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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Healthcare and treatment of COPD

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Kohansal (Vienna, Austria)
A nurse led community respiratory assessment and management service (CRAMS): assessing long term oxygen therapy (LTOT) in the community
D. Wood, S. Haggerty, V. Hall, N. Keaney (Hartlepool, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Use and utility of an early presentation and intervention in COPD (EPIC) service
J. R. Hurst, F. Fitzgerald-Khan, J. P. Dilworth, C. Mikelsons, J. A. Wedzicha (Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
End of life care in COPD: current practise and clinical indicators of end-stage disease
H. Haja Mydin, S. Fatah, G. Antunes, S. Murphy (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Early supported discharge schemes in older patients with an exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a real life experience
D. Miller, G. Douglas, M. Strachan, J. Fiddes, G. Currie (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Characteristics of COPD patients with a high consumption of health-care resources
C. Garcia Polo, A. Herrejon Silvestre, J. A. Ros Lucas, L. A. Ruiz, G. Tirado Conde, C. Martinez Ribera, P. Garcia Sidro, M. Miravitlles, InEPOC Group (Cádiz, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Oxygen prescription and administration audit at a UK teaching hospital: compliance with British thoracic society (BTS) guidelines and the impact of electronic prescribing
J. Winston, J. Robinson, A. James, S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
AUDIPOC. National clinical audit on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations (eEPOC) in Spain. Mortality and readmission at 90 days of patients admitted for eEPOC. Influence of hospitalization department
C. Hernandez, C. J. Alvarez, C. Melero, R. Agüero, J. Hueto, M. Barron, G. Aranda, F. Pozo (Barcelona, Madrid, Santander.Cantabria, Navarra, Logroño.La Rioja, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A clinical audit of COPD-hospitalizations in three Scandinavian hospitals
E. D. Liaaen, A. H. Henriksen, N. Stenfors (Aalesund, Trondheim, Norway; Östersund, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Public awareness of COPD
I. Jarrold, J. Morrell, N. Eiser (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Are there clinical differences in COPD patients between primary care and pulmonology?
D. De la Rosa, N. Roldan, A. Ocanya, Y. Maltas, C. Roca, M. Gomez, E. Barbeta, N. Montella (Barcelona, El Masnou, Badalona, Granollers, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Adherence to GOLD guidelines and health-related quality of life in outpatients with COPD
C. Dimitropoulos, K. Kotsifas, E. Theodorakopoulou, G. Alexias, E. Kosmas, I. Ntanos (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The study of influence of different bronchodilatators in the patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive disease (COPD) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (bph)
N. Berdnikova, D. Tsiganko, M. Averyianov (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A heat and moisture exchange mask improves cardiopulmonary function in COPD patients during cold exposure
J. Seifert (Bozeman, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of EPS® 7630 in adults with COPD
H. Matthys, D. A. Pliskevich, F. A. Malek, M. Tribanek, M. Kieser (Freiburg i. Br., Karlsruhe, Heidelberg, Germany; Kiev, Ukraine)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Influence of tiotropium bromide (TB) on mucociliary clearance (MCC) in patients with COPD
T. Pertseva, O. Lykholat, O. Gurzhiy (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Benefit of budesonide/formoterol compared with salmeterol/fluticasone in COPD patients in the morning
M. R. Partridge, W. Schuermann, O. Beckman, T. Persson (London, United Kingdom; Marburg, Germany; Lund, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Bone mineral density changes in male patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: clinical and biochemical variables in correlation with glucocorticoids use
S. AlSayed, E. Mousa, A. M. Barrak, A. Abulfotoh, M. Rosasy (Egypt)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Niv mortality in clinical practice – the 2008 UK national COPD audit
C. Roberts, R. Buckingham, N. Pursey, D. Lowe, R. Stone (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Critical view on diagnosing muscle wasting by single frequency bio-electrical impedance in COPD
E. Rutten, M. Spruit, E. Wouters (Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Skeletal muscle dysfunction and the related mechanism in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
C. Ju, R. Chen (Guangzhou, China)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster