The ERS International Congress 2005, Copenhagen

 

This annual event brings together the world's respiratory experts to showcase all the latest advances in respiratory medicine and science.

PG1 - Basics in chest imaging: pulmonary vasculature

Chair(s): M. Pistolesi (Florence, Italy), G. Ferretti (Grenoble, France)

Postgraduate Course


PG3 - Asthma: natural history, risk factors and overall management

Chair(s): E. Bel (Leiden, The Netherlands), A. Woodcock (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Postgraduate Course


PG4 - Respiratory physiology: exercise in clinical practice

Chair(s): S. Ward (Leeds, United Kingdom), P. Palange (Rome, Italy)

Postgraduate Course


PG5 - Paediatrics: respiratory infections in children

Chair(s): M. Canciani (Udine, Italy), M. H. Goetz (Vienna, Austria)

Postgraduate Course


PG6 - New and old methodologies to assess pathobiological markers in the lung and airways: from research into clinical practice

Chair(s): B. Balbi (Gussago, Italy), U. Demkow (Warsaw, Poland)

Postgraduate Course


PG7 - New treatment strategies in pulmonary rehabilitation

Chair(s): E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands), E. Clini (Pavullo, Italy)

Postgraduate Course


PG8 - Vocal cord dysfunction

Chair(s): K. Kenn (Schonau A. Konigssee, Germany), T. Welte (Hannover, Germany)

Postgraduate Course


PG9 - Long-term follow-up of lung transplant recipients

Chair(s): J. J. G. Egan (Dublin, Ireland), D. Spencer (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)

Postgraduate Course


PG10 - The management of tuberculosis: tradition and novelties

Chair(s): G. Migliori (Tradate, Italy), L. Casali (Terni, Italy)

Postgraduate Course


PG11 - Experimental models for COPD and asthma

Chair(s): J. Hamacher (Homburg, Germany), G. Anderson (Parkville, Australia)

Postgraduate Course


PG2 - Lung cancer: non-small cell lung cancer treatment

Chair(s): J. Vansteenkiste (Leuven, Belgium), E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France)

Postgraduate Course


PG18 - Inter-relationships between upper and lower airway diseases

Chair(s): R. Polosa (S Gregorio Di Catania, Italy), G. Canonica (Genoa, Italy)

Postgraduate Course


PG22 - Improving physician-patient communication (jointly organised with EFA)

Chair(s): F. Gallefoss (Kristiansand, Norway), D. Covey (London, United Kingdom)

Postgraduate Course


PG21 - Newly emerging pathogens of lower respiratory tract infections

Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Postgraduate Course


PG20 - Endstage lung disease in children

Chair(s): H. Tiddens (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), B. Fauroux (Paris, France)

Postgraduate Course


PG19 - Diet and pulmonary diseases: benefits and risks

Chair(s): N. Khaltaev (Geneva, Switzerland), I. Annesi Maesano (Villejuif, France)

Postgraduate Course


PG15 - Therapeutic options for interstitial lung diseases in 2005

Chair(s): M. Drent (Maastricht, The Netherlands), C. Albera (Orbassano, Italy)

Postgraduate Course


PG17 - The present and future of noninvasive ventilation: technical and practical aspects

Chair(s): R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy), P. Plant (Leeds, United Kingdom)

Postgraduate Course


PG16 - Detection of very early lesions in lung cancer: is this important and should they be treated?

Chair(s): M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium), P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Postgraduate Course


PG14 - Moving on from the Millennium: developing trends in respiratory medicine (jointly organised with ACCP)

Chair(s): W. M. Alberts (Tampa, United States of America), R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany)

Postgraduate Course


PG13 - COPD: genetic and environmental factors, epidemiology, socio-economic impact and preventative measures

Chair(s): P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), C. O'Connor (Dublin, Ireland)

Postgraduate Course


PG12 - Sleep-related problems: treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea - current concepts and perspectives

Chair(s): W. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium), P. Levy (Grenoble, France)

Postgraduate Course


New lung function techniques in paediatric pulmonology

Chair(s): U. Frey (Bern, Switzerland), P. J. F. M. Merkus (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Paediatric Respiratory Research Award

Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), J. Gerritsen (Groningen, The Netherlands)

Symposium


Chemotherapy and palliative care

Chair(s): J. Sculier (Brussels, Belgium), E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France)

Oral Presentation


New insights into prognosis in thoracic surgical oncology

Chair(s): H. Ris (Lausanne, Switzerland), M. Perelman (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Oral Presentation


Environmental factors, allergy and asthma

Chair(s): S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom), G. Joos (Ghent, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


Severe asthma: perception and management

Chair(s): E. Bel (Leiden, The Netherlands), D. Kirsten (Grosshansdorf, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Sarcoidosis: update on extrathoracic organ problems

Chair(s): J. Muller-Quernheim (Freiburg, Germany), G. Rizzato (Milan, Italy)

Symposium


Passive smoking and passive doctors

Chair(s): P. I. Van Spiegel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), L. J. Clancy (Dublin, Ireland)

Oral Presentation


Basic mechanisms in asthma and COPD: new insights

Chair(s): T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland), H. Fehrenbach (Marburg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Diagnosis and prognosis of ventilator associated pneumonia: the clinical track

Chair(s): T. Bauer (Bochum, Germany), E. Ibrahim (Alexandria, Egypt)

Oral Presentation


COPD: a new chance to share good practice

Chair(s): B. Hellquist (Aarhus, Denmark), C. Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain)

Symposium


Occupational asthma

Chair(s): P. S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom), C. Mapp (Ferrara, Italy)

Symposium


Challenges in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis: a continuous clinical problem

Chair(s): E. Panic (Sombor, Serbia and Montenegro), L. Casali (Terni, Italy)

Symposium


Cardiovascular disease and obstructive sleep apnoea: risks and remedy

Chair(s): P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), J. Stradling (Oxford, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Assessment and intervention from primary care centre to hospital

Chair(s): G. Bale (Wirral, United Kingdom), E. Austegard (Oslo, Norway)

Oral Presentation


Paediatric asthma monitoring

Chair(s): P. L. P. Brand (Zwolle, The Netherlands), I. Drira (Ariana, Tunisia)

Poster Discussion


Cardiovascular consequences of OSA

Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France), J. A. Hedner (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Poster Discussion


Occupational asthma: epidemiology and diagnostics

Chair(s): P. S. Burge (Birmingham, United Kingdom), D. Gautrin (Montreal, Canada)

Poster Discussion


Interstitial lung diseases and sarcoidosis

Chair(s): S. Kudoh (Tokyo, Japan), J. Behr (Munich, Germany)

Poster Discussion


Bronchiolitis in children: new insights

Chair(s): M. Korppi (Kuopio, Finland), F. De Baets (Ghent, Belgium)

Poster Discussion


Regulation of immunological and inflammatory reactions in asthma and COPD

Chair(s): J. L. Curtis (Ann Arbor, United States of America), T. A. Out (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Poster Discussion


Genetics and immunobiology of tuberculosis

Chair(s): S. Kos (Mirosov, Czech Republic), C. Saltini (Rome, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Cellular and molecular approaches to lung injury research

Chair(s): M. Takata (London, United Kingdom), S. Said (Stony Brook, United States of America)

Oral Presentation


Therapeutic options for COPD: present and future

Chair(s): C. Page (London, United Kingdom), M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Highlights of asthma epidemiology

Chair(s): T. Platts-Mills (Charlottesville, United States of America), B. Lundback (Umea, Sweden)

Oral Presentation


Difficult infections in the respiratory patient

Chair(s): C. Roussos (Athens, Greece), A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)

Symposium


Exercise in pulmonary hypertension

Chair(s): S. Provencher (Victoriaville, Canada), R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


Paediatric year in review

Chair(s): J. Price (London, United Kingdom), K-H. Carlsen (Oslo, Norway)

Hot topics


Highlights of the 2005 ERS Lung Science Conference in Taormina

Chair(s): W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom)

Hot topics


Ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction

Chair(s): M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany)

Symposium


Lung function measurements and predicted values from infants to 100-year-old adults

Chair(s): M. Silverman (Leicester, United Kingdom), F. De Jongh (Enschede, The Netherlands)

Symposium


Acute and chronic infections in COPD

Chair(s): S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom), G. Rohde (Bochum, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Borderline indications for surgical treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

Chair(s): H. Ris (Lausanne, Switzerland), G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)

Symposium


Lung-specific serum markers for interstitial lung diseases

Chair(s): U. Costabel (Essen, Germany), N. Kohno (Hiroshima, Japan)

Hot topics


Allergic sensitisation in asthma and rhinitis

Chair(s): J. Van Der Zee (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), A. Frew (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Features of paediatric asthma

