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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Skeletal muscle in respiratory disease

Oral Presentation
Chairs: H. Gosker (Maastricht, The Netherlands), G. Rafferty (London, United Kingdom)
IL-6 causes myocardial dysfunction in vivo
S. P. Janssen, G. Gayan-Ramirez, A. Van Den Bergh, P. Herijgers, K. Maes, E. Verbeken, M. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium)
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A non-invasive tension-time index of respiratory muscles in neonates
G. Dimitriou, S. Patel, J. Patel, G. F. Rafferty, A. Greenough (London, United Kingdom)
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Metabolic acidosis decreases respiratory muscle endurance, but not respiratory muscle strength in COPD patients
T. A. C. Nizet, Y. F. Heijdra, F. J. J. van den Elshout, M. J. T. van de Ven, H. T. M. Folgering (Arnhem, Nijmegen, Groesbeek, The Netherlands)
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Intermittent spontaneous breathing during the course of mechanical ventilation protects the rat diaphragm function from mechanical ventilation effects
G. N. Gayan-Ramirez, D. Testelmans, G. Z. Rácz, K. Maes, P. G. Cadot, E. Zádor, F. C. Wuytack, M. L. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium; Szeged, Hungary)
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Effect of ACE gene polymorphism on quadriceps strength in COPD
N. S. Hopkinson, A. H. Nickol, J. Payne, E. Hawe, W. D. C. Man, J. Moxham, H. Montgomery, M. I. Polkey (London, United Kingdom)
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Cigarrette smoke as a cause of injury in muscle cells: effects on the diaphragm and quadriceps muscles
A. Ramirez-Sarmiento, A. Mayer, O. Nascimento, F. Rosa, A. Camelier, C. Coronell, J. Gea, J. Jardim, M. Orozco-Levi (Sao Paulo, Brazil; Barcelona, Spain)
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Upregulation of the gene encoding the urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) in respiratory muscles of COPD patients
M. Suelves, C. Casadevall, C. Coronell, A. L. Ramirez-Sarmiento, P. Muñoz-Cánoves, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Signs of apoptosis in skeletal muscles of patients with small lung neoplasm
M. D. Ferrer, J. Martinez-Llorens, E. Barreiro, J. Minguella, M. Orozco-Levi, J. Lloreta, J. Gea (Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation