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 ventilation in the chronic setting

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
Effect of high and low level pressure support during walking in patients with severe kyphoscoliosis
C. Menadue, J. Alison, A. Piper, C. Hollier, D. Flunt, E. Ellis (Camperdown NSW, Lidcombe NSW, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Nutritional intake during NIV therapy
V. Osman-Hicks, A. Hicks, R. Angus, T. Bongers (Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom)
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A novel simple internet-based system for real time monitoring and optimizing home mechanical ventilation
R. Dellaca‘, L. Govoni, D. Navajas, A. Pedotti, R. Farre‘ (Milano, Italy; Barcelona, Spain)
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Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) as a tool to help tracheal decanulation in children
G. Aubertin, N. Leboulanger, E. N. Garabedian, A. Clement, B. Fauroux (Paris, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The role of nocturnal non-invasive ventilation in pulmonary rehabilitation of COPD patients
T. Köhnlein, U. Schönheit-Kenn, T. Welte, K. Kenn (Hannover, Berchtesgaden, Germany)
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Non invasive domicilary ventilation (NIV) in elderly patients
R. Alonso Moralejo, J. M. Echave-Sustaeta, P. Benavides Mañas, R. Garcia Luján, V. Pérez González, A. López Encuentra (Madrid, Spain)
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Preventative NIV in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type I and II
M. Chatwin, A. Bush, A. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Long-term survival in Charcot Marie tooth disease (CMTD) with non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)
P. Molanguri, M. Ali, I. Smith, J. Shneerson (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Does the BODE index predict the success of NIPPV in critically ill COPD patients?
M. Michalickova, L. Bajcar, J. Plutinsky, S. Petricek, D. Magula (Nitra, Slovakia)
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Relationship between apnoea and patient triggered breathing in sleep apnoea patients on nocturnal pressure support
E. M. Williams, A. Cai, A. Kainth, C. Wells, B. V. Prathibha (Ashford, United Kingdom)
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Knowledge of staff managing patients with COPD requiring non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
E. Ballard, L. Mcdonnell, S. Keilty, C. Davidson, N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in the management of chronic heart failure (CHF)
P. Carratu, C. Grigoratos, A. Palumbo, L. Loponte, S. Dragonieri, A. Mallardi, O. Resta (Bari, Italy)
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Bi-level positive airways pressure ventilation (BIPAP) versus continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for treatment of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in patients with Prader – Willi syndrome (PWS)
A. Petrone, M. Pavone, E. Verrillo, M. G. Paglietti, A. Schiavino, C. Pedace, R. Cutrera (Roma, Italy)
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The situation in Serbia with NIV and why ERS training is important
M. Vukcevic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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The critical cancer patient: impact of non-invasive mechanical ventilation in palliative care and pulmonary defense mechanisms
G. Marcon Manfrim, F. C. Almeida Leite Figueiredo, C. S. Albertini Yagi, E. M. Negri (São Paulo/SP, Brazil)
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Physiological differences in patients with kyphoscoliosis, post tuberculosis sequelae and obesity hypoventilation syndrome when starting long-term noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV)
J. H. Storre, B. Schulte, M. Dreher, W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Intentional and unintentional leaks modelization during noninvasive ventilation: a bench test study
L. Achour, V. Leroux, J. F. Muir, A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France)
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Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) practices: a European web-survey
C. Crimi, A. Noto, A. Esquinas, S. Nava (Pavia, Messina, Italy; Murcia, Spain)
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