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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Infection and acute exacerbation of COPD: what do we know?

Symposium
Chairs: M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom), A. Agusti (Palma De Mallorca, Spain)
Aims: At the end of the symposium, the audience should know more about the gaps in the current knowledge of acute exacerbations, tools for the assessment of severity, the impact of tracheobronchial colonisation and acute exacerbations during the natural history of the disease, and the role and risks of antimicrobial treatment.

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The role of infections in acute exacerbations of COPD W. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
Severity assessment in acute exacerbations of COPD S. Ewig (Bochum, Germany)
Antibiotics in acute exacerbations: what do we need? T. Bauer (Bochum, Germany)
Prolonging the interval to the next acute exacerbations M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain)