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.

Material from 2005:

4063 Abstracts
739 Slide presentations
213 Webcasts
93 Handouts

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Ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction

Symposium
Chairs: M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany)
Aims: This symposium will:
• review the already existing evidence for ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction;
• summarise cellular changes in the diaphragm;
• interpret the new findings and transfer to the clinical implication.

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Ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction (VIDD) - an overview T. Vassilakopoulos (Athens, Greece)
Controlled mechanical ventilation alters diaphragm contractility C. Sassoon (Long Beach, United States of America)
VIDD - how to transfer new findings from bench to bedside? J. Moxham (London, United Kingdom)