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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Organisation of care and management of COPD

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: N. Roche (Paris, France), J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
The Spanish national clinical audit on COPD exacerbations. results of a pilot study: spirometry outcomes
F. Pozo-Rodriguez, J. A. Riesco Miranda, M. Barron Medrano, C. Hernandez Carcereny, G. Aranda Jimenez, C. J. Alvarez (Madrid, Caceres/Extremadura, Barcelona/Cataluña, Spain; Logroño/Rioja, Slovenia)
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Provision of care for acute COPD in UK hospitals: survey of early discharge schemes (EDS) and pulmonary rehabilitation (PR)
H. Hosker, D. Lowe, R. Buckingham, M. Roberts, R. Stone (London, United Kingdom)
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Patient-led COPD admission avoidance
D. Baguley, A. Rosich-Medina, N. Swaminathan, C. Iwuji, C. Kirwin, K. Austin, R. Kurukulaaratchy (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Potential use of a COPD ²e-passport² for assessing hospitalization risks during outpatient visits
B. Coker, A. Patel, L. O‘Halloran, D. Cook, E. English, N. Eiser, T. Toma (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Assessment and therapy for COPD patients in real-life primary care
A. Zadra, L. Bianchi, M. Vitacca (Polaveno, Lumezzane, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Provision of care for acute COPD in UK hospitals: survey of acute NIV provision for COPD exacerbations
H. Hosker, D. Lowe, R. Buckingham, M. Roberts, R. Stone (London, United Kingdom)
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Organisation of care for acute COPD in UK hospitals: progress since 2003
H. Hosker, D. Lowe, R. Buckingham, M. Roberts, R. Stone (London, United Kingdom)
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Underutilization of spirometry in the hospital diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
M. Lusuardi, G. Garuti, M. Massobrio, L. Spagnolatti, D. Orlandini (Correggio (RE), Reggio Emilia, Italy)
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Safety of early supported discharge in patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and low oxygen
A. Pilling, J. Wright, L. Mullaney, S. Sutton, E. Mckeown, I. Aziz (Wigan, United Kingdom)
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Biofeedback for panic disorder in patients with COPD
N. Giardino, J. Abelson, C. Jeffrey, F. Martinez (Ann Arbor, MI, United States Of America)
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Management of COPD by general practitioners in Italy
G. Bettoncelli, E. Sessa, C. Cricelli, M. Cazzola (Florence, Rome, Italy)
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Good practice in palliative care services for COPD patients
M. Roberts, D. Lowe, H. Hosker, R. Buckingham, R. Stone (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Provision of oxygen assessment services for patients with COPD in UK hospitals
H. Hosker, D. Lowe, R. Buckingham, M. Roberts, R. Stone (London, United Kingdom)
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May spirometry be a useful component of the examination of hospitalized medical patients to identify unsuspected COPD?
I. Cerveri, A. Corsico, E. Gatto, E. Ansaldo, A. Grosso, R. Niniano, L. Ballerin, N. De Luca, F. Peccini, E. Pozzi, A. Foresi (Pavia, Ferrara, Roma, Gubbio, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy)
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How to reduce COPD exacerbations with inhaled drugs? A pooled analysis of randomized trials
M. Puhan, L. Bachmann, J. Kleijnen, G. Ter Riet, A. Kessels (Zurich, Switzerland; York, United Kingdom; Maastricht, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Tiotropium assessments in two hundred and fifty-two COPD patients
A. Woolley, S. A. Collis, T. Shaw (Southampton, Bournemouth, United Kingdom)
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The safety of sputum induction in patients with exacerbation of severe and very severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease)
B. Chmielowicz, B. Panaszek, A. Obojski (Wroclaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
COPD hospitalizations in never smokers: comparison with current smokers
S. Antoniu, I. Radu, A. Cozorici-Iancu, T. Mihaescu (Iasi, Romania)
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Perception and uptake of the influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations in patients with COPD
V. Osman-Hicks, P. Albert, P. Calverley (Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom)
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