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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Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in interventional pulmonology

Poster Discussion
Chairs: S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy), J. Vergnon (St-Etienne, France)
Transbronchial needle aspiration(TBNA) as an additional bronchoscopic diagnostic tool - a British experience
M. Munavvar, H. Singh, J. Mills, M. J. Edwards, S. Kearney (Preston, United Kingdom)
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Transbronchial needle aspirates: how many per site?
A. H. Diacon, M. M. Schuurmans, J. Theron, M. Louw, C. A. Wright, C. T. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Utility of transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis and staging of pulmonary tumours with mediastinal lymph nodes
J. Boldu, J. Hueto, C. De Miguel, J. A. Cascante, I. Pascal, P. Cebollero (Pamplona, Spain)
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Transbroncial cryobiopsy as a new diagnostic method - a feasibility study
A. J. Babiak, C. Schumann, J. Hetzel, M. Hetzel (Ulm, Germany)
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Improving the diagnostic yield of endobronchial biopsies by flexible cryoprobe in lung cancer– comparison of forceps- and cryoprobe technique
C. Schumann, T. Mattfeldt, M. Hetzel, J. Hetzel, P. M. Lepper, A. Babiak (Ulm, Germany)
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Comparison of diagnostic yield of endobronchial washing before and after forceps biopsy and brushing in bronchoscopy for pulmonary malignant tumors
M. Gayaf, E. Yalniz, B. Komurcuoglu, E. Güren, E. Celikten (Izmir, Turkey)
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CT guided percutanous fine -needle aspiration biopsy of pulmonary lesions. A descriptive study
M. Bakhshayeshkaram, S. Zahirifard (Tehran, Iran)
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Diagnosis of pneumothorax (PTX) by means of transthoracic ultrasound – a prospective trial
F. J. F. Herth, R. Eberhardt, A. Ernst, H. D. Becker (Heidelberg, Germany; Boston, United States Of America)
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White light and fluorescence bronchoscopy (FB), cyto/histology and chest radiography in lung cancer high-risk asymptomatic volunteers: a pilot study
K. Moghissi, K. Dixon, A. C. Thorpe, C. Oxtoby (Goole, United Kingdom)
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Bronchial and non-bronchial systemic artery embolization: experience with 146 patients
G. M. Agmy, S. M. Wafy, H. E. Hammad, A. E. S. A. Abd El-Salam, H. M. Hisham (Assiut, Egypt)
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Initial combined intratumoral chemotherapy with cisplatin and irradiation for inoperable non-small cell obstructive lung cancer
F. Celikoglu, S. I. Celikoglu (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) for in-situ (CIS) and micro-invasive (MCI) lungs cancer
S. Lohani, P. Crosbie, J. Martin, P. Hasleton, P. Barber (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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The application of thrombin-fibrinogen complex in massive haemoptysis
E. Bukurov-Sudjic, D. Mandaric, Z. Uskokovic-Stefanovic, S. Popevic (Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro)
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Long term results of interventional endobronchial procedures in patients with malignant airway stenosis
M. Marel, I. Spasova, Z. Pekarek, Z. Skacel (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Endobronchial treatment of benign tumours in the distal airways
V. Kolek, O. Marek (Olomouc, Czech Republic)
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Computerassisted structural analysis of endobronchial ultrasound images of solitary pulmonary nodules to assess the histology
H. D. Becker, F. Herth, T. Shirakawa (Heidelberg, Germany; Kumamoto, Japan)
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Delectability of the peripheral pulmonary lesion (PPL) with ultrasound (US)
T. B. Stefanovski, S. M. Stojkovski, D. Dokic, O. R. Jovkovski, B. J. Kaeva (Skopje, Macedonia)
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Predictors of successful pleurodesis for patients with malignant pleural effusions
H. Yildirim, M. Metintas, S. Erginel, E. Harmanci, F. Alatas, I. Ucgun (Eskisehir, Turkey)
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Comparison of IL-8 production by mesothelial cells from different pleural zones after talc exposure
A. Montes Worboys, L. Gomez Izquierdo, J. Martin, A. Romero, C. Navarro, I. De Torres, J. Castillo, F. Rodriguez-Panadero (Sevilla, Spain)
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Association between proinflammatory cytokines (TNFa and IL8) and fibrinolytic system in malignant pleural effusions
L. Gomez-Izquierdo, A. Montes Worboys, J. Martin Juan, A. Romero, F. Rodriguez-Panadero, F. Borderas (Sevilla, Spain)
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