Annual Congress Vienna 2012

Saturday, 01.09.2012
Sunday, 02.09.2012
Monday, 03.09.2012
Tuesday, 04.09.2012
Wednesday, 05.09.2012

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2012; 40: Suppl. 56, abstract number.



The latest insights in chronic care

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: T. Effing (Adelaide, Australia), P. Jones (London, United Kingdom), J. Van Der Palen (Enschede, Netherlands), D. Janssen (Horn, Netherlands)
LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: Effects of a novel noninvasive open ventilation system during constant work rate exercise in COPD
J. Porszasz, R. Cao, R. Morishige, R. Casaburi (Torrance, Irvine, United States Of America)
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LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: The minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for the six minute walk (6MW) test in COPD in relation to death
M. Polkey, M. Spruit, L. Edwards, M. Watkins, V. Pinto-Plata, J. Vestbo, P. Calverley, R. Tal-Singer, A. Agusti, P. Bakke, H. Coxson, D. Lomas, W. MacNee, S. Rennard, E. Silverman, B. Miller, C. Crim, J. Yates, E. Wouters, B. Celli (London, , Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Horn, Netherlands; Research Triangle Park,, Boston, King of Prussia, Omaha, United States Of America; Barcelona, Spain; , Norway; Vancouver, Canada)
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LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: A longitudinal study evaluating the relationship between exacerbations and directly measured physical activity in outpatient COPD patients
M. Ehsan, R. Khan, K. Lonial, P. Mota, A. Qureshi, R. ZuWallack, N. Kline Leidy (Hartford, Bethesda, United States Of America)
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Doctors‘ awareness of the Gold standard framework (GSF) for palliation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
M.J. Naveed, N. Garner, M. Gautam, D.C. Lees, H. Burhan, J.F. O‘Reilly (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
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Early discharge COPD experience: Reduction of severe exacerbations requiring hospitalisation
J. King, R. Arnold, R. Russell, M. Bafadhel (Slough, United Kingdom)
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Factors affecting physical activity in patients with air pollution-related illness compared to patients with COPD
N. Miyamoto, N. Rikitomi, C. Kitagawa, H. Senjyu (Nagasaki, Japan)
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COPD-mortality, a two years retrospective study
B.M. Sundblad, S.A. Jansson, L. Nyström, P. Arvidsson, B. Lundbäck, K. Larsson (Stockholm, Umeå, Sweden)
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Subjective sensation of dyspnea relates to physical inactivity in COPD
M. Katajisto, H. Kupiainen, P. Rantanen, A. Lindqvist, H. Tikkanen, M. Kilpeläinen, T. Laitinen (Helsinki, Turku, Finland)
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Increase motivation and efficiecy in cystic fibrosis teenagers using sport activities, respiratory muscle training and airway clearance techniques
B. Almajan-Guta, C. Avram, A.M. Rusu, O.O. Cluci, M. Oravitan, Z. Popa, S. Gheltofan (Timisoara, Romania)
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Observation cohort study of outcome of patients referred to a UK regional weaning centre
T. Sanctuary, D. Camilleri, S. Goodhand, N. Grey, K. Stewart, C. Davidson, N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)
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The impact of COPD care bundles on compliance of care in northwest London
L. Lennox, U. Sharma, H. Musgrave (London, United Kingdom)
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COPD acute exacerbation care self-audit in public hospitals in Catalonia (MAG-1)
J. Escarrabill, E. Torrente, C. Esquinas, C. Hernández, E. Monsó, M. Freixas, P. Almagro, R. Tresserras (Barcelona, Lleida, Sabadell, Spain)
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Effect of cough on health-related quality of life in COPD
H. Bellas, B. Connolly, S. Birring, B. Hurst (London, Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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Physical activity and sleep duration following hospitalisation with exacerbation of COPD vs. stable COPD & age matched controls
D. Yilmaz, J. Dodd, D. Shrikrishna, N. Hopkinson, P. Jones (London, United Kingdom)
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Changes in physical activity and sleep duration following hospitalisation with acute exacerbation of COPD
D. Yilmaz, J. Dodd, D. Shrikrishna, N. Hopkinson, P. Jones (London, United Kingdom)
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Lung aging in morbid obesity and the relationship with pulmonary volumes
E.M. Pazzianotto-Forti, F. Peixoto-Souza, C. Mendes, L. Baltieri, M.I. Montebello, I. Rasera-Júnior, M. Barbalho-Moulin (Piracicaba, Brazil)
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Management of acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD); experience from a district general hospital in north west England
S. Gudur, A. Pilling, J. Wright, A. Ashish, I. Aziz (Wigan, United Kingdom)
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Transition of care and rehospitalization rates for patients who require home oxygen therapy following hospitalization
B. Carlin, K. Wiles, D. Easley (Pittsburgh, Ford City, United States Of America)
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Home exercise tolerance assessment in acute exacerbated COPD patientes
B. Valeiro, C. Hernández, J. Aibar, L. Llop, D.A. Rodríguez, A. Barberán, J. Roca, J. Vilaró (Barcelona, Spain)
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Six minute walking test in chronic respiratory failure: Which reflects the patient clinic status, walking distance or %predicted value?
Z. Karakurt, G. Güngör, N. Adigüzel, R. Evin Aydin, M. Kalamanoglu Balci, R. Sancar, S. Solmaz, O. Yazicioglu Moçin (Istanbul, Turkey)
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