Ethical and economic choices in respiratory care

Oral Presentation
Chairs: S. Nava (Pavia, Italy), M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom)
Functional status is associated with patient willingness to undergo invasive mechanical ventilation during COPD exacerbations
B. Chakrabarti, M. Sulaiman, L. Davies, P. Calverley, C. Warburton, R. Angus (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Preliminary study of an end of life care pathway in expected deaths due to lung cancer, COPD and other end-stage diagnoses
S. Chattree, A. Nicholson, S. Murphy (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
End-of-life care in the critically ill; a description of knowledge, attitudes and practices of physicians and nurses from Karachi, Pakistan
M. Naeem, S. Khan, A. Ahmed, S. Shafqat, N. Salahuddin (Karachi, Pakistan)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Preparedness for anthrax attack – the effect of knowledge on willingness
A. Rokach, R. Cohen, I. Markovich, Y. Bar-Dayan (Ramla, Jerusalem, Beer-Sheva, Israel)
Congress or journal article abstract
Congress or journal article abstract
Rapid access bronchoscopy in lung cancer clinic – is consent valid?
L. Sundararajan, S. Bari, D. A. Stock, M. J. Ledson, M. J. Walshaw, C. Smyth (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Cost-effectiveness of an early supported discharge service (ESDS) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a university hospital serving a large rural population
S. Ampikaipakan, S. Olive, P. Browne, S. Watkin (Norwich, United Kingdom)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Productivity loss, activity impairment and quality of life among caregivers of asthmatic children
H. Kannan, S. Bolge, K. Annunziata (Princeton, NJ, United States Of America)
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Cost-effectiveness of varenicline for smoking cessation in the Netherlands
M. Hoogendoorn, M. Rutten-van Mölken (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract