Annual Congress Stockholm 2002

Saturday, 14.09.2002
Sunday, 15.09.2002
Monday, 16.09.2002
Tuesday, 17.09.2002
Wednesday, 18.09.2002

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2002; 20: Suppl. 38, abstract number.

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Regulation of responsiveness and inflammation in airway disease

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece), R. Sakalauskas (Kaunas, Lithuania)

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Bronchial hyperreactivity in cystic fibrosis M. Bielecka-Zylbersztejn, A. Milanowski, D. Sands (Warsaw, Poland)
Relationship between bronchial hyperresponsiveness and response to β₂-agonists in steroid-naïve patients with mild asthma M. Biagini, M. Rossi (Arezzo, Italy)
The monitoring of oxygen saturation during methacholine challenge test T. Kita, M. Fujimura, Y. Kondou, N. Katayama, M. Abo, M. Nishitsuji, Y. Yoshimi, S. Nomura, S. Nakao (Kanazawa, Japan)
Extracellular and intracellular magnesium before and after methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction in asthmatics S. Alpar, N. Ucar, T. Eryilmaz, A. Pelit, B. Kurt (Turkey)
The influence of epithelium on the responsiveness of guinea-pigs trachea to β-adrenergic agonist and antagonist M. H. M. H. Boskabady, S. S. Teimoory ()
Cold-induced hyperresponsiveness in childhood asthma E. G. Kondiourina, T. N. Elkina, O. A. Boxler (Novosibirsk, Russia)
Bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine and exercise, relation to allergy in asthma patients K. Malakauskas, I. Bajoriuniene (Kaunas, Lithuania)
Effect of ultrasonically nebulized water- and methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction on exhaled NO in asthma A. Vaghi, G. DeBernardi, S. Capato, N. Grassi, I. Pessina, P. Sestini (Garbagnate Milanese, Siena, Italy)
Ultrasonic mist of distilled water but not saline reduces exhaled nitric oxide in asthma A. Vaghi, G. DeBernardi, N. Grassi, S. Capato, I. Pessina, P. Sestini (Garbagnate Milanese, Siena, Italy)
Ipratropium bromide pre-treatment influences recovery after methacholine induced bronchospasm F. Mannino, B. Sposato, A. Ricci, G. Failla, S. Mariotta (Rome, Italy)
Neutrophilic inflammation in severe asthmatics and COPD patients with the same severity of airway obstruction M. Tsoumakidou, N. Tzanakis, E. Papadopouli, G. Chrysofakis, N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece)
Acceleration of neutrophilic inflammation during COPD exacerbation M. Tsoumakidou, G. Chrysofakis, N. Tzanakis, E. Papadopouli, N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece)
Possible involvement of CD8+ cells and their subpopulations in COPD exacerbations M. Tsoumakidou, G. Chrysofakis, N. Tzanakis, E. Papadopouli, D. Kyriakou, N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Larissa, Greece)
Increase of exhaled carbon monoxide in dust exposed workers: correlation with increased blood luminescence
Effect of citrus fruit consumption on asthma, airway obstruction and 7-year FEV1 decline in travertine workers
Correlation of breath condensates and lung function measurements in asthmatic children before and after high altitude climate therapy D. A. Straub, R. Ehmann, U. Frey, G. L. Hall, J. Hamacher, F. H. Sennhauser, J. H. Wildhaber (Zuerich and Bern, Switzerland)
Peak expiratory flow in Turkish school boys at Istanbul, Turkey A. Aydemir, S. Hatipoglu, M. Barutcugil, S. Kirici (Istanbul, Turkey)
Peak expiratory flow rate in normal Iranian schoolchildren M. Gharagozlou, V. Khajoee, M. Moin ()
Comparison between peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) and FEV1 in the monitoring of children suspected to asthma M. Gharagozlou, F. Kompani ()
Elevated exhaled nitric oxide without acidification of exhaled breath condensate in patients with mild asthma J. C. Ojoo, J. A. Kastelik, A. H. Morice, A. E. Redington (Cottingham, United Kingdom)