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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Interventional pulmonology in daily practice

Poster Discussion
Chairs: G. Stratakos (Athens, Greece), A. Diacon (Tygerberg, South Africa)
Enoxaparin does not increase bleeding complications after transbronchial biopsy (TBLB)
C. Micheletto, F. Facchini, S. Tognella, F. Trevisan, R. W. Dal Negro (Bussolengo, Italy)
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Does fiberoptic bronchoscopy contribute to bacterial translocation in humans?
A. Nayci, S. Atis, M. Nass Duce, S. Eker, L. Tamer, C. Ozturk (Mersin, Turkey)
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Temporary occlusion of bronchus in the treatment of acute purulent destruction of lungs
Y. G. Kolkin, V. V. Khatsko, E. S. Pershin, V. Y. Kolkina, A. V. Ivashchenko (Donetsk, Ukraine)
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Linear endobronchial ultrasonography for diagnosis and staging of lung cancer
E. Monso, F. Andreo, M. Llatjos, E. Castella, P. Cuellar, A. Rosell, P. Vila, J. Morera (Badalona, L‘Hospitalet del Llobregat, Spain)
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Feasibility of low-dose computed tomography in follow up of patients with severe emphysema after airway bypass procedure
H. Wilkens, A. Grgic, A. Gröschel, G. W. Sybrecht (Homburg, Germany)
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Real-time electromagnetic navigation (EN) bronchoscopy for diagnosis and staging of peripheral lung lesions (PLL) and mediastinal lymph nodes (MLy) using overlaid CT images
Y. Schwarz, J. Greif (Tel Aviv, Israel)
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Real time endobronchial ultrasound (real time EBUS) can improve the predictivity of negative transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) for surgical treatment decision in lung cancer?
F. Falcone, F. Fois, D. Grosso (Bologna, Italy)
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Electromagnetic navigation – a new approach in diagnosing peripheral lung lesions: evaluation of the learning curve
R. Eberhardt, F. J. F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)
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Endobrochial valves for treatment of pulmonary cysts
M. Krasnik, P. Toennesen, H. Hansen, F. Herth (Copenhagen, Denmark; Heidelberg, Germany)
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Efficacy and safety of transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy (TNAB) on peripheral pulmonary lesions guided under ultrasound
B. J. Kaeva, T. Caparevska, O. Jovkovski, Z. Arsovski, G. Breskovska, T. Stefanovski, O. Simjanov (Skopje, Fyrom)
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Follow up after bronchial artery embolization in patients with hemoptysis
W. Y. Chung, M. K. Byun, J. H. Chung, S. B. Choi, S. M. Kang, C. H. Han, S. K. Kim, M. S. Park, Y. S. Kim, S. K. Kim, J. Chang (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
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Tracheal stenosis in patients with a long-term tracheostomy
P. Cuellar, F. Andreo, A. Ruiz, A. Rosell, X. Curia, E. Monso (Badalona, Spain)
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CT scans and patient selection: upper lobe predominant method is preferred to the heterogeneous method for emphysema categorization
S. C. Springmeyer, D. H. Dillard, W. A. Sirokman, X. Gonzalez (Redmond, United States Of America)
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Nd:YAG laser resection vs. Nd:YAG laser resection combined with brachytherapy and external beam radiotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer
B. Zaric, V. Canak, S. Jovanovic, E. Budisin, T. Sarcev, N. Lalic (Sremska Kamenica, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Transbronchial rigid needle puncture biopsy in bronchoscopic diagnosis of sarcoidosis-a five year study
E. Bukurov-Sudjic, Z. Uskokovic-Stefanovic, S. Popevic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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A randomized controlled study of the efficacy and safety of nebulized lidocaine vs instilled lidocained as an anesthetic prior to flexible bronchoscopy
G. A. Ong-Cabrera, V. Balanag, V. De los Reyes, J. R. V. Gonong (Quezon City, Philippines)
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Spontaneous and iatrogenic pneumothorax with serous effusion in patients with thoracic or other metastatic malignancies
D. W. Geiger, U. J. Haffner, V. Haas, T. Graeter, J. R. Fischer (Löwenstein, Germany)
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Eosinophilic pleural effusion. Prevalence and significance in relation to the number of thoracenteses in 1089 patients
R. Gomez Garcia, E. Perez Rodriguez, A. Hernando Sanz, S. Sanchez Gonzalez, F. Troncoso Acevedo, I. Fernandez Navamuel, J. Gaudo Navarro, S. Diaz Lobato (Madrid, Spain)
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Evaluation of lung biopsy techniques for diagnosis of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia
N. Y. Abhyankar, U. Joshi, I. Hasan, A. Mehendale, D. Phalgune (Pune, India)
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Thoracoscopy – the Portsmouth experience, a retrospective case note analysis
S. V. Fletcher (Portsmouth, United Kingdom)
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