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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Monday 29.09.2003

08:30 - 10:30142Translating physiological advances into clinical practiceMajor Symposium
08:30 - 10:30143Dying with end-stage respiratory disordersAssembly Symposium
08:30 - 10:30144Pleural effusionOral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30145Risk factors for development of allergy in early lifeOral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30146Models of immune responses and airway diseaseOral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30147Cigarette smoke: how it does its dirty workOral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30148Interstitial lung diseasesOral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30149Lung cancer biologyOral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30150Epidemiology of tuberculosis in adults and childrenOral Presentation
08:30 - 10:30151Bronchiolitis obliterans: diagnosis and treatmentOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45152Lung function assessment from children to adultsMajor Symposium
10:45 - 12:45153Pros /cons in community-acquired pneumoniaMajor Symposium
10:45 - 12:45155Prenatal influences on asthma and atopyHot topics
10:45 - 12:45157Newer and alternative non-steroidal treatments for asthmatic inflammationOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45158Exercise in COPDOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45159Recent developments in bronchoscopyOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45160From gene to breath analysis in airway disordersOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45161Respiratory structure and function: clinicalOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45162Third ERS – free paper symposium on interdisciplinary basic and clinical surfactant researchOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45163New perspectives in bronchiolitisOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45164Lung cancer surgery: prognostic factorsOral Presentation
10:45 - 12:45165Epidemiological aspects of COPDPoster Discussion
10:45 - 12:45166Pulmonary thromboembolismPoster Discussion
10:45 - 12:45167Molecular biology of chronic lung disease and lung cancerPoster Discussion
10:45 - 12:45168Immunology of interstitial lung diseasesPoster Discussion
10:45 - 12:45169Cystic fibrosis: modern methods of monitoring the diseasePoster Discussion
13:30 - 15:30194Sarcoidosis - extrathoracic manifestations and treatmentThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30195"Asthma: inhaled therapy; allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis"Thematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30196Management of acute exacerbations in COPDThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30197Oxygen therapy in chronic respiratory careThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30198Imaging techniques in pulmonary pathology and physiologyThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30199Lung cancer: clinical presentation and prognostic factorsThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30200Lung cancer: diagnosis and clinical featuresThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30201Clinical pathobiology in diffuse and in neoplastic disordersThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30202Asthma in primary careThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30203Long-term and acute NIV: clinical and physiological resultsThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30204Assessment and pathological processes of lung injuryThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30205Pulmonary circulationThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30206Diagnosis of sleep related breathing disordersThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30207Respiratory structure & function: clinicalThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30208Exhaled breath techniques and other aspects of lung inflammationThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30209Glucocorticosteroids: an update on their useThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30210Similarities and differences between β-2 agonistsThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30211Allergic asthma and its development in childrenThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30212Mechanisms in allergic asthmaThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30213Epidemiology of asthma in adultsThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30214Asthma in children and adultsThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30215Assessment of exposure and effects in occupational and environmental respiratory diseaseThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30216Effect of smoking on COPDThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30217Respiratory function testing in chlidren - normative data and clinical applicationThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30218New aspects of asthma treatmentThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30219Assessment of acute and severe asthma in childrenThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30220Miscellaneous respiratory infections in childrenThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30221Paediatric bronchoscopyThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30222Surgery of infections, and paediatric surgeryThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30223New developments in lung transplantationThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30224Physiotherapy in assessment measurement and management of acute and chronic respiratory disordersThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30225Respiratory infections in immunodeficiency and transplantationThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30226Acute exacerbations of COPDThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30227Diagnosis of tuberculosis and laboratory aspects: genetics and immunobiologyThematic Poster Session
13:30 - 15:30228Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis in adults and children - IThematic Poster Session
14:45 - 16:45233Pathogenesis of acute lung injury - new insights and targets for interventionMajor Symposium
14:45 - 16:45235What is the best treatment for endobronchial/endotracheal metastases?Assembly Symposium
14:45 - 16:45236Latent tuberculosis infection - preventive approachesMajor Symposium
14:45 - 16:45237Scientific year in review: From molecular mechanisms to new treatments of respiratory diseasesHot topics
14:45 - 16:45238Sadoul Lecture symposiumSadoul Lecture
14:45 - 16:45239Organic aerosolsOral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45240Outcome of integrated care on burden of chronic respiratory failureOral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45241Clinical allergen and adenosine provocation to understand asthmaOral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45242COPD - basic mechanisms and therapy of acute exacerbationsOral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45243COPD: risk factors and course of diseaseOral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45244Management of sleep related breathing disordersOral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45245Management of asthma in primary careOral Presentation
14:45 - 16:45246Muscles mechanics and structurePoster Discussion
14:45 - 16:45247Lung cancer: clinical and biological presentationPoster Discussion
14:45 - 16:45248Effectiveness of asthma education programmesPoster Discussion
14:45 - 16:45249Surgery for chest neoplasms and VATSPoster Discussion
14:45 - 16:45250Asthma: control, quality of life, exhaled breath, rhinitis and coughPoster Discussion