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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Assessment in the chronic patient

E-Posters in free access
Chairs: J-F. Muir (Rouen, France)
Chest wall kinematics during voluntary cough and mechanical in-exsufflation in neuromuscular disease
B. Lanini, M. Masolini, R. Bianchi, I. Romagnoli, B. Binazzi, F. Gigliotti, G. Scano (Florence, Italy)
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A randomised controlled trial of the effect of oxygen saturation on attention task performance of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
C. S. Holmes, L. M. Osman, G. L. Christie, G. J. Douglas (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Six-minute walked distance in COPD patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency
E. Crisafulli, F. Florini, G. Biscione, F. De Blasio, F. Americi, S. Penza, F. Pasqua, E. M. Clini (Pavullo, Roma, Napoli, Italy)
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Use of a handheld fan and face-wipe speeds resolution of breathlessness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but does not improve exercise capacity
D. D. Derry, C. L. Madsen, M. Rossdale, G. Farah, J. Floyd, A. Kendrick, M. Hetzel (Bristol, Plymouth, United Kingdom)
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Undertreatment of loss of bone mineral density in patients with COPD who were referred for pulmonary rehabilitation
M. A. Spruit, A. M. W. J. Schols, J. Does, R. Lunde, H. J. Pennings, P. P. Janssen, E. F. M. Wouters (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands)
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Responsiveness of a knowledge of disease questionnaire (BCKQ) in a community based pulmonary rehabilitation programme for patients with COPD
P. J. Walker, J. H. Pereira, D. S. Walsh, R. J. White (Bristol, United Kingdom)
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Nutritional undertreatment of cachexia in COPD patients who were referred for pulmonary rehabilitation
M. A. Spruit, A. M. W. J. Schols, C. A. P. M. Weling-Scheepers, P. van Melick, P. P. Janssen, E. F. M. Wouters (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands)
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Association of right heart haemodynamics with the functional outcome of pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD patients
M. Harikiopoulou, P. Goudi, C. Hasapis, P. Mariyettis, D. Tsagadopoulos, I. Pantou, H. Vey, H. Rekleiti, X. Papavassilopoulou, V. Polyzou, P. Michalopoulou, T. Gregoratou, E. Tsarouha, I. Arapis, N. Anagnostopoulou, E. Kosmas (Athens, Greece)
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The impact of rehabilitation-induced symptomatic, functional and psychological outcomes on health-related quality of life
I. Pantou, M. Harikiopoulou, D. Bratis, A. Tselebis, E. Kalogirou, X. Papavassilopoulou, V. Polyzou, H. Vey, V. Vemvetsou, P. Goudi, E. Kalogeratos, R. Vintzilaiou, T. Gregoratou, E. Tsarouha, P. Michalopoulou, E. Kosmas (Athens, Greece)
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Quality of life and exercise improvement during recovery from exacerbation of COPD
S. M. Jones, C. Hammond, P. M. A. Calverley, L. Davies (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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Fifteen months timecourse of lung function test and disability in subjects with neuromuscolar diseases
D. Fiorenza, M. Vitacca, N. Ambrosino, L. Bianchi, L. Barbano, M. Serradori, D. Giannini, B. Balbi (Gussago, Pisa, Italy)
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Italian multicenter survey on the last 3 months of life in patients ventilated at home
M. Vitacca, L. Barbano, G. Galavotti, A. Vianello, E. Zanotti, L. Ballerin, R. Scala, A. Peratoner, P. Ceriana, L. Dibuono, E. Clini, N. Ambrosino, B. Balbi, S. Nava (Gussago, Pavia, Italy)
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The use test valsalva manoevre (VM) in diagnosis pulmonary hypertension (PH) for early rehabilitation of patients with lung sarcoidosis (LS)
A. A. Golubkin, A. U. Gichkin, O. P. Baranova, V. E. Perlej, E. V. Lebedeva (Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Restrictive lung disfunction in metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes
S. Scarlata, F. L. Fimognari, R. Antonelli Incalzi (Rome, Colleferro, Italy)
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Factors effecting the hepatic enzyme levels in tuberculosis patients with toxic hepatitis
E. Kipman Sinasi (Istanbul, Turkey)
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