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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3952 Abstracts
658 Slide presentations
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Paediatric respiratory epidemiology II: air pollution studies and infectious disease epidemiology

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: F. Rusconi (Florence, Italy), D. Spencer (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)

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A case-crossover analysis: effect of PM₁₀ on infant mortality in residents of Mexico City metropolitan area, 1997-2005 L. Carbajal-Arroyo, M. Medina-Ramon, L. Rojas-Bracho, G. Tzintzun, M. Hurtado-Diaz, J. Schwartz, I. Romieu (Lima, Peru; Boston, MA, United States Of America; Mexico, D. F., Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico)
Breast feeding and infant mortality from acute respiratory infections: estimation of preventable deaths S. Franco, M. Moura Reis, M. B. Nascimento (Joinville, Brazil)
The relationship between hospital admissions in children for respiratory diseases and PM10 in Milan, Italy M. Sala, G. Radaelli, M. Mandelli, F. Cetta, E. Kola, M. Giovannini (Milan, Siena, Italy)
Respiratory health risks associated with distance to wood factories: the Viadana study M. Rava, A. Marcon, L. Cazzoletti, P. Ricci, V. Pironi, C. Silocchi, R. de Marco (Verona, Mantua, Italy)
Symptoms, lung function and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) in children living in an industrial polluted area and in a control area in Sardinia, Italy F. Rusconi, D. Catelan, G. Accetta, R. Pistelli, P. Murgia, E. Di Felice, A. Serci, L. Paladini, M. Peluso, A. Biggeri (Florence, Rome, Carbonia, Sarroch, Cagliari, Italy)
Self-reported residential traffic density and the risk of asthma, hay fever and eczema L. Seckova, E. Vlaski, K. Stavric, M. Kimovska, R. Isjanovska, I. Kirovski (Skopje, Fyrom)
Air pollution sources and respiratory symptoms in an industrial Brazilian city D. Miranda, A. Marco, B. Alfesio, S. Paulo, L. Martins, P. Luiz (Vitoria ES, Brazil)
Modelling trends in paediatric empyema in England 1996-2006 using hospital episode statistics D. Cliff, J. Clarke, R. Gorton, M. Pearce, S. Rushton, D. Spencer (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
The viral aetiology of croup and recurrent croup S. Wall, D. Wat, B. Spiller, C. Gelder, S. Kotecha, I. Doull (Cardiff, Penarth, United Kingdom)
Correlation of clinical and radiological findings in children with possible post-infectious obliterative bronchiolitis D. Kerr, M. Brodlie, N. Byrne, K. Eastham, L. Mitchell, M. Muller, D. Spencer (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
Prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hospitalisation, and subsequent airway symptoms in late preterm infants R. G. P. Gijtenbeek, E. J. L. E. Vrijlandt, S. A Reijneveld, E. J. Duiverman, A. F. Bos, J. M. Kerstjens (Groningen, Netherlands)
Respiratory syncytial virus groups and clinical and epidemiological characteristics of bronchiolitis K. Haidopoulou, M. Goutaki, M. Lemonaki, M. Kavga, A. Papa (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Reactive airway disease after bronchiolitis in infancy. Are recruitment biases influencing results? A. Saianda, P. Nogueira, R. Gouveia, S. Lobo, A. M. Silva, T. Bandeira (Lisboa, Cascais, Portugal)
Rhinovirus bronchiolitis during infancy predict subsequent wheezing during the first 12 months of follow-up F. Midulla, E. Arcadi, E. Bonci, A. Pierangeli, C. Scagnolari, G. Antonelli, M. Battaglia, D. De Angelis, R. Berardi, R. Grossi, D. Korn, C. Moretti (Rome, Italy)
High-dose inhaled corticosteroids prevent wheeze following respiratory syncytial virus infection: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial M. Ermers, M. Rovers, J. Woensel, J. Kimpen, L. Bont (Utrecht, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Do we immunize the right children? Evolution of an RSV immunization program over ten years C. Bjornson, M. Ruff, S. Graham, I. Mitchell (Calgary, AB, Canada)
Use of a national registry to assess palivizumab use I. Mitchell, B. Paes, K. Lanctot (Calgary, AB, Hamilton, ON, Toronto, ON, Canada)
Seasonal occurrence of pneumonia in children and correlation with climate conditions: an ecological study S. Franco, M. G. Cardoso, T. Oliveira (Joinville/Santa Catarina, Brazil)
Pneumonia in small children – bacteriological sampling K. Simonovska, L. Sokolova, S. Petrovska, T. Ilievska, I. Cakalarovska (Skopje, Fyrom)
Respiratory tract bacterian isolates in a Romanian pediatric refferal hospital – a three years picture P. Avram, A. Cochino, M. Craiu, D. Cana, D. Leu (Bucharest, Romania)