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.


Material from 2004:
  • 3888 Abstracts
  • 555 Slide presentations
  • 20 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
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Diagnosis of OSA

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), Y. Heijdra (Nymegen, The Netherlands)
Automatic recognition of abnormal sleep respiratory events using a transthoracic impedance sensor included inside a pacemaker
P. Defaye, J. L. Pepin, Y. Poezevara, P. Mabo, F. Murgatroyd, S. Garrigue, P. Levy (Grenoble, Le Plessis Robinson, Pessac, Rennes, France; Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Validation of a new screening device for sleep-disordered breathing
Y. Wang, T. Teschler, G. Weinreich, S. Hess, T. E. Wessendorf, H. Teschler (Essen, Germany)
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Reliability of the Dutch version of the Calgary sleep apnea quality of life index (SAQLI)
J. A. Verbraecken, D. Rouckhout, P. H. Van de Heyning, W. A. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)
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Scoring non-apneic respiratory events using the flow or the volume signals
J. M. Montserrat, J. Rigau, D. Navajas, E. Ballester, R. Farre (Barcelona, Spain)
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Multicenter study on the variability of a novel sleep stage scoring algorithm compared to human experts – part I: learning phase
M. Schwaibold, E. Hoffmann, R. Binder, I. Pinnow, W. Cassel, B. Schöller, D. Riemann, H. G. Weeß, T. Penzel, H. F. Becker (Karlsruhe, Freiburg, Klingenmünster, Marburg, Germany)
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Comparative study of attended full polysomnography (AFP) and ambulatory recording in OSAS patients
F. Fanfulla, R. Maestroni, P. Crotti, C. Bruschi, C. Fracchia (Montescano, Italy)
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Association between having habitually a nap and sleep apnea
J. F. Masa, M. Rubio, P. Perez, J. Corral, I. Utrabo, J. A. Riesco, A. Sojo (Caceres, Spain)
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Role of negative expiratory pressure in prediction of OSA severity in subjects referred to a sleep centre
G. Insalaco, S. Romano, P. Abate, O. Marrone, A. Salvaggio, G. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)
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Is pulse oxymetry predictive for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in children?
P. Piovano, M. G. Paglietti, M. Pavone, A. Di Marco, M. Romanini, A. Villani, R. Cutrera (Rome, Italy)
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Evaluation of a cardiorespiratory polygraphic device in patients with suspected sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (SAHS)
L. Hernández, A. Candela, S. Asensio, C. Paya, N. Castejon, S. Romero (Alicante, Spain)
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Ventilatory pattern in OSAS patients
M. Sergi, M. Rizzi, A. Andreoli, M. Pecis (Milano, Italy)
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C-reactive protein levels can predict obstructive sleep apnea / hypopnea syndrome?
A. Amfilochiou, K. Pavlou, M. Demetrios, A. Petroulakis, N. Karagiannidis, M. Gamvroudi, V. Polychronopoulos (Athens, Greece)
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Relationship between anthropometric parameters, sleep disordered breathing and airway inflammation (AI) in obese adults affected by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
R. Sabato, M. G. Cagnazzo, P. Bonfitto, G. Ciliberti, M. P. Foschino Barbaro (Foggia, Italy)
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Concentration of exhaled nitric oxide (FENO) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
T. Przybylowski, P. Bielicki, M. Kumor, K. Hildebrand, K. Górska, A. Fangrat, J. Kucinska, J. Kosciuch, M. Maskey-Warzechowska, P. Korczynski, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and anthropometric characteristics
P. Iconomidis, P. Bakakos, P. Kythreotis, I. Nikolopoulos, A. N. Rasidakis (Athens, Greece)
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Peculiarities of nocturnal oxygen saturation in obstructive sleep apnoea
S. Miliauskas, R. Sakalauskas, D. Barkauskiene (Kaunas, Lithuania)
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An indicator of upper airway obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea patients – a preliminary analysis
H. El-Jundi, A. U. Demir, O. El-Jundi, A. Sahin (Ankara, Turkey)
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Gender differences in the polysomnographic results in sleep apnea patients
E. Vagiakis, I. Lagogianni, E. Perraki, A. Minaritzoglou, A. Sgora, A. Alexandropoulou, I. Tzialidou, C. Roussos (Athens, Greece)
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The upper airway and obstructive sleep apnea in morbidly obese women
A. Santiago, M. J. Soleto, J. Gomez Terreros, A. Martin-Duce, P. Caballero, F. Garcia-Rio, R. Alvarez-Sala, J. Villamor (Madrid, Spain)
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Can spirometry and plethysmography seated and supine measures in obese snorer patients be employed in deciding when to perform polysomnography?
R. Bossi, C. Pravettoni, E. Bucchioni, C. Baldessari, V. Fasano, D. Bonardi (Milano, Italy)
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