Chair(s): W. Lenney (Nantwich, United Kingdom), B. Arets (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Environmental and respiratory disease

Chair(s): B. Forsberg (Umea, Sweden), J. Heinrich (Neuherberg, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Tuberculosis, pneumonia and vaccinations

Chair(s): E. Omenaas (Bergen, Norway), N. Rakusic (Zagreb, Croatia)

Thematic Poster Session


Asbestos, coal mining and jeans blasting: old and new causes of occupational respiratory disease

Chair(s): O. Omland (Aalborg, Denmark), P. Vermeire (Antwerp, Belgium)

Thematic Poster Session


Occupational and environmental diseases: a kaleidoscope

Chair(s): B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium), A. Cimrin (Izmir, Turkey)

Thematic Poster Session


Tobacco smoking related health issues

Chair(s): C. Jimenez Ruiz (Madrid, Spain), V. Bellia (Palermo, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Effects of smoking cessation on pulmonary functions

Chair(s): Z. Zivkovic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro), D. Gorecka (Warszawa, Poland)

Thematic Poster Session


Paediatric asthma drug therapy

Chair(s): F. De Baets (Ghent, Belgium), N. Boluyt (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Therapy in allergic airway disease

Chair(s): P. Chanez (Montpellier, France), M. O. Hoekstra (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Assessing respiratory function: QA and specific applications

Chair(s): B. Cooper (Birmingham, United Kingdom), I. Steenbruggen (Raalte, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Pneumonia in childhood: new perspectives

Chair(s): M. Korppi (Kuopio, Finland), J. E. Dankert-Roelse (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Bronchial and mediastinal malignancies

Chair(s): G. Friedel (Gerlingen, Germany), D. Subotic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical and experimental studies in lung transplantation

Chair(s): G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), C. Ward (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Physiotherapy techniques: from evaluation to rehabilitation

Chair(s): M. Spruit (Wilsele-Putkapel, Belgium), K. Wadell (Umea, Sweden)

Thematic Poster Session


Patient education, promotional research and best practice

Chair(s): C. Hernandez (Barcelona, Spain), G. L. Narsavage (Augusta, United States of America)

Thematic Poster Session


Nosocomial pneumonia management

Chair(s): M. Confalonieri (Trieste, Italy), T. Bauer (Bochum, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Adulthood and childhood epidemiology of tubercolosis I

Chair(s): G. Besozzi (Sondalo, Italy), P. Magyar (Budapest, Hungary)

Thematic Poster Session


Adulthood and childhood epidemiology of tuberculosis II

Chair(s): A. Sorete Arbore (Iasi, Romania), G. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Epidemiology of tuberculosis and surveillance of resistances

Chair(s): T. Mihaescu (Iasi, Romania), H. Ghedira (Ariana, Tunisia)

Thematic Poster Session


Inhaler devices: challenges and solutions

Chair(s): L. Bjermer (Lund, Sweden), R. Dal Negro (Verona, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Airway regulation and response II

Chair(s): A. Knox (Nottingham, United Kingdom), S. Kharitonov (London, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Tracheal surgery, emergencies and infectious problems

Chair(s): M. Dusmet (London, United Kingdom), A. Akopov (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Thematic Poster Session


Bronchodilators with and without corticosteroids

Chair(s): S. Centanni (Milan, Italy), G. Brusselle (Ghent, Belgium)

Thematic Poster Session


The many faces of sarcoidosis I

Chair(s): D. Bouros (Athens, Greece), P. Rottoli (Siena, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Issues in applied physiology and asthma

Chair(s): Y. Luo (Guangzhou, China), P. Sliwinski (Warsaw, Poland)

Thematic Poster Session


Asthma management I

Chair(s): E. Bel (Leiden, The Netherlands), S. Hashimoto (Tokyo, Japan)

Thematic Poster Session


Treatment options for moderate and severe asthma

Chair(s): E. Nizankowska (Krakow, Poland), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - pathogenesis I

Chair(s): J. O'Brien (Cape Town, South Africa), J. Stolk (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - diagnosis and staging I

Chair(s): M. Miravitlles (Barcelona, Spain), A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - pathogenesis II

Chair(s): R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany), M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)

Thematic Poster Session


OSAS control of ventilation, guidelines, doctors and patients

Chair(s): T. Todisco (Perugia, Italy), K. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland)

