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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Functional insights into COPD

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: T. Wanke (Wien, Austria), W. Zin (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)
Relation between functional activity of a diaphragm and cardiohaemodynamic in patients with moderate and severe COPD
E. Surkova, A. Gichkin, A. Alexandrov, V. Perley (Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Congress or journal article abstract
COPD patients under 50 years of age: 4-year follow-up in the UPLIFT trial
B. Celli, S. Kesten, T. Lystig, S. Mehra, D. Tashkin, M. Decramer, A. Morice (Hull, United Kingdom; Boston, Ridgefield, New York, Los Angeles, United States Of America; Leuven, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Expiratory flow limitation and heliox breathing in resting and exercising COPD patients
E. D‘Angelo, P. Santus, M. F. Civitillo, S. Centanni, M. Pecchiari (Milano, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Total breath and classical diffusion capacity parameters in detecting emphysema in heavy (ex)smokers
M. Marsman, H. Stam, R. van klaveren, J. W. Lammers, B. J. De Hoop, P. Zanen (Utrecht, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Reproducibility in parameters of forced inspiratory flow
F. Visser, S. Ramlal, R. Dekhuijzen, Y. Heijdra (Nijmegen, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Predicting workrate for exercise-induced asthma exercise challenge
L. Ansley, M. Stone, J. Hull (Newcastle, London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Correlation study of semi-quantitative CT emphysema score with the BODE index in COPD patients
D. Micera, M. Bocchino, G. Rea, C. Calabrese, P. Giacomelli, A. Sanduzzi, A. Vatrella (Naples, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Evaluation of dyspnea using stair climbing (SC) dyspnea scale in COPD patients
F. Gomez, M. Castresana, M. D. Guerrero, G. Cueto, P. Rodriguez, M. J. Cons, R. Herrezuelo, Y. Caceres, V. Pinto-Plata (Manacor, Bunyola, Esporles, Spain; Boston, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effectiveness of combination therapy with tiotropium in COPD. A secondary analysis of the UPLIFT trial
T. Troosters, B. Celli, S. Kesten, D. Liu, S. Mehra, D. Tashkin, M. Decramer (Leuven, Belgium; Boston, Ridgefield, New York, Los Angeles, United States Of America)
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Effects of diaphragm conformation on ribcage asynchronies in COPD
M. Quaranta, A. Pereira de Albuquerque, P. Albert, A. Aliverti, P. Calverley (Sao Paulo, Brazil; Milano, Italy; Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Estimating FEV1 and airway obstruction from tidal breathing
T. Powell, P. Neill, E. M. Williams (Pontypridd, Llantrissant, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Quadriceps weakness in GOLD stage II COPD: data from the ECLIPSE study
D. Shrikrishna, P. Albert, P. M. Calverley, M. I. Polkey, J. Seymour, M. A. Spruit, R. Tal-Singer, E. F. M. Wouters (London, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Horn, Maastricht, Netherlands; Philadelphia, United States Of America)
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Within-day repeatability and signal to noise ratio for IOS parameters and FEV1 in smokers with and without COPD
B. Aarli, R. Jensen, T. Eagan, P. Calverley, P. Bakke, J. Hardie (Bergen, Norway; Salt Lake City, United States Of America; Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Elevated body mass index is associated with preserved lung volumes and gas transfer in COPD
D. Shrikrishna, J. Moxham, D. Cramer, M. I. Polkey, N. S. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
COPD patients exhibit abnormally increased peripheral neutrophil stiffening not different from smokers with normal lung function
L. Hernández, I. Almendros, R. Rodriguez-Roísin, A. Román, R. Farré, D. Navajas (Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Antibiotic effectiveness to prevent new chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations in current medical practice
C. Mayaud, J. L. Demeaux, B. Housset, D. Peyramond, D. Pouchain, P. Blin, S. Lignot, R. Lassalle, N. Moore, M. Molimard (Paris, Bordeaux, Creteil, Lyon, Vincennes, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Heart size and heart dysfunction in COPD – role of hyperinflation
H. Watz, B. Waschki, T. Meyer, G. Kretschmar, A. Kirsten, M. Claussen, H. Magnussen (Grosshansdorf, Luebeck, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effects of n acetylcystein on proteinas-inhibitory system with chronic bronchitis
O. Pavlenko, T. Pertseva, O. Lykholat (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effects of inspiratory muscle training on dynamic hyperinflation in patients with COPD
M. Petrovic, I. Werner, M. Reiter, W. Pohl, T. Wanke (Vienna, Austria)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Evaluation of nutritional status in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with bio-electric impedance
T. Fatma, D. Hafaoua, K. Olfa, B. Abdelmoncef, A. Leila (Ariana, Tunis, Tunisia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster