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.



Clinical issues in malignant pleural effusions

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Scherpereel (Lille, France), T. Berghmans (Brussels, Belgium), I. Kalomenidis (Marousi, Greece), G. Hardavella (Athens, Greece)
Mesothelioma diagnosis in a district general hospital
S. Sharma, K. Wimble, B. Shambayati, M. Wood (Chertsey, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Malignant mesothelioma. A survival analysis of 123 consecutive cases at an occupational clinic
E. Skammeritz, L.H. Omland, J.P. Johansen, O. Omland (Aalborg, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prognostic factors and survival in malignant pleural mesothelioma at a large tertiary referral center in Turkey
B. Komurcuoglu, K.A. Cirak, N. Yucel, G. Polat, O. Usluer (Izmir, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Malignant pleural mesothelioma stage III and IV: Retrospective analysis of ten years in a central hospital
C. Lares dos Santos, I. Sanches, L. Fernandes, F. Cruz e Costa, F. Barata (Coimbra, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Pleural atypical mesothelial hyperplasia: An early stage of pleural malignant mesothelioma?
T. Vandemoortele, S. Laroumagne, O. Bylicki, S. Giusiano, H. Dutau, P. Astoul (Marseille, France)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Role of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of recurrent undiagnosed pleural effusion
I. Elmahallawy, R. Bakr, O. Mansour, A. Ali, S. El-Dahdouh (Shebin Elkom, Egypt)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Study of thoracoscopic pleural biopsy for nondiagnostic pleural effusion
Y. Kim, S.Y. Kyung, S.P. Lee, S.H. Jeong, S.M. Kang, S.M. Lee, J.W. Park (Incheon, Republic Of Korea)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Medical thoracoscopy experience: 3 years on
B. Khan, H. Aminy Raouf, M. Mushtaq (Dartford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Results of treatment of the metastatic pleural effusion
G. Kondov, Z. Spirpovski, R. Colanceski, S. Jovev, B. Caeva, B. Kondov (Skopje, Fyrom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
In an era where VATS and medical thoracoscopy is readily accessible – Does diagnostic thoracocentesis still have a role in diagnosing malignant pleural effusions?
K. Woolnough (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effectiveness and safety of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in the diagnosis of mediastinal and hilar lymphoadenopathy
Y. Tenjin, J. Hamamoto, S. Sakata, R. Sato, S. Saeki, H. Ichiyasu, K. Fujii, N. Saita, H. Kohrogi (Kumamoto, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Combination therapy with intrapleural doxycycline and talc in reduced doses for pleurodesis
K. Hassaan (Zagazig, Egypt)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Iodopovidone: An effective agent pleurodesis used through chest tube
K. Amina, D. Hafaoua, S. Houda, S. Soumaya, K. Olfa, T. Fatma (Ariana, Tunisia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pleural effusions in lung cancer
M. Medenica, R. Kraja, M. Medenica (Niksic, Republic Of Serbia; St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Chloroma as a mediastinal mass with bronchial infiltration and severe stenosis of the left main bronchus
J.P. Steinhauser Motta, A.T. Kempa, F. Stanzel, J. Brune (Hemer, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Ectopic heterotopic mediastinal thyroid tissue mimicking lung cancer
K. Athanassiadi, M.S. Kolokotroni, I. Samiotis, D. Violidaki, K. Sotiriou, D. Rondogianni, I. Bellenis (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Endobronchial ultrasound transbronchial needle aspiration at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary: How are we doing?
D. Miller, P. Mahendra, V. Bruce, K. Kerr, M. McKean, M. Chetty, G. Currie (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Ideal volume sampling in the diagnosis of malignant pleural effusions
V. Anastasakos, M. Danai, Z. Athanasio, M. Stavros, M. Charalampos, G. Politis (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract