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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Sleep related breathing disorders and other diseases

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: S. Andreas (Gottingen, Germany), B. Buyse (Leuven, Belgium)
Respiratory mechanics study; breathing pathern; and sleep study in patients with congestive heart failure and nocturnal cheyne-stokes respiration
L. V. F. Oliveira, A. Braghiroli, L. Apendini, P. A. Lanfranchi, C. F. Donner (São José dos Campos, Brazil; Veruno, Italy)
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Sleep-related breathing disorders in amyotrophiclateral sclerosis
C. Santos, A. Braghiroli, L. V. F. Oliveira, R. Pratesi, L. V. F. Oliveira, G. Mora (São josé dos Campos, Brasilia, Brazil; Veruno, Italy)
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Assessment of efficiency of CPAP-therapy in patients with poor-controlled nocturnal asthma
D. Y. Kallistov, A. I. Romanov (Moscow, Russia)
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Upper airway obstruction and functional outcome following acute stroke: The effect of redefining apnoea and hypopnoea
P. M. Turkington, P. Wanklyn, J. Bamford, M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
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High prevalence of obstructive seep apnea (OSA) in severe asthmatics
J. Y. Shannon, J. G. Martin, P. Ernst, J. Kimoff (Montreal, Canada)
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Daytime lung function and sleep in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
S. C. Bourke, G. J., ERS President Gibson (Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom)
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Epidemiological study on relations between OSAS and COPD
M. Bednarek, R. Plywaczewski, L. Jonczak, J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Bronchial inflammation in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients
R. Sabato, O. Resta, P. Bonfitto, G. Ciliberti, D. Margiotta, M. P. Foschino Barbaro (Foggia, Bari, Italy)
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Severe obstructive sleep apnea in spinal muscle atrophy
M. Puruckherr, M. R. Girish, P. Pooyan, J. Mehta, R. P. Byrd, T. M. Roy (Johnson City, United States Of America)
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Influence of electrostimulation of pharyngeal and laryngeal muscles with application of prolonged beta-2 agonist on functional signs of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome combined with chronic obstructive
Y. I. Feschenko, L. A. Yashyna, I. V. Dzhavad, V. I. Ignatieva, G. L. Gumenuk (Kiev, Ukraine)
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Obstructive sleep apnoea and asthma: a particular association?
M. Drummond, J. C. Winck, J. Almeida (Porto, Portugal)
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Alveolar but not airway fractional exhaled nitric oxide concentration (FENO) is decreased in obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
G. Cremona, B. Mastropasqua, A. De Gaetano, E. Burlone, C. Leone, A. Pelucchi, D. Olivieri, A. Foresi (Milan, Rome, Italy)
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Follow-up of upper airway resistance syndrome (UARS) patients
L. Jonczak, M. Bednarek, R. Plywaczewski, J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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The familial occurrence of obstructive sleep apnoea symptoms
P. Bielicki, T. Przybylowski, P. Korczynski, K. Byskiniewicz, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Gender differences in sleep apnoea syndrome in obese snoring patients: prevalence and associated clinical,functional and oxymetric data
A. Van Meerhaeghe, P. Stenuit, M. Kerkhofs (Montigny-le-Tilleul, Belgium)
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The impact of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in asymptomatic patients to quality of life
S. M. Tryfon, I. Stanopoulos, E. Daskalopoulou, V. Holeva, E. Mavrofridis, E. Kakavelas (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Predictors of nocturnal desaturation in COPD patients with mild daytime hypoxaemia
D. M. Toraldo, G. Nicolardi, F. De Nuccio, R. Lorenzo (S.Cesario, Lecce, Italy)
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Particularities of clinical-functional characteristics of combination pathology - obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome and bronchial asthma during the treatment with prolonged beta2-agonists
Y. I. Feschenko, L. A. Yashyna, M. A. Polyanska, G. V. Sidun, S. M. Moskalenko (Kiev, Ukraine)
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Health related quality of life after CPAP treatment in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and patients with overlap syndrome
A. Nowinski, P. Bielen, L. Jonczak, J. Zielinski, P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)
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Clinical, functional and polysomnographic evaluation in severely obese patients
I. D‘Amico, M. Digiorgio, G. Bardi, M. Desideri, C. Ribas, A. Innocenti, S. Avino, V. Torru, A. Ciccarone, F. Santini, A. Palla (Pisa, Italy)
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