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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Inflammatory phenotypes of asthma and COPD: the end of traditional diagnosis, or not?

Symposium
Chairs: R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), E. Bel (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Aims: The aim of this symposium is to discuss the question whether it still makes sense to stick to traditional diagnoses, or whether careful (sub)phenotyping is of greater relevance with regard to the monitoring, management and prognosis of airway diseases.

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Why is it important to consider (sub)phenotypes of asthma and COPD? I. Pavord (Leicester, United Kingdom)
Phenotypic markers of asthma and COPD at the tissue level L. Fabbri (Modena, Italy)
Are we ready to monitor inflammation and remodelling in asthma? P. Chanez (Montpellier, France)
Subphenotyping COPD: is it relevant for therapeutic intervention and disease outcome? S. Rennard (Omaha, United States of America)
The future of disease monitoring and management: the homework for clinical researchers P. J. Sterk (Leiden, The Netherlands)