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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3888 Abstracts
555 Slide presentations
20 Webcasts
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Acute exacerbations and drug therapy in COPD

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Chairs: C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany), P. Weiner (Hadera, Israel)

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Influence of expiratory flow limitation in COPD on regional lung deposition H. Burkard, P. Haidl, P. Appelhans, F. Gessenhardt, D. Köhler (Schmallenberg, Germany)
The use of intravenous aminophylline in treatment of exacerbations of COPD N. Duffy, F. Diamantea, P. Walker, P. Calverley, L. Davies (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
The effects of uncontrolled oxygen therapy in the ambulance on outcome of patients admitted with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) R. V. Reddy, M. Iqbal, A. Yeung, K. S. Srinivasan, C. F. A. Pantin (Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom)
Variation in the care of hospitalized acute exacerbations of COPD between generalists and pulmonologists K. M. Sanders, T. K. Marras, J. Yang, A. Shawn, C. K. N. Chan, M. S. Balter (Toronto, Ottawa, Canada)
Bronchoalveolar lavage in COPD, smokers and non-smokers: inflammatory cells and macrophage phenotype M. J. Löfdahl, A. Eklund, J. Grunewald, M. C. Sköld (Stockholm, Sweden)
Bronchial nitric oxide output predicts responsiveness to inhaled steroids in COPD L. Lehtimäki, H. Kankaanranta, I. Annila, T. Aine, S. Saarelainen, H. Lehtonen, J. Laitinen, R. Järvenpää, A. Lahdensuo, E. Moilanen (Tampere, Finland)
Glucocorticosteroid reversibility testing with oral prednisone (²steroid trial²) for 4 weeks: time-response study using serial spirometry and 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) in patients with moderate to severe stable COPD M. M. Schuurmans, P. R. Botha, D. Steyn, D. Richter, C. T. Bolliger (Tygerberg, South Africa)
Misdiagnosis of COPD in primary care D. G. Tinkelman, D. Price, R. J. Nordyke, S. Isonaka, R. J. Halbert (Denver, Beverly Hills, United States Of America; Aberdeen, United Kingdom)