Chronic care and respiratory failure

Poster Discussion
Chairs: P. Wijkstra (Groningen, The Netherlands), D. Gorecka (Warsaw, Poland)
Non-continuous home oxygen therapy: utilisation, symptomatic effect and prognosis. Data from a national register on home oxygen therapy
T. J. Ringbaek, K. Viskum, P. Lange (Hvidovre, Gentofte, Denmark)
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Outcomes of patients treated by invasive and noninvasive ventilation in an intermediate care facility
B. Herer, C. Fuhrman, B. Housset (Ferolles-Attilly, Creteil, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Survival of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in long term oxygen therapy
R. Le Donne, S. Eslami, D. Mancini, F. Sciarra (Rieti, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Home rehabilitation in COPD patients on long term oxygen therapy (LTOT) : a multi-centre randomized controlled study
V. Gautier, C. Pison, F. Fournial, M. Bénichou, C. Tardif, D. Veale, C. Préfaut (Paris, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Effectiveness of a telemetric control program for patients in LTOT, in reducing hospital admissions, in the province of Teramo
L. Di Re, A. Di Nicola, R. Materazzo, G. Ariano, P. Tomassini (Teramo, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Chest wall dynamics during pursed lip breathing (PLB) in patients with COPD
R. Bianchi, F. Gigliotti, I. Romagnoli, B. Lanini, C. Castellani, S. Garuglieri, L. Pepi, M. Grazzini, L. Stendardi, G. Scano (Pozzolatico, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Twelve years of respiratory home-care in Vicenza
R. Grison, D. Zanchetta, E. Bertocco, G. Meneghetti (Vicenza, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Quality of life in patients with chronic pulmonary diseases: comparison of oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrator delivery methods
S. E. Tanni, K. M. Oliveira, P. S. Lopes, M. M. Guiotoku, I. Godoy (Botucatu, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Validation of a French version of the MRF-28 health-related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaire in patients with chronic respiratory failure treated by home mechanical ventilation (HMV)
J. P. Janssens, A. Héritier-Praz, M. Carone, B. de Muralt, L. Burdet, J. W. Fitting, J. M. Tschopp, T. Rochat (Geneva, Rolle, Lausanne, Crans Montana, Switzerland; Verona, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Influence of oxygen therapy on oxidative stress parameters in severe COPD patients
C. R. Silva, S. Percario, L. C. C. Lorenzo, J. R. Jardim (Sao Paulo, Sorocaba, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Noninvasive ventilation in stable hypercapnic COPD: sequential effects on arterial blood gases, respiratory lung function and exercise capacity
O. Diaz, P. Begin, E. Jover, B. Torrealba, C. Lisboa (Santiago, Chile; Chicoutimi, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Home nebulizers: outcome of 151 inhaled therapy optimization assessments using methodology recommended in ERS nebulizer guidelines
H. Pyne, M. Bainbridge, B. R. O'Driscoll (Salford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Long-term oxygen therapy in the Czech Republic
J. Erban, J. Homolka (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Oxygen saturation at rest, on exercise and during sleep in non oxygenated rehabilitated patients with COPD
P. Piszko, J. Lewczuk, J. Jagas, M. Kowalska-Superlak, K. Wrabec (Wroclaw, Poland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Impact of gender and age on health status of patients with chronic respiratory failure
M. Carone, S. A. Antoniu, P. W. Jones, C. F. Donner, the QUESS Group (Verona, Italy; Iasi, Romania; London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Benefits of supplemental oxygen in rehabilitative exercise training in non-hypoxemic COPD patients
M. Emtner, J. Porszasz, M. Burns, A. Somfay, R. Casaburi (Torrance, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Nutritional status and health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients admitted to hospital with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
S. M. Uil, H. P. Grotjohan, H. A. M. Kerstjens, J. W. K. van den Berg (Zwolle, Groningen, The Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Flow/volume loop and tracheal stenosis in a postcoma rehabilitation unit
D. D. Rinnenburger, M. M. Simonelli, G. G. Buzzi, V. V. Vinicola, R. R. Formisano (Rome, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of two ventilatory modes on quality of speech and ventilation during speech in tracheotomized neuromuscular patients
H. Prigent, C. Samuel, M. Lejaille, J. C. Raphael, F. Lofaso (Garches, France)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Health and lung function of 26-year-old alpha-1-antitrypsindeficient individuals identified neonatally
T. Sveger, E. H. Piitulainen (Malmö, Sweden)
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