Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Saturday, 12.09.2009
Sunday, 13.09.2009
Monday, 14.09.2009
Tuesday, 15.09.2009
Wednesday, 16.09.2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.


Material from 2009:
  • 4047 Abstracts
  • 652 Slide presentations
  • 300 Webcasts
  • 93 Handouts
  • 2150 e-posters
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Riding the tiger: noninvasive ventilation and acute respiratory failure

Oral Presentation
Chairs: G. Funk (Wien, Austria), P. Navalesi (Novara, Italy)
The duration of non-invasive ventilation is associated with outcome in acute COPD
S. D. W. Miller, M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
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A multicenter randomised controlled trial to evaluate continuous-positive airway pressure (CPAP) versus conventional oxygen in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) due to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
T. Maraffi, A. M. Brambilla, S. Aliberti, P. Pelosi, S. Nava, P. Tarsia, R. Martinotti, A. Maffei, V. Monzani, V. Rosti, R. Cosentini (Milano, Pavia, Varese, Napoli, Italy)
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High inspiratory pressures are tolerated by patients with acute COPD requiring non-invasive ventilation
S. D. W. Miller, M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
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AUDIPOC. National clinical audit on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations (eCOPD) in Spain. Experience on mechanical ventilation in patients admitted for eCOPD. Pilot study in six autonomous regions
C. J. Alvarez, J. L. Izquierdo, J. A. Riesco Miranda, C. Esteban Gonzalez, J. Fernández Francés, A. Capelastegui Sanz, F. Pozo-Rodriguez (Madrid, Guadalajara, Caceres, Galdakao, Spain)
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Does the application of an algorithm for non-invasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improve the initiation process, and patient outcomes?
K. Ward, H. Horobin (Liverpool, Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Influence of age on NIV in the treatment of acute respiratory failure patients
M. Alonso Plasencia, D. Kopecna, C. Zamaro Garcia, R. Gomez Garcia, A. Hernando Sanz, C. Wagner Struwing, E. Perez Rodriguez, S. Diaz Lobato (Madrid, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Use of non-invasive mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure within the respiratory department in Spain
A. León-Jiménez, J. L. López-Campos, M. Merino Sánchez, C. García Polo, J. J. Garrido Romero, J. Fernández Guerra, A. Arnedillo Muñoz (Cádiz, Sevilla, Don Benito, Marbella, Spain)
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Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) during noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in COPD with hypercapnic encephalopathy (he) and bronchial hypersecretion due to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP): a case-control study
R. Scala, M. Naldi, G. Coniglio, I. Archinucci (Arezzo, Italy)
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