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
316 Webcasts
96 Handouts
1824 e-posters
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Sleep apnoea in childhood

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Chairs: W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium), K. Franklin (Umea, Sweden)

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Analysis of sleep cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) in children with Prader-Willi syndrome and effect of growth hormone treatment E. Verrillo, O. Bruni, M. Pavone, A. Petrone, M. G. Paglietti, C. Pedace, A. Schiavino, R. Cutrera (Rome, Italy)
A 6-month open-label study to assess the safety and effectiveness of nCPAP treatment in children <30kg with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) J. Pagani, S. Miano, A. Rizzoli, L. Farina, M. del Pozzo, M. P. Villa (Rome, Italy)
Urine uric acid excretion in obese and nonobese children with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing A. Kaditis, E. Alexopoulos, K. Chaidas, G. Ntamagka, A. Karathanasi, E. Kostadima, M. Apostolidi, E. Boultadakis, T. Apostolidis, K. Gourgoulianis (Larissa, Greece)
Evaluation of effectiveness of surgical treatment in sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome in children M. L. Alonso-Alvarez, J. Teran-Santos, J. A. Cordero-Guevara, A. I. Navazo-Egüia, E. Ordax-Carbajo (Burgos, Spain)
24-hour ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure in children with obstructive breathing disorders S. Weber, G. Semenzati, L. Cuadrado, R. Coutro, S. Ferrarezi (Botucatu – SP, Brazil)
Apparent life threatening event (ALTE) and sleep disorder breathing (SDB): an one hundred children follow-up L. Nosetti, I. D‘Amico, V. Spica Russotto, J. Berini, A. C. Niespolo, L. Nespoli (Varese, Italy)
Interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein serum levels in children with obstructive sleep-disordered breathing E. Alexopoulos, F. Hatzi, A. Kaditis, K. Chaidas, E. Kostadima, E. Boultadakis, K. Gourgoulianis, G. Syrogiannopoulos (Larissa, Greece)
Sleep-disordered breathing, obesity and airway inflammation in children and adolescents S. Verhulst, K. Van Hoorenbeeck, L. Aerts, S. Jacobs, L. Van Gaal, W. De Backer, K. Desager (Wilrijk, Belgium)