Annual Congress Copenhagen 2005

Saturday, 17.09.2005
Sunday, 18.09.2005
Monday, 17.09.2005
Tuesday, 20.09.2005
Wednesday, 21.09.2005

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, abstract number.

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4063 Abstracts
739 Slide presentations
213 Webcasts
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PG12 - Sleep-related problems: treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea - current concepts and perspectives

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: W. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium), P. Levy (Grenoble, France)
Aims: This is the third course in a three-year postgraduate core curriculum covering the main issues on sleep-related problems. The aims of this third module in the series are:
• to identify the objectives of treatment;
• to identify the advantages and limitations of CPAP and the appliances;
• to understand the mechanisms and potential feasibility of new treatments;
• to identify the possibility of treatment in obstructive and central sleep apnoea associated with heart failure.

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Obstructive sleep apnoea: who should be treated? P. Lavie (Haifa, Israel)
CPAP: evidence-based data regarding compliance, efficacy and side-effects P. Levy (Grenoble, France)
Oral appliances: from theory to practice. Recent data regarding compliance, efficacy and side-effects B. Fleury (Paris, France)
Treatment of obstructive and central sleep apnoea in heart failure: current concepts and perspectives S. Javaheri (Cincinnati, United States of America)