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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COPD and comorbidities

Oral Presentation
Chairs: O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria), A. Agusti (Palma De Mallorca, Spain)
Exacerbation frequency and increased risk of myocardial infarction in COPD
J. R. Hurst, G. C. Donaldson, C. J. Smith, R. B. Hubbard, J. A. Wedzicha (London, Nottingham, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Fractal behaviour of heart rate variability reflects severity of COPD
G. D‘Addio, C. Graziamaria, A. Agostino, R. Franco, C. Andrea, A. I. Raffaele (Telese Terme, Campobasso, Trieste, Naples, Cosenza, Rome, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Neglected COPD and chronic comorbidities in elderly patients with chronic heart failure
P. Boschetto, D. Beltrame, A. Potena, L. Ballerin, N. Lo Cascio, L. M. Fabbri, C. E. Mapp, E. De Rosa, A. Fucili, C. Ceconi, R. Ferrari (Ferrara, Modena, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Echocardiographic evaluation of COPD patients in different stages of the disease
K. Dela Coleta, D. Fernandes Lima, B. Bojikian Matsubara, I. Godoy, K. Okoshi (Botucatu/SP, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Osteoporosis, vertebral fracture and bone metabolism in COPD patients
B. Kennedy, M. Healy, J. Keane, F. O‘Connell, J. B. Walsh, M. Casey (Dublin, Ireland)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
COPD prevalence and severity is associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus complications and lack of glycometabolic control
T. Cappelletti, E. Orsi, V. Valenti, E. Lunati, P. Beck Peccoz, F. Blasi, L. Allegra (Milan, San Donato Milanese, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Body mass index (BMI) is an independent risk factor for exacerbation in patients with COPD
Y. Nasuhara, H. Makita, M. Hasegawa, K. Nagai, T. Betsuyaku, M. Nishimura (Sapporo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Co-morbidities are not associated with severity of airflow obstruction as measured by ATS/ERS/GOLD in patients with COPD
C. Cote, B. Celli (Bay Pines, FL, Boston, MA, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation