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
  • 300 Multimedia files
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Pulmonary rehabilitation: extending the scope and benefit of rehabilitation for patients with chronic respiratory disease

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: J. Van Der Palen (Enschede, Netherlands)
Addition of tiotropium (T) to a regular treatment with long-acting β-agonist+inhaled corticosteroid (LABA+ICS) in patients with severe to very-severe COPD under in-patient pulmonary rehabilitation program (PRP)
G. Biscione, G. Crigna, L. Auciello, F. Pasqua, M. Cazzola (Velletri (Rome), Rome, Italy)
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The effect of short-acting beta-two-agonist on pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
M. Hasegawa, K. Dobashi, T. Horie, K. Shirakura (Mabashi, Japan)
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Risk of exercise training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Q. Xu, H. Wang (Beijing, China)
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Effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on self-efficacy in patients with COPD
K. Wadell, A. Deesomchok, M. Preston, P. Laveneziana, K. Webb, D. O‘Donnell (Kingston, Canada; Umeå, Sweden)
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Facilitators and barriers to exercise maintenance in COPD: patient views
R. Lewis (Chippenham, United Kingdom)
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A qualitative study of factors relating to motivation in pulmonary rehabilitation
E. Bevan-Smith, S. O‘Hickey, T. Lucas, P. McDonald (Worcester, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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The effect of comprehensive pulmonary rehebilitation for anxiety and depression in patients with COPD: is there any difference between early and late stages of the disease?
P. Ergun, N. Turkoglu Selcuk, D. Kaymaz, N. Egesel (Ankara, Turkey)
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Feasibility and outcome of an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation programme based on a non university hospital in Switzerland
H. Borer, G. Burkhardt, P. Mueller, P. Leuenberger, T. Schmid (Solothurn, Switzerland)
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The value of maintenance pulmonary rehabilitation classes in COPD
E. MacKay, H. Gordon, C. McSharry, N. C. Thomson, R. Chaudhuri (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Pulmonary rehabilitation in mrc dyspnoea scale 2 patients
W. Man, A. Grant, L. Moore, J. Moore, M. Polkey, R. Barker, J. Moxham (London, United Kingdom)
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Effects of respiratory rehabilitation in patients with different stages of COPD severity
V. Cardaci, D. Ceccarelli, A. Patrizi, M. Orlando, L. Ferri (Rome, Italy)
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Pulmonary rehabilitation and weaning programs: effects on performance status, quality of life (QOL) and emotional responses
G. Vagheggini, F. Moretti, G. Palmiero, P. Cavicchioli, J. Bandini, D. Berrighi, P. Moretti, S. Mugnetti, P. Brogi, N. Ambrosino (Volterra, Italy)
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Identification of COPD patients‘ strategies for coping with dyspnoea
L. B. Joergensen, K. E. Lomborg, R. Dahl, P. U. Pedersen (Aarhus, Denmark)
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Functional and arterial blood gases changes after a rehabilitation programme in patients with bronchiectasis
P. Mota, A. P. Vaz, P. Viana, P. Martins, E. Araujo, I. Gomes (Porto, Portugal)
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Endurance exercise testing is superior to incremental exercise testing in assessing physiologic improvements in patients with COPD participating in pulmonary rehabilitation
A. I. El Gammal, R. O‘Farrell, A. O‘Mahony, B. O‘Connor, E. Magro, T. M. O‘Connor (Cork, Ireland)
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Health-related quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: effects of hospital-based home-care programme
C. Zamarron, E. Morete, V. Garcia-Paz, C. Rabade, M. Salgueiro (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
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Integrative psychotherapy in complex treatment of COPD
T. Zhukava (Minsk, Belarus)
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The effectiveness of pulmonary rehabilitation in Russian patients with COPD complicated by pulmonary artery hypertension
V. Pyankov, Y. Chuyasova (Kirov, Russian Federation)
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A study on the effects of a home-based exercise program in patients with sarcoidosis
S. Ozalevli, H. Kul Karaali, D. Ilgin, O. Turan, E. S. Ucan (Izmir, Turkey)
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