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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CPAP therapy

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: J. Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain), B. Buyse (Leuven, Belgium)
Pressure relief CPAP (PRCPAP) versus constant-pressure CPAP
G. Nilius, A. Happel, F. Dünschede, K. H. Rühle (Hagen, Germany)
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Audit of reported continued patient morbidity and compliance to CPAP
J. Grayez, J. Wilson, M. Whiting, H. Moudgil, K. Srinivasan (Telford, United Kingdom)
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Prediction of effective continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA)
P. Panagou, H. Mermingis, S. Tsipra, K. Psathakis, K. Tsintiris (Athens, Greece)
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Does positional apnea influence optimum continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)?
E. Perraki, E. Lagogianni, T. Vassilakopoulos, C. Roussos, E. Vagiakis (Athens, Greece)
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Direct comparison of two auto-CPAP devices using different flow-limitation based algorithms
K. Hertegonne, B. Rombaut, P. Houtmeyers, D. Pevernagie (Ghent, Belgium)
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CPAP treatment induces changes in lung diffusion in OSA patients
A. L. Andreu, E. Chiner, E. Pastor, E. Gomez-Merino, J. Signes-Costa, M. Llombart, J. M. Arriero, C. Senent, J. Marco (Alicante, Spain)
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Respiratory failure in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)- is CPAP therapy alone adequate?
J. Gabrijelcic, M. Flezar (Golnik, Slovenia)
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Pilot study of an auto-titration device based on forced oscillation technique (FOT), flow analysis and snoring detection vs. standard CPAP
J. Herold, A. Kaa, F. Thost, R. Leistner, J. Ficker (Nuernberg, Germany)
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Automatic titration algorithm effectively predicts fixed CPAP in OSAS
W. Galetke, N. Anduleit, K. Richter, W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)
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Comparative study of a novel positive airway pressure therapy versus conventional AutoCPAP therapy in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA)
T. Gentina, J. Bout, J. Dernis, B. Douay, F. Fortin (Lille, France)
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Anthropometric and polysomnographic indices that influence optimal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in sleep apnea
E. Lagogianni, E. Perraki, T. Vassilakopoulos, F. Kapsimalis, E. Vagiakis (Athens, Greece)
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Quality of life (QOL) and CPAP compliance in workers and employees with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome
J. A. Verbraecken, M. Lins, K. Van Hoof, O. Vanderveken, A. N. Boudewyns, E. Hamans, P. H. Van de Heyning, W. A. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium; Antwerp)
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The reversibility of hypoxemia in OSA patients is related to CPAP therapy
A. E. Taurino, C. Bruschi, R. Trentin, N. D‘D‘Artavilla Lupo, S. Montemartini, F. Fanfulla (Montescano, Italy)
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Predicting optimum continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) from anthropometric and polysomnographic indices
E. Lagogianni, E. Perraki, F. Kapsimalis, C. Roussos, E. Vagiakis (Athens, Greece)
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The relationship between the difference of Epworth Sleepiness Scales and daily using duration of nCPAP/BiPAP at home
Z. Karakurt, B. Ocakli, T. Yarkin, O. Ocakli, D. Özgül, S. Dönmez, R. Sancar (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Utility of an algorithm predicting nasal continuous positive airway pressure
S. E. Schiza, I. Bouloukaki, N. Tzanakis, F. Ekonomidou, N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece)
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Effect of treatment with CPAP in patients with resistant hypertension and obstructive apneas
A. Ferrer, M. Masdeu, J. Almirall, J. Matinez-Ocana, T. Lopez, M. Arranz, T. Prats, M. Garcia, A. Marin (Sabadell, Spain)
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Effect of nCPAP on quality of life (QoL) in professionally active patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
A. Devolder, A. Weerts, O. M. Vanderveken, P. H. Van de Heyning, W. A. De Backer, J. A. Verbraecken (Edegem, Belgium)
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Evaluation of the quality of treatment with a new automatic CPAP-device (APAP FOT/Flow)
G. Nilius, A. Happel, A. Hogrebe, U. Domanski, K. H. Rühle (Hagen, Germany)
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Management of central sleep apnoea (CSA) by adaptative servo ventilation
C. Rabec, O. Reybet-Degat, P. Bonniaud, M. Merati, P. Camus (Dijon, France)
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