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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COPD epidemiology

E-Communication Session
Chairs: E. Omenaas (Bergen, Norway), L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy)
Gender and its relation to asthma phenotype and comorbidities in difficult-to-control asthma patients from Czech National Severe Asthma Registry
V. Sedlak, Z. Parakova, B. Kral, V. Koblizek, F. Salajka (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Development and pilot testing of a new 7-item cough severity patient reported outcome measure
M. Vernon, N. Leidy, A. Nacson, L. Nelsen (Bethesda, MD, North Wales, PA, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Patients‘ knowledge and perception of therapy, and declared behaviours toward inhaled corticosteroids – preliminary results from a community pharmacists study
L. Laforest, E. Van Ganse, C. Ritleng, G. Desamericq, L. M. Osman, N. Hoang Thy, G. Chamba, French Council of Pharmacists (Lyon, Paris, France; Oxford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Repeatability of health economic data in COPD
R. Nielsen, A. Johannessen, H. M. Schnelle, P. S. Bakke, E. R. Omenaas, J. E. Askildsen, A. Gulsvik (Bergen, Norway)
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Characteristics of COPD patients with repeated exacerbations: preliminary results from the PRE-SPIRO survey
L. Laforest, F. Denis, E. Van Ganse, C. Ritleng, C. Saussier, N. Passante, G. Devouassoux, G. Chatté, Y. Pacheco (Lyon, Reims, Caluire, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Correlates of quality of life in COPD outpatients. Preliminary results from the PRE-SPIRO survey
L. Laforest, F. Denis, E. Van Ganse, C. Ritleng, C. Saussier, N. Passante, G. Devouassoux, G. Chatté, Y. Pacheco (Lyon, Reims, Caluire, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Mortality figures for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease obtained from death certificates underestimate the true burden of disease; a five year retrospective analysis
S. Schembri, S. Morant, J. Winter, J. Winter, T. MacDonald (Dundee, United Kingdom)
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Spirometric values in a random population sample and their relation to ERS reference values and COPD criteria
S. Karrasch, J. Behr, K. Ernst, J. Heinrich, R. A. Jörres, D. Nowak, R. M. Huber, H. E. Wichmann, H. Schulz (Munich, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prevalence of COPD associate to the PM10 air pollution in the city of Medellin, Colombia
C. Orduz, M. V. Toro, J. C. Gomez (Medellin, Colombia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Survey of COPD management among the primary care physicians in Korea – study for the development and dissemination of the COPD guidelines – clinical research center for chronic obstructive airway disease
M. J. Park, C. W. Choi, S. J. Kim, Y. K. Kim, S. Y. Lee, K. H. Kang, K. C. Shin, K. H. Lee, J. H. Lee, Y. I. Kim, S. C. Lim, Y. B. Park, K. S. Jung, T. H. Kim, D. H. Shin, J. H. Yoo, H. M. Kang, H. S. Choi, Y. H. Kim (Seoul, Daegu, Kwangju, Republic Of Ko
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
COPD prevalence in Spain in 2007 (EPI-SCAN study results)
M. Miravitlles, J. B. Soriano, L. Munoz, F. Garcia Rio, G. Sanchez, M. Sarmiento, V. Sobradillo, E. Duran-Tauleria, J. Ancochea (Barcelona, Illes Balears, Cordoba, Madrid, Barakaldo (Bizcaia), Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Gender differences in expression of COPD: a study from western Rajasthan
N. Jain, M. Thakkar, P. Gupta, K. K. Sharma, S. P. Agnihotri (Jaipur, India)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in seriously-ill COPD patients
C. Kuhn, K. Kühl, W. Rief, K. Kenn (Marburg, Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
COPD management in general practice – the Swiss COPD cohort study
J. D. Leuppi, F. Neubauer, S. Schafroth Török, D. Miedinger, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Detection of COPD in the setting of occupational medicine
G. Prevot, M. Niezborala, L. Tetu, H. Millet, A. Didier (Toulouse, France)
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Risk factors related to chronic respiratory diseases at primary healthcare in Cape Verde
P. Martins, J. Rosado Pinto, N. Neuparth, O. Silva, I. Annesi-Maesano, N. Khaltaev (Lisboa, Portugal; São Vicente, Cape Verde; Paris, France; Geneve, Switzerland)
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Impaired swallowing and cough reflex predispose to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations
K. Terada, S. Muro, T. Ohara, A. Haruna, S. Marumo, D. Kinose, M. Kudo, E. Ogawa, Y. Hoshino, A. Niimi, M. Mishima (Kyoto, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pulmonary embolism in young people: risk factors and clinical presentation
O. V. Fesenko, A. V. Glechikov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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