Monitoring airway diseases with lung function tests

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: T. Popov (Sofia, Bulgaria), P. Montuschi (Rome, Italy), E. Zervas (Athens, Greece), F. Schleich (Liege, Belgium)
Heterogeneity in lung function of PiZZ alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency: Impact of occupation in predicting disease severity
K. Roy, D. Cummins, K. Sylvester, R. Mahadeva (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
An Italian, observational, multicentre trial to describe treatment management in COPD patients: Preliminary results of the MISTRAL study
F. Tursi, G. Scalone, A. Pennisi, E. Karayel, M. Bartezaghi, F. Sergio (Lodi, Chiaravalle C.le (CZ), Catania, Origgio, Italy)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
COPD severity related to extended measurements of lung volume, diffusion, and resistance
L. Jarenbäck, G. Eriksson, S. Peterson, L. Bjermer, E. Tufvesson (Lund, Sweden)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Double-tracer gas washout in stable asthma and COPD
K. Husemann, J. Engel, N. Berg, J. Port, C. Joppek, M. Kohlhäufl (Gerlingen, Stuttgart, Germany)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Perception of lung function in asthmatics by visual analogue scale
N. Tayler, J. Holloway, K. Gove, C. Grainge (Southampton, United Kingdom; Newcastle, Australia)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Air trapping in relation to airways inflammation and bronchial responsiveness in patients with respiratory symptoms suggestive of asthma
A. Malinovschi, A. Sverrild, V. Backer, C. Porsbjerg (Uppsala, Sweden; Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Inspiratory and expiratory airways resistance in relation to exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) and airways inflammation
H. Johansson, P. Pompilio, M. Emtner, R. Dellaca, A. Malinovschi (Uppsala, Sweden; Milan, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Long-term FEV1 decline and airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma
B. Sposato, M. Scalese, E. Baldini, M. G. Migliorini (Grosseto, Pisa, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Is early diagnosis of COPD possible? Preliminary results of early COPD study
S. Job, R. F. Rinaldo, M. A. Roggi, A. C. Repossi, S. Dellafiore, M. Cavallini, M. Piluso, F. Di Marco, S. Centanni (Milan, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Asthma control is not related to large airways function
A. Van Muylem, A. Michils (Brussels, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
The relationship of small airways disease to spirometry and emphysema in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
A. Ismail, J. Stockley, R. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Severity of airway obstruction in overweight/obese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD)
D. Vaz, D. Coutinho, M. J. Oliveira, M. Dias, M. Vanzeller, M. C. Brito, T. Shiang (Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Impulse oscillometry in COPD: Correlation to spirometry and whole-body plethysmography
M. Vukoja, D. Milicic, I. Kopitovic (Sremska Kamenica, Republic Of Serbia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Main and additional predictors of COPD progression
L. Konopkina, B. Basina (Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine)
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pulmonary function tests, exercise capacity and health status in GOLD A, B, C, D groups
E. Sen, F. Ciftci, G. Arkan, D. Acar, P. Onen, B. Gulbay, O. Yildiz, T. Acican, S. Saryal, G. Karabiyikoglu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Long-term FEV1 decline and bone mineral density in asthma
B. Sposato, M. Scalese, L. Petruzzelli, M. Tosti Balducci (Grosseto, Pisa, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Exhaled particles from small airways in COPD patients – A pilot study
M. Lärstad, S. Larsson, B. Bake, A. C. Olin (Gothenburg, Sweden)
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Congress or journal article abstract
No association between exhaled nitric oxide and the outcome of the eucapnic voluntary hyperpnoea provocation test in patients suspected of exercised-induced bronchoconstriction
A. M. Vints, H. Cuypers, G. De Schutter, S. Moustie, L. Vervliet, W. De Backer, E. Oostveen (Antwerp, Belgium)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Hemodynamic effects of inhaled fenoterol and ipratropium in patients with obstructive pulmonary diseases
F. Trinkmann, J. Klein, J. Michels, M. Borggrefe, J. Saur (Mannheim, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Risk of respiratory hospital admission in preterm children
O. Mazulov (Vinnitsa, Ukraine)
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Congress or journal article abstract