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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Pleural effusions

Poster Discussion
Chairs: O. Kayacan (Ankara, Turkey), T. Schaberg (Rothenburg, Germany)
Changes in pleural pH, PC02, PO2 and HCO3 following the thoracentesis
E. Razi, G. R. Tootooni, P. Amiri (Kashan, Iran)
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The diagnostic value of vascular endothelial growth factor in pleural effusion
T. Bakirci, S. Alpar, N. Ucar, A. S. Turgut, B. Dursun, D. Sertkaya, B. Kurt (Ankara, Turkey)
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Usfulness of cholesterol in difering malignant and nonmalignant pleural effusions
G. I. Plavec, I. S. Tomic, N. R. Nidzovic, B. M. Radojicic, S. M. Acimovic, R. I. Bokun (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
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Measurement of pleural fluid lactate dehydrogenase and adenosine deaminase for distinguishing malignant pleural effusions and other exudative pleural effusions
D. Ernam, F. Atalay, C. Hasanoglu, O. Kaplan (Ankara, Turkey)
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A computer program to calculate the probability that an effusion is an exudate
P. W. Bishop, N. Mogulkoc, A. Alpaydin (Manchester, United Kingdom; Izmir, Turkey)
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Prostaglandin E2 in the evaluation of pleural effusions
F. Kanat, Y. Aydemir, O. Imecik (Konya, Turkey)
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Seldinger small bore chest drains in the management of neoplastic pleural effusions
K. Mohan, B. Chakrabarti, S. Choudhuri, M. Serlin, S. J. Owen, S. Mccallum (Warrington, Southport, United Kingdom)
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The etiology of massive and slight -moderate size pleural effusions
T. Törün, G. Güngör, Y. Bölükbasi, I. Gemci, B. Biçakçi, K. Tahaoglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Efficacy of bronchoscopy as diagnostic method in pleural effusions
A. C. Trofor, T. Mihaescu, V. Esanu, I. Frasila (Iasi, Romania)
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Primary antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with pleural effusion
M. O. Akbay, E. Tansel Putun, T. Kiratli Karakaya, L. Yilmaz Aydin, N. S. Kalac (Ankara, Turkey)
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A female with bilateral chylothorax
B. A. Can, O. Kayacan, D. Karnak, S. DizbaySak, S. Beder (Ankara, Turkey)
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Evaluation of patients with pleural effusions
A. Akkaya, O. Ozturk, O. Kaya, A. H. Bircan, U. Sahin (Isparta, Turkey)
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Profile of intrathoracic complications of chronic pancreatitis
M. P. B. N. Bhat, S. K. Bhat, A. A. C. (New Delhi, India)
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Additional diagnostic value of thoracoscopy
B. Amat, C. Paya, N. Castejon, J. J. Mafe, C. Martin, S. Romero (Alicante, Spain)
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The diagnostic yield of closed pleural biopsies: a 2 year study from Singapore
M. S. Koh, P. H. Leng, S. M. C. Fook-Chong, J. H. Lim, K. L. Chuah (Singapore, Singapore)
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Differential diagnosis of pleural effusions with the aid of adenosine deaminase
M. Preslavova, S. Ivanov, R. Markova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
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Does elevated the pleural fluid creatinine / serum creatinine ratio really mean urinothorax?
I. Tudik, E. Varmusova, D. Kavkova (Poprad - Kvetnica, Slovakia)
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Metastatic pulmonary tumors – forms and frequency
D. G. Mocanescu, O. I. Nicolaescu, R. V. Ungurean (Bucharest, Romania)
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Diagnostic value of pleural needle biopsy
M. P. Fijalkowski, J. Graczyk, A. Rul (Lodz, Poland)
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