Thematic Poster Session


Outcome of pulmonary rehabilitation

Chair(s): R. Gosselink (Leuven, Belgium), S. Singh (Leicester, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Malignant pleural disease

Chair(s): E. Jassem (Gdansk, Poland), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Treatment of lung cancer

Chair(s): M. Zamboni (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), V. Westeel (Besancon, France)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - diagnosis and staging II

Chair(s): A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation), A. Dirksen (Hellerup, Denmark)

Thematic Poster Session


Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: experimental animal studies and case reports

Chair(s): J. Behr (Munich, Germany), J. Domagala-Kulawik (, Poland)

Thematic Poster Session


Diagnosis of OSA

Chair(s): J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France), Z. Tomori (Kosice, Slovakia)

Thematic Poster Session


Treatment and monitoring of acute respiratory failure

Chair(s): P. Pelosi (Milan, Italy), K. Raymondos (Hannover, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Lung cancer

Chair(s): W. Roche (Southampton, United Kingdom), E. Danila (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Thematic Poster Session


Cellular and molecular mechanisms in COPD

Chair(s): A. Gillissen (Leipzig, Germany), B. Crestani (Paris, France)

Thematic Poster Session


Airway epithelial secretions inflammatory lung disease

Chair(s): M. Kraft (Durham, United States of America), R. Wiewrodt (Mainz, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


From molecules to patients: mechanisms of lung injury, fibrosis and cancer

Chair(s): R. Lutter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), D. Thickett (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD and asthma pathogenic mechanisms

Chair(s): J. H. J. Vernooy (Maastricht, The Netherlands), C. Kahler (Innsbruck, Austria)

Thematic Poster Session


Exercise in respiratory disease

Chair(s): S. Ward (Leeds, United Kingdom), K. Wasserman (Torrance, United States of America)

Thematic Poster Session


CPAP therapy

Chair(s): J. Montserrat (Barcelona, Spain), B. Buyse (Leuven, Belgium)

Thematic Poster Session


Noninvasive ventilation in chronic respiratory failure

Chair(s): A. Cuvelier (Rouen, France), T. Koehnlein (Magdeburg, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


MP16 - Harm reduction in difficult-to-stop smokers

Meet the Professor


MP3 - Allergen avoidance and allergic sensitisation: current views and controversies

Meet the Professor


MP6 - Breathlessness as a presenting symptom

Meet the Professor


MP5 - Follow-up and surveillance for lung cancer

Meet the Professor


Asthma in pregnancy and menopause

Chair(s): G. Barr (New York, United States of America), M. Schatz (San Diego, United States of America)

Oral Presentation


Advances in noninvasive monitoring of airway inflammation and obstruction

Chair(s): I. Horvath (Budapest, Hungary), G. Di Maria (Catania, Italy)

Poster Discussion


Cellular mechanisms of inflammatory lung diseases

Chair(s): W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland)

Poster Discussion


Mechanisms and markers of ARDS and sepsis

Chair(s): A. Ishizaka (Tokyo, Japan), J. Skrickova (Brno, Czech Republic)

Poster Discussion


Burden and management of obstructive airway diseases

Chair(s): F. Kauffmann (Villejuif, France), D. Mannino (Lexington, United States of America)

Poster Discussion


New perspectives in asthma treatment

Chair(s): I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom), L. Nielsen (Aarhus, Denmark)

Poster Discussion


Evolution on pulmonary imaging

Chair(s): G. Ferretti (Grenoble, France), J. Stolk (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Poster Discussion


Oncology Grand Round: an interactive session

Chair(s): M. Muers (Leeds, United Kingdom), G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)

Major Symposium


Cleaning and cooking: a risk for occupational and household asthma

Chair(s): D. Nowak (Munich, Germany), T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark)

Oral Presentation


Role of the bronchial smooth muscle in regulating airway disease

Chair(s): J. Lotvall (Gothenburg, Sweden), K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Symposium


Effects of anti-inflammatory drugs on COPD

Chair(s): M. Nishimura (Sapporo, Japan), C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Progresses in lung fibrosis

Chair(s): R. Dubois (London, United Kingdom), B. Balbi (Gussago, Italy)

Oral Presentation


New strategies and drugs for smoking cessation

Chair(s): C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece), L. Allegra (Milano, Italy)

Hot topics


Upper airway interventions in OSA patients

Chair(s): M. Marklund (Umea, Sweden), J-L. Pepin (Grenoble, France)

