Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands), N. Ambrosino (Gussago, Italy)

Long-term oxygen improves health-related quality of life T. E. Eaton, C. Lewis, P. Young, Y. Kennedy, J. Garrett, J. Kolbe (Auckland, New Zealand)
Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in COPD improves patients' health status M. Carone, F. Ioli, I. Sampablo Lauro, S. D‘Anna, C. F. Donner (Veruno, Italy; Barcelona, Spain)
Trends among patients with long-term oxygen therapy in Sweden 1987-2000 T. Gustafson, K. Ström (Skelleftea, Umea, Sweden)
Repeated hospitalizations in patients and chronic respiratory failure due to COPD are best predicted by health status (QoL) and effort tolerance M. Carone, S. Antoniu, P. W. Jones, S. Zaccaria, C. F. Donner (Veruno, Italy; Iasj, Romania; London, United Kingdom)
Chronic respiratory failure- does domiciliary non-Invasive ventilation(NIV) improves the quality of life (QOL) in these patients? S. Ali, P. Finnegan (Dublin, Galway, Ireland)
Home mechanical ventilation (HMV) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) L. Verwey, E. Westermann, L. van Ewijk, R. van Kesteren, M. Kampelmacher (The Netherlands)
Efficacy of a new standardised approach in reducing severe exacerbations in end stage COPD A. Ramponi, F. Casanova, R. Guarnieri, R. Cogo (Cassano D'Adda, Italy)
Long-term survival in COPD-patients on home mechanical ventilation (HMV) E. Westermann, L. Verwey, L. van Ewijk, R. van Kesteren, M. Kampelmacher (Utrecht, The Netherlands)