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
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Outcome of adaptive servo ventilation in sleep apnoea

Oral Presentation
Chairs: J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium), S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany)

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Introduction - Adaptive servo ventilation H. Teschler (Germany)
Efficacy of adaptive servo-ventilation on residual sleepiness in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome Z. Xilong, Y. Kaisheng, Y. Sumei (Nanjing/Jiangsu, China)
Adaptive servoventilation for complex sleep apnea in patients with different underlying diseases M. Becker, N. Tröster, S. Scheidl, R. Wurm, M. Dominco, H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria)
Residual sleep apnea on CPAP: prevalence, predictors and patterns F. Ryan, N. Al Lawati, N. Fox, N. Ayas, P. Hamilton, A. Mulgrew (Vancouver, Canada; Tralee, Ireland)
Adaptive servoventilation in long term treatment of central and complex sleep apnea with normal BNP M. Westhoff, L. Patric (Hemer, Germany)
Adaptive servoventilation in coexisting obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration W. Randerath, W. Galetke, S. Stieglitz, C. Priegnitz, T. Schäfer (Solingen, Germany)
Influence of adaptive servoventilation (ASV) on BNP in patients with Cheyne-Stokes respiration and central sleep apnea (CSR-CSA), with and without obstructive sleep apnea M. Westhoff, P. Litterst (Hemer, Germany)
The design of the Serve-HF study: treatment of sleep-disordered breathing with predominant central sleep apnoea by adaptive servo ventilation in patients with heart failure M. Cowie (Co-PI), T. Helmut (Co-PI), SERVE-HF-Steering Committee Members Prof. Martin Cowie; Prof. Erland Erdmann; Prof. Patrick Levy... (London, United Kingdom; Essen, Martinsried, Germany)