COPD: exacerbation and clinical problems

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: W. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom), D. S. Postma (Groningen, The Netherlands)

One-year exacerbation frequency and treatment in the ECLIPSE study cohort J. Vestbo, J. Hurst, H. Muellerova, N. Locantore, J. Wedzicha, A. Anzueto, ECLIPSE Investigators (SCO104960, NCT00292552) (Hvidovre, Denmark; London, United Kingdom; Research Triangle Park, San Antonio, United States Of America)
The GOLD stage II frequent exacerbator: characteristics and implications J. R. Hurst, J. Vestbo, H. Muellerova, N. Locantore, A. Anzueto, J. A. Wedzicha, ECLIPSE Investigators SCO 104960, NCT00292552 (Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom; San Antonio, United States Of America; Hvidovre, Denmark)
Characterisation of COPD exacerbations. The ECOS study B. G. Cosio, J. B. Soriano, D. Guerrero, G. Peces-Barba, S. Heili, C. Esteban, A. Capelastegui, A. De Diego, M. Leon, J. Gea, P. Ausin, J. Garcia-Aymerich, J. M. Anto, E. Monso, C. Martinez, J. L. Lopez-Campos, R. Rodríguez-Roisin, F. Pozo, A. Agusti (Palma de Mallorca, Bunyola, Madrid, Galdacano, Valencia, Barcelona, Badalona, Sevilla, Spain)
Acidosis in COPD exacerbations admitted to hospital – the UK national COPD audit 2008 C. Roberts, D. Lowe, R. Buckingham, N. Pursey, R. Stone (London, United Kingdom)
One-year survival in patients hospitalized due to an acute exacerbation of COPD. Related factors C. Martinez Rivera, A. Muñoz, P. Serra, I. Garcia Olivé, S. Ros, M. Prats, J. Ruiz Manzano, J. Morera (Badalona, Spain)
Vitamin D deficiency and exacerbation frequency in COPD J. Quint, G. Donladson, J. Goldring, N. Wassef, M. Thomas, J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)
Health-related quality of life and hospitalisations for COPD exacerbations: validity of the Romanian version of the clinical COPD questionnaire S. Antoniu, A. Puiu, B. Zaharia, D. Azoicai (Iasi, Romania)
Use of antibiotics in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) J. Wall, S. Adejumo, A. Pilling, I. Aziz (Wigan, United Kingdom)
Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI): are there differences of microbial spectrum in stable phase (SP) of COPD and during acute exacerbation (AE)? T. Pertseva, L. Konopkina (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine)
Comparison of venous and arterial ph in patients with COPD exacerbations and healthy controls A. I. El Gammal, A. Jahangir, P. J. Barry, T. M. O‘Connor (Cork, Ireland)
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) S. Avdeev, G. Baimakanova, P. Zubairova, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Hospital-acquired pneumonia (hap) in non-ICU COPD patients G. Baimakanova, S. Avdeev, P. Zubairova, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Gas exchange is an independent predictor for macrocytosis in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) H. Ward, A. M. Wood, R. A. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Erythrocyte abnormalities in alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) patients H. Ward, R. A. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Histocompatibility antigens DR and DQ in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease B. Nunez, J. Sauleda, J. R. González, J. Milà, C. Crespí, J. Pons, J. García, J. M. Antó, A. Noguera, M. Orozco, E. Monsó, F. Gómez, A. Agustí, PAC-COPD Group (Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, Badalona, Spain)
Prevalence of hepatitis c virus infection among patients with COPD D. Silva, J. Stifft, H. Cheinquer, M. Knorst (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Endothelin-1 level of functional tests and arterial deoxygenation in patients with COPD and cirrhosis V. Nevzorova, T. Pestrikova, E. Kochetkova, O. Golotina, O. Shekunova, P. Lukyanov (Vladivostok, Russian Federation; Srasbourg, France)
Vitamin c level in the serum of smokers and nonsmokers with COPD in stable state and during exacerbation L. Corkovic, V. Miloskovic, T. Milosevic, B. Mrsulja, M. Obradovic, S. Ignjatovic (Beobrad, Republic Of Serbia)
The effects of elevated troponin I on long-term mortality after chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation O. Ozturk, R. Sütcü, A. Altinbas, N. Özaydin, A. Bircan, U. Sahin, N. Songür, A. Akkaya (Isparta, Kütahya, Turkey)
Role of oxidative-antioxidative imbalance and thyroid hormones in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease R. Inchingolo, G. M. Corbo, A. Mancini, E. Leone, G. P. Littarru, S. Valente (Rome, Ancona, Italy)