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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Respiratory physiotherapy: interventions and technologies

Poster Discussion
Chairs: J. Bott (London, United Kingdom), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium)
Immediate changes in blood gas tensions during chest physiotherapy with positive expiratory pressure and oscillating positive expiratory pressure in patients with cystic fibrosis
A. L. Lagerkvist, G. Sten, S. Redfors, A. Lindblad, O. Hjalmarson (Gothenburg, Sweden)
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EzPAP is it an efficacious alternative to intermittent positive pressure breathing?
J. L. Tarnow, B. M. Daniel (San Francisco, United States Of America)
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Comparative study of sincrony intermitent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) associated to pressure suport ventilation (PSV) versus non invasive positive pressure ventilation with bilevel (BIPAP®), as an alternative ventilatory weaning method for postoperat
C. R. Lopes, M. I. Z. Feltrim, J. O. C. Auler Jr (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Effects of non invasive ventilation on physiologic variables during 6-min walk test in chronic obstructive lung desease patients
M. D. G. Rodrigues Machado, F. C. Nascimento, T. B. Tavares, E. S. Aquino, A. Dornelas Andrade, G. C. Machado (Belo Horizonte, Recife, Brazil)
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Effects of pursed lips breathing on walking distance and oxygen saturation in patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
G. Faager, A. Stahle, F. Larsen (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Use and cost of intermittent oxygen therapy in COPD
B. O‘Neill, J. M. Bradley, L. Heaney, M. Riley, C. O’Neill, J. MacMahon (Newtownabbey, Belfast, United Kingdom)
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Ventilatory requirements during strength and endurance training
V. S. Probst, T. Troosters, L. Vandromme, E. Lybaert, M. Decramer, R. Gosselink (Leuven, Brugge, Belgium)
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The prolonged effects of physiotherapy method based on principle of biofeedback in patients with bronchial asthma
S. V. Lovitsky (St Petersburg, Russia)
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Influence from corticosteroids administered through inhalatory route in the maximal inspiratory pressure and maximal expiratory pressure in children with bronquial asthma
A. Dornelas de Andrade, T. Andrade, K. Silva, P. Marinho, V. Galindo Filho, N. Moraes, M. D. G. Rodrigues Machado, E. Sarinho (Recife, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
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Effects of chest physiotherapy on pulmonary function (PF) parameters in children with acute respiratory failure (ARF) on mechanical ventilation
M. R. Coppo, J. D. Ribeiro, M. T. Nolasco-Silva (Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Effects of chest physiotherapy on pulmonary function in infants submited to invasive mechanical pulmonary ventilation
C. C. B. Almeida, J. D. Ribeiro, A. A. Almeida-Junior, M. A. G. O. Ribeiro, A. M. B. Zeferino (Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Can the interrupter technique be used as an outcome measure for sputum clearance by autogenic drainage in bronchiectatic patients?
C. M. O‘Connor, P. D. Bridge, F. Edenborough (Sheffield, London, United Kingdom)
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Relationship between pulmonary functions and respiratory muscle strength in children with non cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis
U. B. Tugay, S. Savci, H. Arikan, M. Ozturk, U. Ozcelik, N. Kiper (Ankara, Turkey)
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Differences between six minute walk test values with obstructed and non obstructed cystic fibrosis patients
S. Savci, U. B. Tugay, S. Erat, M. Ozturk, H. Arikan, D. Inal Ince, U. Ozcelik, N. Kiper (Ankara, Turkey)
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Recruitment analysis of inspiratory muscles in health elderly and patients with COPD during thresholdÔ therapy through superficial EMG
A. Dornelas de Andrade, T. Silva, P. Marinho, C. Amorim, H. Vasconcelos, N. Moraes, V. Galindo Filho, M. D. G. Rodrigues-Machado (Recife, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
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Expiratory flow increase technique effects in children with community-acquired pneumonia
C. I. Silva Santos, M. A. Goncalves de Oliveira Ribeiro, J. D. Ribeiro, A. M. Morcillo (Campinas, Brazil)
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Controlled trial of intrapulmonary percussion (IPV) in adults and children with stable severe neuromuscular disease (NMD)
M. Chatwin, D. M. O‘Driscoll, M. J. Morrell, D. R. Corfield, A. K. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
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Peripheral muscle force and functional capacity after lung transplantation
G. D. Reinsma, M. W. Sterken, R. W. Douma, P. G. Boorsma, S. Meijer, G. H. Koeter, E. van Weert (Groningen, The Netherlands)
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