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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Assessment and therapeutical interventions in obstructive sleep apnoea

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: B. Buyse (Leuven, Belgium), C. Van Der Grinten (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Diagnosis of hypertension in sleep apnea: self-measured home versus 24hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring
J. P. Baguet, I. Boutin, G. Barone-Rochette, P. Levy, R. Tamisier, H. Pierre, J. L. Pepin (Grenoble, France; Quebec City, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Correlation between pulse transit time and microvascular impairment in OSAS patients
D. Lacedonia, P. Nazzaro, P. Carratù, G. Schirosi, F. Gadaleta, C. Scoditti, O. Resta (Bari, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Should mixed apnea be classified with obstructive sleep apnea?
M. Yamauchi, S. Tamaki, M. Yoshikawa, Y. Ohnishi, H. Nakano, K. Strohl, H. Kimura (Kashihara, Tenri, Fukuoka, Japan; Cleveland, United States Of America)
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Relationship between upper airway collapasability measured by negative expiratory pressure test and obstructive sleep apnea
G. Insalaco, S. Romano, A. Lo Bue, O. Marrone, A. Salvaggio (Palermo, Italy)
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Relationship between V,NEP0.5 in wakefulness and pcrit during sleep in controls and OSAH patients
L. Taranto Montemurro, M. Bettinzoli, A. Braghini, L. Corda, C. Tantucci (Brescia, Italy)
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Electrical stimulation (ES) directed to longitudinal fibers improves the flow-mechanical effects of genioglossus (GG) contraction
Y. Dotan, A. Netzer, L. Gaitini, A. Oliven (Haifa, Israel)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Should caffeine be avoided in obstructive sleep apnea?
E. Monteiro, S. Conde, P. Pinto, C. Barbara, L. Diogo, M. J. Marques-Gomes (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Acetazolamide improves central sleep apnea in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome at altitude
Y. Nussbaumer-Ochsner, T. Latshang, S. Ulrich, M. Kohler, R. Thurnheer, K. E. Bloch (Zurich, Muensterlingen-Scherzingen, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Mandibular repositioning devices efficacy over one year as first line treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea
A. Geraads, P. D‘Athis, J. J. Larzul, M. Bénichou, F. Martin, M. Figueredo, J. M. Bedicam, C. Guyonnaud, J. Steinbauer, G. Gonzalez, N. Just, A. S. Veyer, E. Devin, L. Lerousseau (Auxerre, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effects of bariatric surgery in sleep breathing disorders
V. Martins, C. Guimarães, J. Moutinho (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Positional therapy for obstructive sleep apnea: do your patients use it at home?
R. Heinzer, V. Rey, G. Lecciso, J. F. Vodoz, C. Manzini, G. Lavigne (Lausanne, Switzerland; Montréal, Canada)
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The velumount device for obstructive sleep apnoea
W. Strobel, D. Stolz, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The effect of home-based exercise program on the functional parameters in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome
S. Ozalevli, D. Ilgin, H. Kul Karaali, O. Itil, I. Oztura, B. Baklan (Izmir, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Comparison of continuous positive airway pressure and valsartan 160 mg in hypertensive sleep apnoea patients never treated for both conditions: the VALSAS study
J. L. Pepin, R. Tamisier, G. Barone-Rochette, P. Levy, J. P. Baguet (Grenoble, France)
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Paradoxical reaction of blood pressure on sleep apnoea patients treated with CPAP
C. Chaves Loureiro, M. Drummond, J. C. Winck, J. Almeida (Coimbra, Porto, Portugal)
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Effects of treatments with nCPAP on cerebral blood flow velocity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)
D. Petkova, V. Nestorova, B. Banova (Varna, Bulgaria)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Regional cerebral blood flow in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome after continuous positive airway pressure therapy
E. Elfimova, A. Aksenova, A. Litvin, P. Galitsin, M. Bugriy, V. Sergienko, I. Chazova (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of nCPAP therapy on inflammatory cell counts in pharyngeal lavage of patients with obstructive sleep apnea
M. Blaukovitsch, E. Müller, S. Rüller, P. Zabel, H. P. Hauber (Borstel, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Novel method for extraction of respiratory phases in the application of CPAP
M. Titchener, T. Penzel, I. Fietze, D. Whiting (Auckland, New Zealand; Berlin, Germany)
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