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
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Diagnostic procedures in interventional pulmonology

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium), T. Selcuk (Istanbul, Turkey)
Patient position during fiberoptic bronchoscopy: sitting or supine?
A. N. Annakkaya, I. Bedirhan, E. Tozkoparan, M. Ozkan, I. Yuksekol, H. Bilgic, K. Ekiz, N. Demirci (Etlik, Turkey)
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Fluoroscopy-guided barium marking for peripheral small lesions in lung
Y. Iwasaki, K. Kohno, K. Hosogi, S. Ohsugi, H. Kuwahara, Y. Takemura, K. Nagata, H. Harada, I. Yokomura, M. Nakagawa (Kyoto City, Japan)
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The value of flexible transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis
R. Trisolini, L. A. Lazzari Agli, A. Cancellieri, V. Poletti, P. Candoli, G. Baruzzi, M. Patelli (Bologna, Forli, Italy)
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Training the first nurse bronchoscopist in the UK
P. V. Barber, J. M. Martin, H. Taylor (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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Autofluorescence demarcation for bronchial neoplasms and precancerous lesions
M. M. Metwally, B. Khanavkar, A. Muti, S. Philippou, J. A. Nakhosteen (Assiut, Egypt; Bochum, Schwerte, Germany)
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Enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes in patients without a diagnosis; consider EUS-FNA!
J. T. Annema, M. Veselic, M. I. Versteegh, K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands)
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Plasma concentrations of lidocaine during bronchoscopy
M. Sucena, I. Cachapuz, E. Lombardia, A. Magalhães, J. T. Guimarães (Porto, Portugal)
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Bronchial ultrasound driven biopsies in diagnosis of pulmonary peripheral lesions
A. L. D‘Angeli, G. Paone, R. Dello Iacono, G. Gasparetti, D. Remotti, R. Crescini, G. Pedicelli, G. Galluccio (Rome, Italy)
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The role of salbutamol inhalation in premedication of fiberopticbronchoscopy
M. Towhidi, D. Attaran, S. Mohammadi, M. S. Toosi (Mashad, Iran)
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Practical value of rapid on-site evaluation of transbronchial needle aspirates
A. H. Diacon, M. M. Schuurmans, M. Louw, C. A. Wright, C. T. Bolliger (Typerberg, South Africa)
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Fibreoptoc bronchoscopy is safe in patients with poor pulmonary function
M. Al-Aloul, A. Mirakhur, C. Smyth, M. J. Ledson, M. J. Walshaw (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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Predictive factors on results of transtracheal needle aspiration of mediastinal lymph nodes
A. Fernández-Villar, F. Iglesias, D. Corbacho, M. Mosteiro, A. González, P. Blanco, L. Piñeiro (Vigo, Spain)
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Safety of lung biopsy in usual interstitial pneumonia
L. H. Tiitto, U. K. Heiskanen, R. S. Bloigu, P. K. Pääkkö, V. L. Kinnula, R. L. Kaarteenaho-Wiik (Oulu, Finland)
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Premedication in fibreoptic bronchoscopy
M. David, I. Maeder, G. Weckert, R. Bonnet (Bad Berka, Germany)
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Endoscopic needle aspiration in the diagnosis of bronchopulmonary cancer
J. Sanz-Santos, M. Saab, E. Monso, E. Riu, A. Rosell, J. Morera (Badalona, Spain; Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Diagnostic yield of bronchoscopy and ancillary procedures in primary and secondary lung cancer
J. Dionisio, T. Almodovar, D. Matias, J. Duro da Costa (Lisboa, Portugal)
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Are inflammatory patterns correlated to CD4/CD8 ratio in sarcoidosis?
S. S. Freitas, C. R. Cordeiro, L. C. Oliveira, M. F. Baganha (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Synchronous roentgenographically occult preinvasive and invasive cancerous lesions of the bronchial tree in patients with head and neck cancers
J. Hutsebaut, A. Ciuciulette, M. P. Thill, J. Faber, P. Pierard, B. Martin, G. Chantrain, J. P. Sculier, V. Ninane (Brussels, Belgium)
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The role of pleural cholesterol in distinguishing transudates from exudates
V. Kuruc, M. Ilic, S. Pavlovic, B. Prazic (Sremska Kamenica, Yugoslavia)
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The diagnostic approach to the cases with pulmonary hydatic disease and the contribution of fiberoptic bronchoscopy to the diagnosis
B. Komurcuoglu, E. Yalniz, A. Komurcuoglu, E. Çelikten (Izmir, Turkey)
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