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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555 Slide presentations
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Noninvasive ventilatory support in acute and chronic respiratory failure

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Chairs: B. Schönhofer (Hannover, Germany), M. Vitacca (Gussago, Italy)

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Tolerance of nasal masks used for positive pressure ventilation in children B. Fauroux, J. F. Lavis, F. Nicot, A. Picard, A. Clement, M. P. Vazquez (Paris, France)
The effect of dowsizing cannula diameter on tidal volume during ventilation M. Delmastro, W. Gardner, J. Tuggey, M. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Functioning of assured tidal volume by automatic pressure adjustment in pressure support K. Belkouja, S. Szkmulmowski, D. Robert (Lyon, France)
The effect of positive airway pressure on cardiac performance and respiratory muscles in patients with chronic heart failure D. Schlosshan, L. B. Tan, R. J. Sapsford, M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIV) in COPD patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) and altered level of consciousness (LC) R. Scala, M. Naldi, I. Archinucci, S. Nava (Arezzo, Pavia, Italy)
Compliance during non invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (ARF) R. Scala, G. Coniglio, M. Naldi, M. W. Elliott (Arezzo, Italy; Leeds, United Kingdom)
Optimizing NIV: assesment of a ventilatory monitoring system integrated to a portable ventilator C. Rabec, O. Reybet-Degat, P. Bonniaud, F. Massin, A. Fanton, P. Camus (Dijon, France)
A randomised trial of outpatient versus inpatient initiation of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in nocturnal hypoventilation due to neuromuscular and chest wall disease M. Chatwin, S. Ward, A. H. Nickol, M. I. Polkey, A. K. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)