Glucocorticosteroids: an update on their use

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany), G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy)

Effects of ciclesonide and fluticasone propionate on allergen-induced chronic airway inflammation and bronchial hyperreactivity in sensitized brown-Norway rats S. Y. Leung, P. Eynott, P. Nath, K. F. Chung (London, United Kingdom)
Evaluation of apoptosis in inflammatory cells in a model of chronic airway inflammation in guinea pigs: effects of dexamethasone and montelukast treatments F. T. Fernandes, F. U. Kay, E. A. Leick-Maldonado, C. M. Prado, D. I. Kasahara, M. A. Martins, I. F. L. C. Tibério (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Budesonide is better retained in airway tissue than fluticasone propionate and mometasone furoate due to the formation of lipophilic, slowly hydrolyzed budesonide esters K. Lexmüller, H. Falk Nilsson, R. Brattsand, A. Miller-Larsson (Lund, Sweden)
The interrelationship of the inflammatory markers in blood and sputum of stable COPD patients before and after treatment with inhaled steroids and N-acetylcysteine A. M. Sadowska, U. A. Demkow, F. J. van Overveld, D. Gorecka, A. Nowinski, P. Bielen, B. Bialas-Chromiec, A. Zdral, M. Filewska, P. Germonpre, J. Zielinski, W. A. De Backer (Antwerp, Belgium; Warsaw, Poland)
Comparison of the effect of short course of oral prednisone in patients with moderate and severe persistent asthma E. Razi, G. Moosavi (Kashan, Iran)
The effect of oral steroids to changes in the carotid arteries in patients with asthma K. V. Timoshenko, Y. A. Tereschenko, L. V. Aristarkhova, V. N. Timoshenko (Krasnoyarsk, Russia)
Repeated daily inhalations of ciclesonide, compared to single inhalation, do not lead to increased systemic exposure R. Nave, A. Drollmann, T. D. Bethke, K. Zech, V. W. Steinijans (Konstanz, Germany)
Once-daily, evening administration of mometasone furoate dry powder inhaler improves pulmonary function in patients with mild to moderate persistent asthma G. Bensch, F. Hampel, H. Sacks (Stockton, New Braunfels, Kenilworth, United States Of America)
Effects of mometasone furoate dry powder inhaler administered once-daily in the evening on symptom control in mild to moderate asthma B. Prenner, A. D'Urzo, H. Sacks (San Diego, Kenilworth, United States Of America; Toronto, Canada)
Mometasone furoate dry powder inhaler administered once-daily in the evening reduces overnight and early morning symptoms of mild to moderate asthma S. Galant, J. Corren, H. Staudinger (Orange, Los Angeles, Kenilworth, United States Of America)
Treatment of asthmatic patients with beclomethason dipropionate (BDP) or budesonide(B)-comparative, randomized, double blind clinical study Z. S. Arsovski, D. V. Dokic, Z. Goseva, B. Kaeva, S. Arbutina, T. Dimitrovski (Skopje, Macedonia)
The comparative assessment of quality of life in asthma patients treated with inhaled steroids N. N. Meshcheriakova, A. S. Belevsky, A. G. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russia)
Corticosteroid-dependent bronchial asthma: control of symptoms and quality of life O. E. Bogoudinova, R. S. Fassakhov (Kazan, Russia)
Does health-related quality of life improve with QD and BID dosing of mometasone furoate dry-powder inhaler (MF DPI) in patients with mild to moderate persistent asthma previously using inhaled corticosteroids? E. Meltzer, M. Mimel, P. Abreu, H. Sacks (San Diego, Bethesda, Kenilworth, United States Of America)
Health-related quality of life effects of mometasone furoate dry-powder inhaler (MF DPI) in patients with mild to moderate persistent asthma previously using inhaled corticosteroids R. F. Lockey, P. Abreu, M. Kimel, H. Sacks (Kenilworth, Bethesda, United States Of America)
Evaluation of upper step therapy in asthmatics S. Soyyigit, B. Gemicioglu, B. Tutluoglu, G. Can (Istanbul, Turkey)
Utility of aerosolized budesonide therapy in acute moderate exacerbations of asthma S. K. Agarwal (Varanasi, India)
A comparison of nebulized budesonide, intramuscular and oral dexamethasone in the treatment of croup among children aged 6-36 months F. Cetinkaya, B. Tufekci, G. Kutluk (Istanbul, Turkey)
Asthma health status is better reflected by asthma control than by asthma severity in Asian patients - a prospective study W. C. Tan, E. W. L. Wee, J. W. L. Tan, T. P. Ng (Singapore, Singapore)
Triamcinolon acetonide nasal spray alone or in combination with loratidin in school children with severe seasonal allergic rhinitis and astma S. S. Kamenov, M. N. Zivkovic, B. A. Kamenov (Nis, Yugoslavia)