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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Conventional and novel applications of NIV in acute respiratory failure

Poster Discussion
Chairs: T. Celikel (Istanbul, Turkey), M. Gorini (Florence, Italy)
Noninvasive ventilation in infants with severe upper airway obstruction: continuous or bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation?
S. Essouri, F. Nicot, A. Clement, F. Lofaso, B. Fauroux (Le Kremlin Bicetre, Paris, Garches, France)
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Effects of artificial ventilation on gas exchange in animal model of acute asthma
Z. A. Donina (St Petersburg, Russia)
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High rates of readmissions and life-threatening events in COPD survivors treated with non-invasive ventilation for acute respiratory railure
C. M. Chu, V. L. Chan, W. S. Leung, A. W. Lin, I. W. Wong (Hong Kong, China)
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Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure in patients with malignancies
A. E. Skrahin, P. B. Mitskevich, V. A. Zmatchinski, A. M. Skrahina, H. L. Hurevich (Minsk, Belarus)
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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) among patients with cardiogenic pulmonary edema
C. A. Uy, M. E. B. Limpin, A. V. Guzman, T. S. de Guia (Quezon City, The Philippines)
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Noninvasive ventilation for treating acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial
A. Carlucci, E. Clini, N. Barbarito, M. Delmastro, A. Meriggi, M. Vitacca, P. Ceriana, S. Nava (Pavia, Gaiato, Casorate Primo, Gussago, Italy)
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Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) to prevent extubation failure. A randomised clinical trial
M. Ferrer, M. Valencia, O. Bernadich, J. M. Nicolas, J. R. Badia, A. Alarcon, A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
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Compliance and outcome of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in acute respiratory failure (ARF)
R. Scala, G. Coniglio, M. Naldi (Arezzo, Italy)
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Late failure and late success of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF)
R. Scala, F. Fabianelli, I. Archinucci, M. Naldi (Arezzo, Italy)
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Evidence based versus real world application of non-invasive ventilation
J. Phua, K. Kong, K. H. Lee, T. K. Lim (Singapore, Singapore)
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Effect of early application of non-invasive ventilation on extubation outcomes
M. Irfan, N. Salahuddin, S. F. Hussain, M. Islam, M. Waseem (Karachi, Pakistan)
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Dose-dependent effects of bronchodilator therapy on the clinical outcomes of exacerbation of COPD requiring non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
M. Moretti, M. De Guglielmo, L. M. Fabbri (Modena, Italy)
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Sequential non-invasive ventilation (NIV) following short-term invasive ventilation (IV) in COPD induced hypercapnic respiratory failure—the concept of pulmonary infection control window (PIC window) and it's value for being used as the
C. G. Wang, Y. Liu, Z. Cao (Beijing, China)
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Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV)for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a multicentre randomized controlled trial
C. G. Wang, Y. Liu, Q. Zhan (Beijing, China)
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Effect of combination of mechanical insufflation-exsufflation and flutter for sputum removal in patients with aspiration pneumonia
T. Sasaki, S. Ebihara, M. Yamaya, T. Okazaki, A. Kanda, M. Nemoto, A. Watando, H. Sasaki (Sendai, Japan)
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Pressure changes during acute exacerbations in patients submitted to home non-invasive mechanical ventilation (HNIMV)
L. Mota, C. Nunes, L. Carvalho, F. Rodrigues, F. Oliveira (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Noninvasive mechanical ventilation in the treatment of acute respiratory failure in patients with non COPD-related chronic respiratory diseases: a prospective cohort study
M. Gorini, G. Villella, R. Ginanni, D. Tozzi, A. Augustynen, G. Misuri, A. Corrado (Firenze, Italy)
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Noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) delivered by helmet in COPD patients affected by acute hypercarbic respiratory failure
G. Chiavassa, A. Purro, C. Polillo, M. Borra, P. Mandelli, G. Musso, A. Sabidussi, C. Sapio, C. Taliano, K. Wulfhard, G. Carbone (Turin, Italy)
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Intermittent Non-invasive ventilation with nasal BiPAP as bridging to lung transplantation in patients with chronic respiratory failure
M. Stein, A. Wille, C. Geltner, B. Bucher, H. Jamnig (Natters, Austria)
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Non-invasive ventilation in the elderly with respiratory failure due to COPD
S. M. Packham, J. S. Balami, C. W. H. Davies, S. K. Mukherjee (Reading, Margate, United Kingdom)
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