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.

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374 Slide presentations

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Respiratory function testing in chlidren - normative data and clinical application

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: P. Aurora (London, United Kingdom), G. Hulskamp (London, United Kingdom)

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Growth and other factors affecting peak expiratory flow in Greek children V. Aivazis, A. Hatzimichail, C. E. Stamouli, E. Bourli, E. Maratou (Thessaloniki, Aleksandroupoli, Greece)
Normal values of forced inspiratory flows in healthy schoolchildren W. Tomalak, J. Radlinski, B. Myszkal, W. Myszkal, A. Pogorzelski, J. Prusak, Z. Doniec (Rabka Branch, Poland)
Corporal and thoracic anthropometry, respiratory frequence, pulse oxymetry, and spirometric response to salbutamol in native children living over 4000 mts altitude in Argentina’s Puna G. Lazarte, A. M. Balanzat, J. M. Figueroa (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Cardiopulmonary exercise function in Bulgarian children performing standardized incremental treadmill test B. Marinov, S. Kostianev, T. Turnovska (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Ethnic differences of anthropometric measurements and cardiopulmonary function between Bulgarian and Romany children S. Kostianev, B. Marinov, T. Turnovska (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Nocturnal oxygen saturation and cardiovascular performance during exercise in obese children M. Pavone, U. Giordano, P. Ciampalini, A. Turchetta, A. Calzolari, M. A. De Ioris, R. Cutrera (Rome, Italy)
Comparison between verbal and pictorial scales for rating of perceived exertion in children during standardized treadmill exercise B. Marinov, S. Mandadzhieva, S. Kostianev (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
Ventilatory differences during exercise of asthmatic children J. Carr, R. G. D. Roberts, C. F. Robertson (Melbourne, Australia)
Airway response to deep inhalation (DI) to characterize airway response to methacholine (Mch) in children F. Marchal, C. Schweitzer, N. E. Ouali (Vandoeuvre, France)
Relationship between obesity, pulmonary function tests, metabolic parameters and sleep disordered breathing in children N. Medjadhi, B. Dubern, L. Maingot-Sandu, J. P. Girardet, P. Tounian, M. Boule (Paris, France)
Posterior spinal fusion for scoliosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy diminishes the rate of respiratory decline M. V. Velasco, A. A. Colin, D. Zurakowski, B. Darras, F. Shapiro (Boston, United States Of America; Tenerife, Spain)
Prospective study of lung function in children with sickle cell disease K. P. Sylvester, R. A. Patey, G. F. Rafferty, M. Dick, D. Rees, S. L. Thein, A. Greenough (London, United Kingdom)
Lung hypoplasia in asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia (jeune syndrome): report of 3 cases H. Oswald, A. Superti-Furga, C. Casaulta Aebischer (Winterthur, Lausanne, Bern, Switzerland)
Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: failure of treatment by bronchoscopic lobar lavages and GM-CSF treatment in a child E. Yalcin, D. Dogru, U. Ozcelik, N. Kiper, F. Unal, T. Ocal (Ankara, Turkey)
Spirometric pulmonary function in healthy children from two different models of school physical exercise programs W. M. Szot, A. Potocki, D. Lang-Mlynarska, B. Wojtowicz (Cracow, Poland)