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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Central sleep apnoea: new challenges, new opportunities

Symposium
Chairs: J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France), W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)
Aims: At the end of the symposium the audience should be able to: describe the current pathophysiological theories; criticise proposals of new entities and definitions, e.g. complex or co-existing sleep apnoea; appreciate the differentiation of hypopnoeas to avoid underestimation of central syndromes; critically evaluate ventilation and nonventilation treatment options; and integrate new positive-pressure methods in the therapeutical algorithm.

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Pathophysiology of central sleep apnoea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration: current knowledge and hypotheses J. Verbraecken (Antwerp, Belgium)
Is a specific diagnostic assessment needed in complex sleep apnoea and Cheyne-Stokes respiration patients? J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)
Therapeutic algorithm: gold standard and new approaches W. Randerath (Solingen, Germany)