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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Integrated care and long-term strategies

E-Communication Session
Chairs: P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands)
Tele-assistance in chronic respiratory failure patients: a randomised clinical trial
M. Vitacca, L. Bianchi, A. Guerra, C. Fracchia, B. Balbi, S. Scalvini (Lumezzane, Montescano, Veruno, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Telemedicine usefulness in a home based rehabilitation program
L. Moreau, E. Weitzenblum, E. Lonsdorfer, D. Laplaud (Maxeville, Strasbourg, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
An innovative strategy to maintain health behavior after a rehabilitation session: the health network
G. Ninot, G. Moullec, C. Prefaut (Montpellier, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effect of maintenance training after a 7-weeks rehabilitation programme
G. Martinez, J. Thøgersen, E. Brøndum, T. Ringbæk, P. Lange (Hvidovre, Denmark)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Feasibility of telesurveillance, home cough assistance for amiotrofic lateral sclerosis patients
M. Vitacca, D. Trainini, L. Bianchi, M. Paneroni, D. Fiorenza, S. Gile, M. Saleri, C. Rongioletti, M. Berteni, D. Voltolini, S. Scalvini (Lumezzane, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Use of a telemedicine application to examine patient logging system data from a 3-month use of an adaptive aerosol delivery system by patients with COPD
K. Nikander, I. Prince, S. Hinch, S. Coughlin (Parsippany, NJ, United States Of America; Chichester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Home care combining oral nutritional supplement, exercise and androgen substitution in malnourished patients with chronic respiratory failure: a prospective controlled randomized multicenter trial
C. Pison, C. Pichard, F. Costes, F. Caron, C. Chérion, I. Court-Fortune, M. T. Antonini, J. Gonzales, L. Meziane, C. L. Molano, B. Wuyam, T. Similovski, B. Melloni, E. Maclet, M. Hayot, J. Augustin, A. C. Cuvelier, A. Janssens, J. P. Desport, H. Le
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Congress or journal article abstract
Tracheostomized home care patients with mechanical ventilation: problems in follow-up
Z. Karakurt, D. Ozgul, O. Yazicioglu Mocin, G. Gungor, N. Adiguzel, S. Yildirim, E. Balci, T. Yarkin, R. Baran (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Long term treatment of chronic global respiratory insufficiency, secondary to neuromuscolar disease: efficacy of respiratory rehabilitation and home hospitalisation
E. Barozzi, G. Benamati, F. Bonfioli, D. Sicheri, G. Baldracchi (Arco TN, Rovereto TN, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Contribution of home pulmonary rehabilitation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
B. Rammaert, B. Cavestri, S. Leroy, T. Meeschaert, B. Wallaert, J. M. Grosbois (Lille, Wambrechies, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Non invasive ventilation during exercise training in patients with chronic restrictive respiratory failure
J. C. Borel, S. Verges, J. L. Pepin, P. Levy, B. Wuyam (Grenoble, France; Grenoble, Fiji)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pediatric tracheostomy after cardiothoracic surgery: a 26-year institutional experience of the Philippine Heart Center
G. Astrologio, A. M. Reyes, M. Bautista, N. de Leon, J. R. Tapang, F. Ayuyao, T. de Guia (Quezon City, Philippines)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Compliance to long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT): effects of home nurse visits, 14 months follow up
J. Nasilowski, T. Przybylowski, J. Klimiuk, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Let the patients with chronic respiratory disease partcipate in sports event!
H. Kurosawa, Y. Tasaku, J. Ohishi, D. Kobayashi, M. Kanazawa, W. Hida, M. Kohzuki (Sendai, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Audit of a community-based pulmonary rehabilitation service
G. Fabris (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Professional roles of those organising UK primary care COPD services
R. Stone, R. Buckingham, N. Pursey, C. M. Roberts (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Palliative medicine services for those with chronic lung disease
A. Khatri, L. Sutton, S. Welham, S. Ahmedzai, M. R. Partridge (London, Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Stepwise treatment and prevention of complications in patients with thermoinhalation injury
S. Degtyareva (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Posthospital survival and life-satisfaction after tracheostomy for acute respiratory failure in motor neurone disease
A. Vianello, G. Arcaro, F. Braccioni, F. Gallan, R. Marchi, A. Donà, D. Giongo, A. Palmieri, G. Sorarù (Padova, Italy)
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