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.


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  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
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Endoscopic needle techniques

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: V. Ninane (Brussels, Belgium), K. Tournoy (Ghent, Belgium)
Bronchoscopic TBNA negative but PET positive peripheral nodules: aetiology of non-malignant lesions
F. Gambazzi, M. Bernasconi, P. Chhajed, H. Rasch, S. Kneifel, D. Lardinois, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
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Sensitivity of endobronchial ultrasound to detect malignancy in mediastinal nodes according to their size
I. Garcia-Olivé, F. Andreo, J. Sanz-Santos, M. Llatjós, E. Castellà, P. López de Castro, E. Fernández, E. Monsó (Badalona, Barcelona, Spain)
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Comparison of the effectiveness of the transbronchial needle aspiration supported with the interactive virtual bronchoscopy application or with non-real time endobronchial ultrasonography in patients suspected of lung cancer
M. Duplaga, M. Socha, W. Wojciechowski, J. Soja, R. Tomaszewska, A. Urbanik, E. Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, K. Sladek (Krakow, Poland)
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Analysis of the 70 first endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration punctures of mediastinal lymph nodes
A. Sanchez-Font, V. Curull, I. Vollmer, L. Pijuan, A. Gayete, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Diagnostic value of EBUS in mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes
E. Cetinkaya, S. Sokucu, S. Altin, L. Karasulu, E. Seyhan (Istanbul, Turkey)
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The value of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration
S. Saenghirunvattana, N. Masakul, K. Saenghirunvattana, C. Saenghirunvattana, T. Fujisawa (Bangkok, Thailand)
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Diagnostic value of EBUS in staging of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma
S. Sokucu, E. Cetinkaya, S. Altin, L. Karasulu, E. Seyhan (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Clinical practicability of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
M. Hofer, I. Tosoni, H. Gelpke, M. Decurtins, M. Pless, P. E. Ballmer, T. Hess (Winterthur, Switzerland)
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Accuracy of endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) followed by thoracotomies
N. Masakul, S. Saenghirunvattana, V. Jotisakulratana, K. Saenghirunvattana, C. Saenghirunvattana (Bangkok, Thailand)
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Direct real-time endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnoses of mediastinal lesions
H. C. Chen, C. H. Kuo, Y. L. Ni, T. Y. Lin, H. P. Kuo (Taipe, Taiwan, Province Of China)
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EUS-NA in lung cancer
A. Szlubowski, J. Kuzdzal, J. Soja, J. Hauer, L. Hauer, M. Kolodziej, J. Pankowski, A. Obrochta, M. Zielinski (Zakopane, Poland; Zakopane, Pitcairn)
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Cover sheath can be used as a guide-sheath of endobronchial ultrasonography to improve diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions
C. H. Kuo, Y. L. Ni, H. C. Chen, S. M. Lin, C. T. Yu, H. P. Kuo (Taipei, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Province Of China)
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Diagnosing malignant peripheral pulmonary lesions based on images of endobronchial ultrasonography
J. Li, Z. X. Chen (Guangzhou, China)
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Limph nodal transbronchial needle aspiration: could initial disappointing results be reduced by ROSE (rapid on site examination) or similar?
M. Gallo, F. Ignatti, R. M. Frisicaro, E. La Rocca, A. Serauto, G. Failla, L. Basile (Palermo, Cefalù(PA), Italy)
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Efficacy and safety of the new smoothshot transbronchial aspiration needles in mediastinal lymph node enlargement
A. Fernández-Villar, J. Flandes, V. Leiro, M. Botana, A. Cobas, C. Represas, L. Piñeiro (Vigo, Madrid, Spain)
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Diagnostic and staging utility of transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) in a university hospital
A. El-Gammal, A. Jahangir, J. Lee, G. Lee, M. O‘Driscoll, N. Brennan, T. O‘Connor (Cork, Ireland)
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Transthoracic CT-guided needle biopsy
N. Chernichenko, Y. Murzin, E. Egorova (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
CT guided transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy and risk of pneumothorax
P. Bruno, A. Ricci, L. Pisani, L. Tabbì, S. Mariotta (Roma, Italy)
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Diagnostic accuracy and aomplication rate of CT-guided needle aspiration in malignant and benign lung lesions
F. Seçik, F. Sahin, M. Bayraktaroglu, D. Görgün, G. Karapinar, S. Öztürk, P. Yildiz (Istanbul, Turkey)
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The diagnostic yield of ultrasound-assisted fine needle aspiration of drowned lung: a pilot study
C. F. N. Koegelenberg, C. T. Bolliger, D. Plekker, P. Schubert, M. Louw, K. Brundyn, A. H. Diacon (Cape Town, South Africa)
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