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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Pulmonary rehabilitation for non-COPD and severe COPD; field exercise testing

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: E. Clini (Gaiato - Modena, Italy), J. Williams (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Differences in functional outcomes between single and double lung transplantation
A. Rozanski, M. I. Feltrim, M. L. Caramori, P. M. P. Fernandes (Sao Paulo/SP, Brazil)
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Determinants of physical activity in daily life 1 year after lung transplantation
D. Langer, R. Gosselink, F. Pitta, C. Burtin, G. Verleden, L. Dupont, M. Decramer, T. Troosters (Leuven, Londrina, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Rehabilitation and quality of life in lung cancer
I. Alonso Bredda Saad, A. Oliveira, H. Honna, S. Moraes de Resende, L. Zambon, L. Machado (Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pulmonary rehabilitation after radically treated lung cancer patients: a pilot study
B. Salhi, J. van Meerbeeck, E. Derom (Ghent, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Lung function, respiratory muscle strength, functional capacity, and peripheral muscle endurance between patients with suppurative lung disease and healthy subjects
H. Arikan, S. Savci, D. Inal-Ince, M. Bosnak-Guclu, M. Saglam, Z. Ozaydin, E. Yalcin, U. Ozcelik (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The effects of an 8 week pulmonary rehabilitation programme in patients with bronchiectasis
C. Cassidy, J. Quinn, B. Korn, C. Baily (Dublin, Ireland)
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Effects of exercise training on quality of life and 6 minute walk distance (6MWD) in adults with fixed airway obstruction asthma (FAOA)
S. Turner, P. Eastwood, A. Cook, P. Thompson, S. Jenkins (Perth, WA, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Nasal force inspiratory training in asthmatic patients
V. Didur, I. Jurkov, T. Sinitcina, N. Solomaha, Y. Turkin (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Chronotropic response to peak exercise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
D. Inal-Ince, S. Savci, H. Arikan, M. Saglam, M. Bosnak-Guclu, L. Coplu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Clinical outcome of nutritional intervention integrated in an INTERdisciplinary COMmunity-based COPD lifestyle program (INTERCOM) in moderate COPD
C. van Wetering, M. Hoogendoorn, G. Geraerts-Keeris, R. Broekhuizen, M. Rutten-van Mölken, A. Schols (Veldhoven, Rotterdam, Maastricht, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Disease severity in COPD patients with muscle wasting
R. Rabinovich, E. Drost, K. Yuan, W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effectiveness of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program in severe dyspnoeic COPD patients
D. Van Ranst, H. Otten, A. van ‘t Hul (Breda, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Outcome following pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) stratified by the medical research council (MRC) dyspnoea scale
F. Dyer, P. Lang, M. Wood, J. Bott (Surrey, Chertset, Surrey, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Is a practice incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) necessary for all patients?
P. Lang, F. Dyer, P. Murray, J. Bott (Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Relation between daily living activities, alexithymia and six minute walking test in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases
N. Duruturk, Z. Gultekin, S. Cakartas, D. Gurbuz, Z. Kiremitçioglu, T. Tasci, G. Ulubay (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Kinetics of haemoglobin oxygen saturation measured by continuous pulse oximetry during the 6 minute walking test
P. Y. Jayet, J. W. Fitting (Lausanne, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Published regression equations underestimate 6 minute walk distance (6MWD) for healthy Australians aged 45-85 years
S. Jenkins, N. Cecins, B. Camarri, C. Williams, P. Thompson, P. Eastwood (Perth, WA, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The importance of self-pacing during 6MWT
P. Klijn, T. van Keimpema (Hilversum, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A stair climbing test in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment
E. Villiot-Danger, G. Reychler, B. Selleron, J. C. Villiot-Danger, H. Razzouk (Briancon, Lamotte-Beuvron, France; Bruxelles, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster