Annual Congress Glasgow 2004

Saturday, 04.09.2004
Sunday, 05.09.2004
Monday, 06.09.2004
Tuesday, 07.09.2004
Wednesday, 08.09.2004

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2004; 24: Suppl. 48, abstract number.

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Exercise and systemic effects in COPD

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Chairs: N. Ambrosino (Gussago, Italy), P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)

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Oxygen-induced changes in inspiratory capacity during resting breathing predict improvements in walking capacity in patients with COPD O. Diaz, M. C. Cuellar, N. M. Jara, M. Andresen, C. Lisboa (Santiago, Chile)
Co-morbidity and fitness for pulmonary rehabilitation in a cohort of 577 patients hospitalised with AECOPD S. C. Dawson, R. J. Taylor, M. K. Sridhar, M. R. Partridge (London, United Kingdom)
Peak inspiratory flow and inspiratory muscle strength before and following inspiratory muscle training in COPD P. Weiner, M. Beckerman, M. Weiner, R. Magadle (Hadera, Israel)
Effects of supplemental oxygen and high-dose inhaled bronchodilator therapy in exercise performance and dyspnoea in patients with stable COPD A. Cukier, C. A. S. Ferreira, R. Stelmach, F. Cortopassi, M. Ribeiro, P. M. A. Calverley (Sao Paulo, Brazil; Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Home based humidification therapy for patients with COPD and bronchiectasis H. Rea, S. McAuley, K. O‘Donnell, M. Payton, J. Garrett (Auckland, New Zealand)
Systemic inflammatory response in relation to disease severity and nutritional depletion in COPD E. C. Creutzberg, D. S. Postma, W. C. J. Hop, J. E. M. G. Derks, N. A. Vermue, E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, Horn, Groningen, Rotterdam, Zeist, The Netherlands)
Decreased body mass index in COPD is associated with quantity of emphysema S. E. Gay, K. R. Flaherty, J. Mumford, E. Kazerooni, S. Murray, F. J. Martinez (Ann Arbor, United States Of America)
Effectiveness of a spirometric quality assurance program in a large-scale global COPD trial (UPLIFT) M. Decramer, R. Pauwels, B. Celli, D. Tashkin, D. Burkhart, C. Cassino, S. Kesten (Leuven, Ghent, Belgium; Boston, Los Angeles, Ridgefield, United States Of America)