M. Lorec, K. Botturi, A. Cavailles, D. Breen, D. Vervloet, A. Magnan (Marseille, France)
Smoking asthmatics – does smoking make them differ in disease manifestations? L. Rasmussen, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Increased serum IL-17 is an independent risk factor for severe asthma I. Agache, L. Duca, M. Anghel (Brasov, Romania)
Control of severe asthma and its relationship with satisfaction with treatment and with general health status J. L. Rodriguez Hermosa, C. Barcina, M. Calle, M. Munoz, M. Leal, M. J. Gomez, J. L. Alvarez-Sala (Madrid, Spain)
Are we routinely using severity assessment in hospital admissions with acute severe asthma? W. Ahmed, S. Saha, C. J. Brook, T. Fernandez, S. Fong, R. Ali, A. Choudhury (London, Romford, United Kingdom)
Improved quality of life by internet-based self-management versus usual care in asthma: a randomized controlled trial V. van der Meer, M. J. Bakker, K. F. Rabe, P. J. Sterk, J. Kievit, W. J. J. Assendelft, J. K. Sont (Leiden, Amsterdam, Netherlands)