Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

Material from 2006:

4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
175 Multimedia files

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PG2 - Interventional pulmonology: theory and practice

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: C. Marquette (Lille, France), M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium)
Aims: The main aim of this course is to expose pulmonary fellows and practicing pulmonary physicians to advanced, yet simple practical pulmonary interventions. Didactic lectures will be followed by practical demonstrations and there are possibilities for hands-on experiences. At the end of this course, participants will:
• be able to recognize indications and contra-indications of various interventions;
• be able to identify benefits and limitations of these interventions;
• have experienced first-hand, hands-on training tutored by world experts in the field. Target audience: Pulmonary fellows, pulmonary physicians, thoracic surgeons.

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Interventional bronchoscopy: indications, complications and achievements C. Bolliger (Basel, Switzerland)
"Old" diagnostic techniques revisited: transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) S. Gasparini (Ancona, Italy)
New diagnostic techniques: real-time endobronchial ultrasound (rtEBUS), transoesophageal ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration and navigation F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
Anaesthesia for interventional bronchoscopy M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium)
Rapid desobstruction techniques: laser J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Rapid desobstruction techniques: electrocautery C. Marquette (Lille, France)
Delayed desobstruction techniques J-M. Vergnon (Saint Etienne, France)
Silicone stents H. Dutau (Marseille, France)
Metal stents L. Freitag (Hemer, Germany)