Asthma: growing understanding of influential factors

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: E. Bel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary)

Vibration response imaging (VRI) in asthma; evaluation pre and post bronchodilation A. Florou, S. Vakali, D. Michailidis, C. Roussos, C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)
Efficacy of Flutter® and forced expiration technique (FET) in induced sputum assessment in asthmatic and COPD patients A. L. Morsch, M. M. Amorim, A. Barbieri, A. L. Fernandes (Erechim/RS, Sao Paulo/SP, Brazil)
Perception of dyspnea: a comparison between asthma and upper airway dysfunction J. L. van Gaalen, S. L. J. Vrenken, P. J. Sterk, C. M. Salome, H. K. Reddel (Camperdown, NSW, Australia; Leiden, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Paradoxical conducting airway response and heterogeneous regional ventilation after histamine inhalation in healthy rabbit studied by synchrotron radiation CT S. Bayat, L. Porra, H. Suhonen, P. Suortti, A. R. A. Sovijärvi (Amiens, Grenoble, France; Helsinki, Finland)
The impact of obesity on airway and lung parenchyma remodelling in a murine model of chronic allergic asthma S. Arantes, A. Lopes, G. Reis, D. Xisto, P. Silva, E. Parra, W. Teodoro, V. Capelozzi, F. Tatiana, P. Silva, M. Martins, P. Rocco (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
The influence of obesity on bronchial hyperresponsiveness, airway and systemic inflammation, lung function and quality of life in patients with asthma P. Giouleka, P. Liberopoulos, G. Papatheodorou, A. Karakatsani, C. Roussos, S. Papiris, S. Loukides (Athens, Greece)
A prospective randomised control trial of medical weight loss in obese asthmatics S. Scott, P. Albert, J. Currie, P. Parry, P. Calverley, J. Wilding (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Effect of weight loss in severely obese asthmatic females M. Maniscalco, A. Zedda, S. Faraone, G. de Laurentiis, M. Sofia (Casoria Naples, Naples, Italy)
Is beta-agonist alone prescribed in case of uncontrolled asthma? J. Elers, L. M. Rasmussen, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Acute effect of smoking in normal and asthmatic smokers A. Papaioannou, A. Koutsokera, K. Tanou, T. Kiropoulos, I. Tsilioni, S. Oikonomidi, K. Liadaki, K. Gourgoulianis, K. Kostikas (Larissa, Greece)
Evaluation of high sensitivity C reactive protein in patients of bronchial asthma and its correlation with exacerbation rate and pulmonary function B. Menon, C. Kaur, R. Kaushik, S. Pandita (New Delhi, India)
Safety of research bronchoscopy in mild, moderate and severe asthma E. Economidou, P. Lambrou, K. Samitas, E. Zervas, P. Karydi, A. Liapikou, S. Vittorakis, M. Gaga (Athens, Greece)
Gender effect on airway and lung parenchyma remodelling in an experimental model of chronic allergic asthma M. Antunes, S. Abreu, P. Silva, J. Assy, E. Parra, W. Teodoro, V. Capelozzi, M. Martins, P. Silva, P. Rocco (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Allergic inflammation markers for earlier diagnosis of bronchial asthma in patients with allergic rhinitis T. Bilitchenko, M. Baldueva, N. Vosnesensky, Y. Lebedin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Use of metacholine test to improve maintenance and reliever therapy in mild-moderate asthma G. Sera (Torino, Italy)
Markers of inflammation and airway responses to allergen in asthmatic patients Z. Goseva, A. Gjorcev, D. Dimitrievska, D. Dokic, Z. Arsovski (Skopje, Fyrom)
Asthma control test (ACT) versus spirometry for monitoring patients‘ treatment – 1 year experience as an ERS Fellow I. G. Stoica (Bucharest, Romania)
The course of aspirin-induced asthma may be helpful in predicting the type of response to aspirin M. Swierczynska, E. Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, P. Strek, A. Gielicz, M. Grzywacz, A. Szczeklik (Cracow, Poland)
Assessment of a 20% fall in FEF25-75% in patients with negative methacholine provocation test H. R. Kang, S. H. Jang, K. M. Sohn, Y. I. Hwang, D. G. Kim, K. S. Jung (Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic Of Korea)