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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Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in the acute setting

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany), M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)

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Home mechanical ventilation in the post weaning period: long-term results in difficult-to-wean-patients with COPD F. Heinemann, F. Roesch, S. Budweiser, M. Pfeifer (Donaustauf, Regensburg, Germany)
Effect of non-invasive ventilation during exercise on exercise performance in acutely unwell patients with hypercapnia C. Menadue, E. Ellis, A. Piper, D. Flunt, J. Alison (Camperdown NSW, Lidcombe NSW, Australia)
Humidification during non invasive ventilation with helmet D. Chiumello, V. Berto, M. Botticelli, C. Mietto (Milano, Italy)
The second national survey of Italian respiratory high dependency units: changes from 1996 to 2006 R. Scala, A. Corrado, M. Confalonieri, N. Ambrosino, M. Gorini, S. Marchese, C. De Michelis, Respiratory Intensive Care Study Group AIPO (Arezzo, Firenze, Trieste, Pisa, Palermo, Imperia, Italy)
The impact of cardiac morbidity on 30 day survival following COPD exacerbations requiring non-invasive ventilation (NIV) V. Osman-Hicks, B. Chakrabarti, S. Agarwal, R. Angus, P. Calverley (Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom)
Intubation rate in acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema (ACPE) using prehospital CPAP A. Jerrentrup, S. Canisius, T. Ploch, W. Cassel, C. Kill, C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany)
Are outcomes similar for patients with MND starting assisted ventilation as unplanned intubation and elective NIV? I. Smith, R. Chadwick, V. Nadig, T. Quinnell, J. Shneerson (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) of non-ICU COPD patients S. Avdeev, G. Baimakanova, X. Popova, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Predicting mortality in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECB) treated with non invasive ventilation (NIV) in an emergency department (ED) T. Maraffi, F. Tardini, F. Piffer, A. M. Brambilla, R. Cosentini, S. Aliberti (Milano, Italy)
Home-NIV in patients with COPD after acute respiratory failure K. Schild, P. Mindermann, W. Körber, C. P. Crièe (Göttingen, Germany)
Ward-based non-invasive ventilation can be used to successfully treat severely acidotic patients with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease J. P. Lomas, P. Cadden, T. Duncan (Manchester, United Kingdom)
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in patients with end-stage lung S. Baglioni, E. Scoscia, A. Eslami, C. Iacoacci, O. Penza, M. Dottorini (PerugiA, Italy)
Noninvasive ventilation in routine respiratory care of critical patients at a large university-affiliated hospital: a prospective cohort study L. Yamauchi, T. Travaglia, M. Figueiroa, S. Bernardes, C. Fu (Sao Paulo, Sao Caetano do Sul, Brazil)