Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), M. Hochmair (Vienna, Austria)

Does blind percutaneous pleural biopsy have a role in the investigation of pleural effusion? A pooled analysis R. Heinink, R. Mukherjee (Stoke-On-Trent, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom)
The Abrams pleural biopsy is still useful in the diagnosis of pleural effusions Z. Palacios, A. Reina, J. Gallego, I. Caballero, I. Alfageme, N. Reyes (Seville, Spain)
Management of pneumothorax: factors that influence length of stay S. Chandramouli, N. Ekong, A. Khokhar, M. Holland, M. Babores (Macclesfield, United Kingdom)
Chest ultrasound for pleural effusions: delays and costs associated with departmental scanning K. Bateman, T. Teare, D. Downey (Bristol, United Kingdom)
Clinical audit for the practice of chest tube drainage K. Lwin, S. Gareeboo, T. Win (Stevenage, United Kingdom)
Audit of chest drain insertion in a UK district general hospital S. Sangaraju, N. Chapman, A. John, R. Convery (Belfast, Portadown, United Kingdom)
Characteristics of medically and surgically treated empyema patients: a retrospective analysis M. Weber, W. Nagel, T. Schneider, O. D. Schoch (St.Gallen, Switzerland)
Management of unilateral pleural effusion in a DGH setting S. A. Abbas, A. Dushianthan, S. Ambalavanan (Swansea, Rhyl, United Kingdom)