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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Clinical applications of ventilatory function tests in paediatric pulmonology

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. Seddon (West Sussex , United Kingdom), N. Beydon (Paris, France)

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Repeatability of pressure oscillation amplitudes after flow interruption in children J. Kivastik, J. Talts, M. Vasar (Tartu, Estonia)
Infants with recurrent wheeze: lung function and clinical risk factors for asthma L. M. Borrego, J. Stocks, P. Leiria-Pinto, I. Peralta, A. M. Romeira, N. Neuparth, J. Rosado-Pinto, A. F. Hoo (Lisbon, Portugal; London, United Kingdom)
FEV_0.4 as a predictor of wheeze in the first year of life E. Caffrey Osvald, H. Inskip, K. Godfrey, R. Graham, L. Jane, Southampton Women‘s Survey Study Group (Southampton, United Kingdom)
Respiratory impedance in healthy preschool children C. Calogero, N. Parri, P. D. Sly, B. Cuomo, M. Palumbo, E. Novembre, P. Morello, E. Lombardi (Florence, Viterbo, Italy; Perth, WA, Australia)
Reference values of lung function measurements in healthy infants P. Latzin, C. Thamrin, M. Kyburz, S. Besson, U. Frey (Bern, Switzerland)
Gestational age alters parenchymal mechanics in preterm infants at 15-18 months corrected age S. Schulzke, G. Hall, G. Nolan, J. Pillow (Perth/WA, Australia)
Variability of the lung clearance index (LCI) assessed pre and post physiotherapy in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) S. Fuchs, S. Toussaint, B. Edlhaimb, M. Ballmann, M. Gappa (Hannover, Germany)
Acute changes in ventilation heterogeneity following routine physiotherapy in children with cystic fibrosis K. Macleod, E. Dhouieb, K. Riding, A. Horsley, N. Bell, J. A. Innes, S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
Diagnostic value of FRC-measurements using heptafluoropropane in ventilated newborn infants before and after thoracic-abdominal operations H. Proquitté, O. Freiberger, S. Yilmaz, H. Hammer, R. R. Wauer, G. Schmalisch (Berlin, Germany)
Duration of mechanical ventilation influences lung volume in preterm infants at 15-18 months corrected age S. Schulzke, G. Hall, G. Nolan, J. Pillow (Perth/WA, Australia)
Respiratory muscle endurance in children J. Heraghty, J. Henderson, T. Hilliard, A. Majumdar, P. Fleming (Bristol, United Kingdom)
How do we measure nasal NO in young children referred for PCD work up? J. Marthin, K. Nielsen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Physical activity in children aged 11 years born extremely preterm L. Welsh, J. Kirkby, S. Lum, J. Stocks (London, United Kingdom)
Modifications to a photoacoustic gas analyser increases accuracy of functional residual capacity measurements by multiple breath washout of SF₆ in an infant lung model K. Macleod, A. Horsley, P. Latzin, N. Bell, J. A. Innes, S. Cunningham (Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Bern, Switzerland)
Is sniff nasal inspiratory pressure a reliable test of inspiratory muscle strength in children? B. Fauroux, G. Aubertin, E. Cohen, A. Clement, F. Lofaso (Paris, Garches, France)
Standardized exercise challenge test for preschool children using the forced oscillation technique A. Moeller, R. Clemens, D. Inci, J. Wildhaber (Zurich, Fribourg, Switzerland)
Respiratory data from frequency analysis of pulse oximeter plethysmogram traces in newborn infants C. Olden, E. Savage, D. Wertheim, P. Seddon (Brighton, Surrey, United Kingdom)
Effect of surgical strategy and a natural course on lung dysfunction after surgery for congenital heart defects (CHD) J. Sulc, H. Bartakova, V. Chaloupecky, L. Pelikan, T. Tlaskal (Prague, Czech Republic)