Assessing the airways: innovation, applications and pitfalls

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. Swanney (Christchurch, New Zealand), D. Schuermans (Brussel, Belgium)
Respiratory resistance and reactance in individuals subjected to external thorax and abdomen restriction
A. Bogdanez, O. Shishkin (Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
A comparative study on spirometry and forced oscillation technique on CRF patients before and after hemodialysis
K. Navari, H. Farshid, S. Zand, M. Nafar, H. Sohrabpour, F. Pourrezagholi (Tehran, Bandar Abbas, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The interrupter resistance measured with 2 systems; a comparison
R. Bekkema, M. Slieker, B. Arets (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A comparison of three different methods for analysing airway resistance in healthy subjects, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
D. Clough (Manchester, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Performance of a digital peak flow/FEV1 meter suitable for general practitioner use
A. Herrero, S. Homan, D. Keatley, A. M. Southcott (SA, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The role of spirometry in cardio-thoracic preoperative assessment
J. Shakespeare, M. Goodlad, E. Stockley, E. Morant, D. Parr (Coventry, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Clinical evaluation of a new ultrasound spirometer
M. Jones, J. Hunt, C. Newall, B. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Performance of spirometry in children aged 10 years and less
W. Tomalak, J. Radlinski, B. Myszkal (Rabka, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Increased Tpef/Te ratio reflects restrictive disorders in patients with community acquired pneumonia
R. Zulkarneev, S. Zagidullin, M. Araslanova, V. Bakirova (Ufa, Russian Federation)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The frequency content of the maximum forced expiratory manoeuvre
M. Miller (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effects of different spirometric criteria for airway obstruction on results of World COPD Day
E. C. M. Ruberg, S. Uil, J. W. K. van den Berg (Zwolle, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
A comparison of FEF2575 and FEV1 in sensitivity to airway-obstruction after allogenic stem-cell transplantation
P. M. C. Jak, H. J. Bogaard, H. Groepenhoff, A. Vonk Noordegraaf, J. J. W. M. Janssen, J. W. R. Twisk, A. Boonstra, P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Greater Glasgow health board COPD outreach spirometry: has the spirometric findings changed prescribing practices
R. Carter (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Can the FEV1/FEV6 ratio be measured accurately in general practice?
A. Crockett, P. Frith, J. Beilby, D. Marshall, R. Attewell (Adelaide, SA, Sydney, NSW, Canberra, ACT, Australia)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Biological validation of spirometric determination of vital capacity
H. Groepenhoff, G. Commandeur, H. J. Bogaard, A. Boonstra, P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Adherence to spirometry reproducibility guidelines in a hospital respiratory function unit
C. Billings, C. Lawton, C. Billings, A. Appleton, I. Smith (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Audit of inter-spirometer reproducibility of FEV1 in 4 spirometers over 20 measurement days. Observation of variability in FEV1 in a normal subject over 20 measurement days
D. Muncaster, W. Mitchell (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Respiratory function changes and complications after lobectomy for lung cancer in the elderly
D. Subotic, D. Mandaric, L. Andric, N. Atanasijadis, M. Gajic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstract