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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Factors related to outcome of community-acquired pneumonia

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Chairs: W. Boersma (Alkmaar, The Netherlands), S. Ewig (Bochum, Germany)

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Exposure to gases and fumes increase the mortality from pneumonia I. Qvarfordt, K. Torén, I. Bergdahl, B. Järvholm (Göteborg, Umeå, Sweden)
Influence of statin therapy on clinical symptoms, severity and prognosis in patients with community acquired pneumonia S. Krueger, T. Wibmer, T. Merk, C. Schumann, V. Hombach, R. Marre (Aachen, Ulm, Germany)
Excess age dependent short- and long-term mortality in patients with community acquired pneumonia S. Krueger, C. Schumann, R. Marre, N. Suttorp, T. Welte (Aachen, Berlin, Ulm, Hannover, Germany)
Influence of antibiotic pre-treatment on inflammatory markers in community-acquired pneumonia S. Krueger, J. Kunde, A. Hanschmann, R. Marre, N. Suttorp, T. Welte (Aachen, Hennigsdorf, Ulm, Berlin, Hannover, Germany)
Community-aquired pneumonia: systemic and local inflammatory response in treatment failure MJ. Lorenzo, I. Moret, E. Cases, B. Sarria, R. Martinez, S. Reyes, R. Menendez (Valencia, Spain)
Usefulness of C-reactive protein and procalcitonin in predicting mortality in community-acquired pneumonia R. Menéndez, R. Martínez, S. Reyes, C. Esquinas, A. Martínez, J. Mensa, X. Filella, A. Torres (Valencia, Barcelona, Spain)
Systolic blood pressure is superior to other haemodynamic predictors of severity in community acquired pneumonia J. D. Chalmers, A. Singanayagam, A. T. Hill (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
The pneumonia severity index (PSI) do not underestimate the severity of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in young patients: results from the CAPO international study V. Betti, S. Aliberti, P. Peyrani, P. Tarsia, F. Blasi, J. Ramirez (Milan, Italy; Louisville, KY, United States Of America)