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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Epidemiology of respiratory symptoms and COPD

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: J. Sunyer (Barcelona, Spain), E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden)
Dyspnea and mortality in elderly: the role of the body mass index (BMI)
M. Berraho, C. Nejjari, P. Barberger-Gateau, J. F. Dartigues, C. Raherison (Fez, Morocco; Bordeaux, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory medication use, lung function, and prior diagnosis of obstructive lung disease in five Latin American cities: the PLATINO study
M. Montes de Oca, C. Talamo, M. Lopez, A. Muiño, R. Perez-Padilla, J. Jardim, J. Pertuzé, G. Valdivia, R. Halbert, D. Moreno, A. Menezes (Caracas, Venezuela; Montevideo, Uruguay; Mexico City, Mexico; São Paulo, Pelotas, Brazil; Santia
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
No further increase in prevalence of respiratory symptoms 1996 – 2007 in Stockholm
L. Ekerljung, A. Andersson, E. Rönmark, K. Larsson, B. Lundbäck (Gothenburg, Solna, Luleå, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of depression and anxiety on the risk of exacerbation and hospitalization in COPD
W. Xu, J. P. Collet, S. Shapiro, Y. Lin, T. Yang, C. Wang, J. Bourbeau (Montreal, QC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Beijing, China)
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Congress or journal article abstract
COPD outpatients‘ global satisfaction toward disease management: 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
Discovering early stages of COPD in the Danish general population
A. Løkke, L. Bloch Christensen (Århus, Vanløse, Denmark)
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Congress or journal article abstract
An unusual form of COPD case-finding: the ERS spirometry tent
G. Viegi, S. Maio, F. Pistelli, D. Sherrill, L. Nicod (Pisa, Italy; Tucson, United States Of America; Bern, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Case-control study on risk factors to COPD – does the sampling of the cases and controls affect the results?
I. C. Sørheim, A. Johannessen, T. B. Grydeland, A. Gulsvik, P. S. Bakke (Bergen, Norway)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Additional analysis of a longitudinal study at two pooled cohorts of salt miners with mixed model analysis
G. Lotz, N. Kersten (Berlin, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Dietary assessment in early COPD patients
J. de Batlle, I. Romieu, J. M. Anto, J. Garcia-Aymerich (Barcelona, Spain; Cuernavaca, Mexico)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Longitudinal assessment of risk factors exposure and development of respiratory symptoms/diseases
S. Maio, S. Baldacci, L. Carrozzi, A. Angino, F. Pistelli, F. Di Pede, M. Simoni, D. Sherrill, G. Viegi (Pisa, Italy; Tucson, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory symptoms in COPD: a comparison between the UK and China
K. H. Lam, R. E. Jordan, M. R. Miller, C. Q. Jiang, T. H. Lam, K. K. Cheng, P. Adab (Birmingham, United Kingdom; Guangzhou, Hong Kong, China)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in different European countries
K. Atsou, G. Hejblum, C. Fuhrman, C. Chouaid (Paris, France)
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Chronic cough is associated with psychosocial disturbance in a population sample
R. Adams, S. Appleton, D. Wilson, R. Ruffin (Woodville, SA, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prevalence of abnormal lung function pattern and prior spirometry in a population based study in five Latin American cities: the PLATINO study
C. Talamo, M. Montes de Oca, D. Moreno, A. Menezes, R. Perez-Padilla, M. Lopez, A. Muiño, J. Jardim, G. Valdivia, J. Pertuze, R. Halbert (Caracas, Venezuela; Pelotas, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mexico city, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago de Chile, C
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Christmas epidemics of exacerbations of COPD: characteristics and risk factors
N. Johnston, A. McIvor, K. Lambert, J. Greene, M. Gerhardsson, T. Higenbottam, J. Lewis, P. Newbold, C. Astbury, A. Herath, J. Legierski (Hamilton, Toronto, Canada; Lund, Sweden; Charnwood, Loughborough, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
COPD diagnostic questionnaire implementation toolkit (EVADE study)
E. Anton, X. Rivera, E. Gobartt, A. Martin (Alcobendas, San Cugat, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease an underperceived disease: the PLATINO study
M. Montes de Oca, C. Talamo, A. Menezes, R. Perez-Padilla, M. V. Lopez, A. Muiño, J. Jardim, G. Valdivia, J. Pertuze, D. Moreno, R. Halbert (Caracas, Venezuela; Pelotas, São Paulo, Brazil; Mexico City, Mexico; Montevideo, Uruguay; Santiago d
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Characteristics of COPD in never smokers: results from the international burden of obstructive lung disease (BOLD) study
B. Lamprecht, M. A. McBurnie, W. Vollmer, G. Gudmundsson, E. Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, M. Studnicka, P. Burney, S. Buist, D. Mannino (Salzburg, Austria; Portland, OR, Lexington, KY, United States Of America; Reykjavik, Iceland; Krakow, Poland; London, Unite
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