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
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Beyond spirometry: the skills behind lung function testing

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: W. Tomalak (Rabka, Poland), R. Carter (Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Impulse oscillometry parameters of COPD patients during inspiration and expiration and the effect of tiotropium inhalation therapy
H. Kobayashi, M. Kubota, G. Shirai, T. Shinbo, K. Kokubo, M. Hirose, N. Masuda (Sagamihara/kanagawa, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Normal values of central and peripheral resistances derived from oscillometric measurements in healthy children
W. Tomalak, J. Radlinski, B. Nowowiejska, G. Siergiejko, M. Kaczmarski (Rabka, Bialystok, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Impulse oscillometry provides an effective measure of bronchodilator responses in patients with COPD
J. Ohishi, H. Kurosawa, H. Ogawa, Y. Tasaku, W. Hida, M. Kohzuki (Sendai, Japan)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
A study to evaluate the lung function in bronchiectasis
S. Kant, R. A. S. Kushwaha, S. K. Verma (Lucknow, India)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Spirometric changes in patients with rheumatic heart disease before and after mitral valve surgery at the Philippine Heart Center
J. Santos, M. P. Mateo, A. Guzman, F. Ayuyao, T. de Guia (Quezon City, Philippines)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Comparison of methane versus helium as tracer gas in single breath diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide
A. J. P. I. Hanneman, H. J. M. Smeets, H. J. C. Bindels, J. A. Van Noord (Heerlen, Netherlands; Hoechberg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of single-breath diffusion capacity of the lung using CO and NO with reduced time of holding breath
M. Bauer, R. Bayer, I. Folgmann, O. Hofer, S. Kruse, G. Notbohm, G. Laschinski, L. Richter, K. Siegmund, D. Sölch, S. Schwarze (Düsseldorf, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Quality control for single breath gas transfer in a multi-centred clinical trial
B. Cooper, J. Wanger, S. Hill, S. Soleman (Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Lenexa, KS, United States Of America; Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Adherence rates to 2005 ATS/ERS test performance standards for spirometry, single-breath diffusing capacity (DLco), and lung volumes in a multi-center inhaled insulin study
R. Harris, S. Blonshine, S. Cangiamilla, R. Warshaw (Paramus, NJ, Mason, MI, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
General evaluation of respiratory function laboratories and technicians in Turkey – a first step to standardization of spirometry centers in Turkey?
A. Cimrin, C. Eyuboglu, Y. Niksarlioglu, N. Komus (Izmir, Ankara, Gaziantep, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Reliability of total lung capacity measurements
H. Groepenhoff, T. Faes, A. Boonstra, P. Postmus (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Validation of a method to accurately measure total lung capacity with the single breath technique in normal subjects and in patients with airway obstruction
L. Malagrinò, C. Spanu, C. Ferretti, L. Villari, P. Paggiaro, A. Celi (Pisa, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Short term modifications of total lung capacity in patients with COPD undergoing an exercise training program or treated with inhaled drugs
E. Mariancini, M. De Santis, L. Villari, L. Malagrinò, B. Vagaggini, C. Spanu, C. Ferretti, P. Paggiaro, A. Celi (Pisa, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Validation of two whole body plethysmographs as part of a quality assurance programme within a pulmonary function laboratory
G. Myers, P. Goodman, S. Lane, R. Hawksworth (Dublin, Ireland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of predicted lung function values estimating height from alternative methods
J. N. Sancho, E. Chiner, A. Camarasa, C. Senent, E. Gómez-Merino, J. Marco (Alicante, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Prediction equations for lung function tests for the Greek population
P. Myrianthefs, A. Gavala, I. Grammatopoulou, E. Skordilis, G. Baltopoulos (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Revised historical spirometry reference ranges are reflective of contemporary healthy spirometry values
G. Hall, S. Stanojevic, R. Beasley, A. Coates, A. Dent, A. James, C. McLachlan, B. Musk, G. Nolan, J. Savage, J. Stocks, M. Swanney, For the ANZSRS Reference Ranges Working Party (Perth, Brisbane, Gosford, Australia; London, United Kingdom; Wellington, O
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Congress or journal article abstract
How to use arm span as a substitute of height in the prediction of spirometry?
S. M. Habes, M. N. Plas van der, E. Dijkers, P. J. Sterk, R. P. van Steenwijk (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract