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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Current developments in sleep-disordered breathing in children

Symposium
Chairs: E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), W. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium)
Aims: The speakers will review the latest advances in sleep apnoea in children. This will include an overview of the risk factors and complications of sleep-disordered breathing in children. The speakers will present current insights into epidemiological data and the metabolic, cardiovascular and neurocognitive consequences of sleep apnoea in children.

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Epidemiology of sleep-disordered breathing in children: role of adenotonsillar hypertrophy and obesity R. Hamutcu Ersu (Istanbul, Turkey)
Cardiovascular morbidity and obstructive sleep apnoea in children A. Kaditis (Piraeus, Greece)
Neurocognitive sequelae of sleep-disordered breathing in children C. Poets (Tuebingen, Germany)
Sleep-disordered breathing and the metabolic syndrome S. Verhulst (Antwerpen, Belgium)