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.


Material from 2002:
  • 3388  Abstracts
  • 6 Slide presentations
  • 5 Handouts
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Diagnosis and epidemiology of sleep apnea

Poster Discussion
Chairs: J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium), P. Levy (Grenoble, France)
Sleep fragmentation and nocturnal desaturation in obstruction sleep apnoea with and without COPD
S. Miliauskas, R. Sakalauskas, D. Barkauskiene (Kaunas, Lithuania)
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Prevalance and characteristics of overlap syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea
O. Köktürk, C. E. Kirisoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Sleep quality in stable COPD
A. Burnett, P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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Parasternal intercostal function is spared during REM sleep
M. Yokoba, H. G. Hawes, J. B. Kortbeek, P. A. Easton (Calgary, Canada)
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Prevalance of daytime hypercapnia in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome
C. E. Kirisoglu, O. Köktürk (Ankara, Turkey)
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Predictive value of somatometric parameters in obstructive apnea hypopnea syndrome (OASHS)
M. Basta, S. E. Schiza, C. Lydakis, D. Prokopiadou, E. Mitsis, E. Ferdoutsis, G. Meletis, N. M. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece)
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The use of pulse transit time (PTT) significantly improves detection of sleep respiratory events and recognition of micro-arousals in children
J. L. Pepin, N. Delavie, I. PIN, C. Deschaux, J. Argod, M. Bost, P. Levy (Grenoble, Villers Les Nancy, France)
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Pharyngeal sensitivity assessment: a new tool for detecting sleep apnea?
M. Dematteis, J. L. Pepin, P. Levy (Grenoble, La Tronche, France)
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Thoracoabdominal bands can identify RERAs
F. Masa, J. Corral, M. Martin, A. Sanchez, A. Fernandez, M. Rubio, G. Julian (Caceres, Plasencia, Spain)
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Gender differences in the clinical features of sleep-disordered breathing in an adolescent population
M. A. F. Pradera, A. S. Armengol, E. Q. Gallego, A. G. Fernandez, C. C. Bernal, F. C. Gil (Sevilla, Spain)
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Changes of polygraphic findings associated to sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) after sexual development in an adolescent population
A. Sanchez, A. Fuentes, C. Carmona, A. Garcia, F. Capote (Seville, Spain)
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Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in the elderly
J. Valença, F. Caeiro, S. Furtado, A. A. Bugalho de Almeida (Lisboa, Portugal)
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Sleep-disordered breathing is not associated with excess sleepiness
Y. Peker, U. Lindblad, K. Bengtsson, L. Grote, L. Råstam, J. Hedner (Gothenburg, Malmö, Skövde, Sweden)
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Prevalence of the sleep apnea syndrome (SAS) in acromegaly population
J. J. Blanco-pérez, A. Souto, M. E. Toubes, M. A. B. Ramos, M. T. Martín, A. Mato, J. Lamela (Orense, La Coruña, Spain)
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Sleepiness in a brazilian truck driver population: contributing factors and impact on driving performance
S. F. Canani, S. V. Schonwald, M. G. Raymundi, M. A. Caldieraro, H. Choi, L. G. Goncalves, L. Wirth, T. Pascoali, S. S. Menna Barreto (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
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Is written and verbal advice given to patients with sleep apnoea to inform driving authorities of their diagnosis effective?
S. Iles, P. D. Manning, D. Watts, C. R. Swinburn (Taunton, United Kingdom)
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Concordance in diagnosis of SAHS patients and therapeutic attitude between regional sleep centers and a sleep reference center
L. Hernandez, M. Torrella, N. Roger, M. A. Llunell, G. Calero, J. M. Montserrat (Barcelona, Granollers, Vic, Terrassa, Spain)
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Prevalence of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) in Warsaw: population study
R. Plywaczewski, M. Bednarek, L. Jonczak, J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Derivation of patients to a sleeping unit: origin, social work and anthropometrics characteristics
A. Garcia Fernandez, E. Quintana Gallego, M. A. Fuentes Pradera, G. Borja, J. Castillo Gomez, F. Capote Gil ()
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