Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Saturday, 27.09.2003
Sunday, 28.09.2003
Monday, 29.09.2003
Tuesday, 30.09.2003
Wednesday, 01.10.2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.

Material from 2003:

3196 Abstracts
374 Slide presentations

Material from 2003: Show

Sunday 28.09.2003

08:30 - 10:30	23	Chronic cough - causes, mechanisms and treatment	Major Symposium
08:30 - 10:30	24	Implementation of evidence-based care in Allied Respiratory Professionals	Symposium
08:30 - 10:30	25	Difficult paediatric asthma	Assembly Symposium
08:30 - 10:30	26	Respiratory diseases in women	Major Symposium
08:30 - 10:30	27	The diagnosis and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia	Assembly Symposium
08:30 - 10:30	28	New aspects of community acquired pneumonia	Oral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30	29	Occupational asthma	Oral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30	30	Progress on therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Oral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30	31	Respiratory structure and mechanisms: current concepts	Oral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30	32	Mechanisms of lung injury: from bench to bedside	Oral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30	33	Early lung cancer diagnosis	Oral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30	34	Cell signalling and cytokines in asthma	Oral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30	35	Recognition, management and assessment of asthma including severe asthma	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	36	Integrated care for acute exacerbations in COPD	Major Symposium
10:45 - 12:45	37	Radiology Grand Round, an interactive session	Major Symposium
10:45 - 12:45	38	Genetic and environmental factors influencing the health effects of air pollutants	Hot topics
10:45 - 12:45	39	New kids on the block - epidemiology and treatment of new infections in cystic fibrosis	Major Symposium
10:45 - 12:45	41	Epidemiology, therapy and outcome of infections in the ICU	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	42	Burden of asthma	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	43	Risk factors for asthma	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	44	Developments and applications with exhaled breath condensate and exhaled air	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	45	Pathophysiology of the pulmonary circulation	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	46	Clinical aspects of tuberculosis	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	47	Sleep related breathing disorders and cardiovascular disease	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	48	Worldwide variations of childhood asthma	Oral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45	49	Smoking intervention in youngsters	Poster Discussion
10:45 - 12:45	50	Lung cancer management	Poster Discussion
10:45 - 12:45	51	Advances in our understanding of corticosteroids in the treatment of asthma	Poster Discussion
10:45 - 12:45	52	Role of airway epithelial cells and secretions in acute and chronic inflammation of the airways	Poster Discussion
10:45 - 12:45	53	Management and resistance features in tuberculosis	Poster Discussion
13:00 - 14:00	76	Bronchial biopsies in clinical asthma research - problems and pitfalls	Meet the Professor
13:30 - 15:30	78	Interstitial lung diseases	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	79	Pulmonary disease in systemic disorders	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	80	Pharmacological treatment strategies in COPD	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	81	Outcome determinants in chronic respiratory care	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	82	Diagnostic procedures in interventional pulmonology	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	83	Mesothelioma and malignant effusions	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	84	Lung cancer treatment	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	85	COPD in primary care	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	86	Experimental and clinical studies on the pathogenesis and treatment of acute respiratory failure	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	87	Lung structure and biology	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	88	Mechanisms of epithelial cell activation I	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	89	Models and markers of COPD	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	90	Markers, mediators and mechanisms of human lung injury	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	91	Exercise and gas exchange	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	92	Clinical aspects and consequences of sleep related breathing disorders	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	93	Management of sleep related breathing disorders	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	94	Lung mechanics: pure and applied	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	95	Non-steroidal drugs in the treatment of respiratory diseases	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	96	Fundamental research in developing new drugs	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	97	Asthma and rhinitis	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	98	Smoking and other hazards to the lung	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	99	Epidemiology of upper and lower airways diseases	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	100	Work-related COPD - Organic dusts	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	101	Fibers and dusts	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	102	Smoking cessation with focus on predictors	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	103	Paediatric respiratory physiology - methods and clinical application	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	104	Evaluation of asthma therapy in children	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	105	Atopy in children with asthma	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	106	Respiratory problems in neonatology and paediatric intensive care	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	107	Pneumonia and lower respiratory infections in children	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	108	Respiratory measurement: practicalities and clinical applications	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	109	Clinical aspects of community-acquired pneumonia	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	110	Clinical features in tuberculosis - I	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	111	Clinical features in tuberculosis - II	Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30	112	Diagnosis of tuberculosis and laboratory aspects - I	Thematic Poster Session
14:45 - 16:45	113	Acute asthma in adults - across the primary/secondary care interface	Major Symposium
14:45 - 16:45	114	Energy expenditure in COPD, basic mechanisms and interventions	Assembly Symposium
14:45 - 16:45	115	Update on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension	Assembly Symposium
14:45 - 16:45	116	The vital role of neuroendocrine cells in lung development and neoplasia	Major Symposium
14:45 - 16:45	118	Lung cancer staging and combined modality treatment	Oral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45	119	Outcome of pulmonary rehabilitation	Oral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45	120	Smoking cessation	Oral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45	121	Diagnosis of tuberculosis	Oral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45	122	Education for asthma patients and different aspects concerning COPD	Oral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45	123	Physiology of NIV: understanding the effects and chosing the best settings	Oral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45	124	Cough and sleep disorders	Oral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45	125	Cystic fibrosis: new genes, new controversies	Oral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45	126	Immunity and the respiratory tract in children	Poster Discussion
14:45 - 16:45	127	Advances in pathobiology of parenchymal and airway disorders	Poster Discussion
14:45 - 16:45	128	Sleep related breathing disorders and control of breathing	Poster Discussion
14:45 - 16:45	129	Fibres, minerals, metals	Poster Discussion
14:45 - 16:45	130	Monitoring respiratory functions in the ICU	Poster Discussion
17:00 - 19:00	134	New insights in airway inflammation	Evening Symposium
17:00 - 19:00	138	COPD vs AAT deficiency - similarities and differences	Evening Symposium