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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Interventions and outcome in chronic respiratory failure - new aspects and deeper insights

Oral Presentation
Chairs: B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany), J. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)

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Minimal invasive ventilation. Development of a portable, synchronized, transtracheal jet-ventilation support system for COPD patients L. Freitag, K. Eicker, C. H. Marquette, M. Westhoff (Hemer, Germany; Lille, France)
Comparison of pulmonary mechanics between children and adults with neuromuscular disease N. Hart, M. Lejaille, G. Macado, B. Fauroux, M. Polkey, F. Lofaso (London, United Kingdom; Garches, Paris, France)
NIV in patients with chest wall deformity(CWD): a short term randomised trial of changing pressure or respiratory rate H. McLoughlin, G. Marino, W. Gardner, D. Lonsdale, M. Townson, M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Quality of life in home ventilation (QUALIHOV) W. Windisch, on Behalf of the QUALIHOV Study Group (Freiburg, Germany)
Long term non invasive positive pressure ventilation is associated with a stabilisation in the decline of lung function in patients with cystic fibrosis B. Fauroux, E. Leroux, S. Ravilly, G. Bellis, A. Clement (Paris, France)
*Randomised crossover trial of physiotherapy plus mechanical in-exsufflation versus* physiotherapy in NIV dependent neuromuscular patients with an acute respiratory tract infection** M. Chatwin, A. K. Simonds (London, United Kingdom)
Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) during walking in patients with severe COPD: a randomized cross-over trial M. Dreher, J. H. Storre, W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany)
Hypoxic challenge flight assessments in ventilator users and patients at risk for nocturnal hypoventilation N. Mestry, M. Thirumaran, J. M. Tuggey, W. MacDonald, M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)