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:
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  • 739 Slide presentations
  • 213 Webcasts
  • 93 Handouts
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Noninvasive ventilation in chronic respiratory failure

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France), T. Koehnlein (Magdeburg, Germany)
Evaluation of nutritional status in patients with severe COPD treated with home mechanical ventilation (HMV)
G. Bardi, M. Gherardi, C. Ribas, N. Carpenè, M. Digiorgio, S. Avino, S. Brogi, A. Palla (Pisa, Italy)
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Congenital muscular dystrophy with rigid spine syndrome (CMD-RSS): reversal of severe pulmonary hypertension and survival for 13 years using nocturnal bilevel positive airway pressure and oxygen
R. J. Farney, G. Elliott, J. M. Walker (Salt Lake City, United States Of America)
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Long-term noninvasive positive pressure ventilation improves gas exchange and restrictive ventilatory pattern in obesity hypoventilation syndrome
F. Heinemann, S. Budweiser, J. Dobroschke, M. Pfeifer (Donaustauf, Germany)
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Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in a monitoring unit of COPD, obesity-hypoventilation syndrome and congestive heart failure
A. Ortega, I. Fernandez, R. Chumbi, N. Cubero, G. Peces-Barba (Madrid, Spain)
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Efficacy of bi-level positive airways pressure ventilation for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea/hypoventilation syndrome in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)
A. Petrone, M. Pavone, A. Crinò, M. M. Mazziotta, M. Romanini, V. Fierimonte, C. Renato (Rome, Italy)
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Transcultural adaptation and validation of the SRI questionnaire in Spanish patients receiving home mechanical ventilation
J. L. López-Campos, I. Failde Martínez, A. León Jiménez, F. Masa, E. Barrot, F. Valenzuela Mateos, R. Ayerbe García, W. Windisch (Cádiz, Cáceres, Sevilla, Jerez, Huelva, Spain; Freiburg, Germany)
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Pulmonary function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients before and after noninvasive ventilation
A. Marques, J. Moita, G. Lopes, T. Almeida, A. L. Fonseca, F. Teixeira, H. Estevão (Coimbra, Portugal)
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The Severe Respiratory Insufficiency (SRI) Questionnaire: a specific measure of health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with COPD receiving home mechanical ventilation (HMV)
W. Windisch, S. Budweiser, F. Heinemann, M. Pfeifer, P. Rzehak (Freiburg, Donaustauf, Ulm, Germany)
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Trigger malfunction with bilevel positive airway pressure therapy
A. Jerrentrup, T. Ploch, T. Penzel, C. Vogelmeier, H. F. Becker (Marburg, Germany)
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Clonidine and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in children
J. Bhatt, R. Primhak, A. Mayer (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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High flow (up to 40 l/min) humidified oxygen delivery via nasal cannulae; initial experience in a district general hospital
H. Moffat, A. Graham (Huddersfield, United Kingdom)
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Analysis of CO2 rebreathing with different expiratory devices in non-invasive ventilation. A pilot study in healthy volunteers
D. Samolski, N. Salord, A. Anton, P. Casan, R. Guell (Barcelona, Spain)
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Inspiratory muscle strength training improves the ability to perform imposed work of breathing in failure to wean patients
D. Martin, P. Davenport, R. Gonzalez-Rothi, E. Harman, M. Banner, L. Caruso, A. Layon, A. Gabrielli (Gainesville, United States Of America)
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Changing from a tracheostomy tube to a tracheostomy retrainer, a measurement series of the different systems
D. Dellweg, P. Appelhans, T. Barchfeld, P. Haidl, D. Koehler (Schmallenberg, Germany)
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The impact of downsizing the trachestomy tube on tidal volume and work of breathing: a bench study
M. Delmastro, W. Gardner, J. Tuggey, M. W. Elliott (Pavia, Italy; Leeds, United Kingdom)
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Long-term follow-up of the patients with chronic respiratory failure treated with NIMV at home: the effect on the frequency of hospitalization
Z. Karakurt, T. Yarkin, D. Özgül, S. Dönmez, R. Sancar, Z. Çoban, M. Durucu, R. Baran (Istanbul, Turkey)
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