Oral Presentation


Management of airway hypersecretions

Chair(s): J. Bott (Ashford, United Kingdom), B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany)

Symposium


Asthma in the preschool child

Chair(s): P. J. F. M. Merkus (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), T. Frischer (Vienna, Austria)

Symposium


Update on the role of angiogenesis in the pathogenesis and treatment of lung diseases

Chair(s): E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Poland)

Symposium


Pulmonary arterial hypertension diagnosis and therapy

Chair(s): P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), H. Matthys (Freiburg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Protease-antiprotease revisited

Chair(s): C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany), A. Dirksen (Hellerup, Denmark)

Evening Symposium


Are we ready for "inflammometry"? The role of eNO in asthma management

Chair(s): K. Alving (Stockholm, Sweden), A. Bush (London, United Kingdom)

Evening Symposium


Workshop: evidence-based practice: an approach to care

Chair(s): S. Walker (Warwick, United Kingdom), G. L. Narsavage (Augusta, United States of America)

Symposium


Cystic fibrosis lung disease: pieces of the puzzle

Chair(s): H. Tiddens (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), N. Hoiby (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Oral Presentation


Pulmonary hypertension and fibrosis: novel mechanisms

Chair(s): R. Lucas (Krems, Austria), L. Nicod (Bern, Switzerland)

Oral Presentation


Epidemiology in childhood asthma

Chair(s): A. Bush (London, United Kingdom), W. Van Aalderen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Sleep apnoea in children

Chair(s): K. Desager (Antwerp, Belgium), K. Franklin (Umea, Sweden)

Oral Presentation


What is new in childhood respiratory epidemiology?

Chair(s): M. Silverman (Leicester, United Kingdom), C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland)

Oral Presentation


The hygiene hypothesis revised – pro, con, or…?

Chair(s): I. Annesi Maesano (Villejuif, France), E. von Mutius (Munich, Germany)

Symposium


Regulation of the allergic and asthmatic response

Chair(s): H. Renz (Marburg, Germany), I. M. Adcock (London, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Multidisciplinary treatment of non-metastatic non-small cell lung cancer: contemporary concepts

Chair(s): M. Muers (Leeds, United Kingdom), G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)

Symposium


Practical and scientific considerations in the use of new electronic technologies for ambulatory monitoring of respiratory disease

Chair(s): P. Enright (Tucson, United States of America), H. Reddel (Camperdown, Australia)

Hot topics


Oxidative and nitrative stress: control of cell function in COPD

Chair(s): P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom), K. Ito (London, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Contemporary physiological approaches to reversing the disease spiral in advanced COPD

Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), M. Morgan (Leicester, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Clinical Grand Round: an interactive session

Chair(s): J-F. Cordier (Lyon, France), J. Gibson (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom)

Major Symposium


Airway epithelial cells in asthma and COPD

Chair(s): S. Hashimoto (Tokyo, Japan), R. Bals (Marburg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Host-pathogen interaction in respiratory virus infections

Chair(s): A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy), P. Bardin (Melbourne, Australia)

Oral Presentation


Advancements in diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Chair(s): S. Harari (Milan, Italy), E. Fireman (Tel-Aviv, Israel)

Poster Discussion


New insights in the epidemiology of asthma and allergy

Chair(s): P. Burney (London, United Kingdom), E. Ronmark (Lulea, Sweden)

Poster Discussion


Assessing respiratory function: chemically sound

Chair(s): F. De Jongh (Enschede, The Netherlands), A. Kendrick (Bristol, United Kingdom)

Poster Discussion


CAP: aetiology and management

Chair(s): H. Lode (Berlin, Germany), K. Dalhoff (Lubeck, Germany)

Poster Discussion


Novel therapies for asthma

Chair(s): M. Molimard (Bordeaux, France), D. Ukena (Bremen, Germany)

Poster Discussion


COPD: role of infection

Chair(s): R. Stockley (Birmingham, United Kingdom), J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Poland)

Oral Presentation


Allergic rhinitis and asthma in primary care

Chair(s): M. Fletcher (Warwickshire, United Kingdom), B. Yawn (Rochester, United States of America)

Oral Presentation


Pulmonary thromboembolic disease

Chair(s): G. Simonneau (Clamart, France), G. Meyer (Paris, France)

Poster Discussion


Pulmonary rehabilitation: an evidence-based intervention

Chair(s): E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands), E. Clini (Pavullo, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Smoking cessation in respiratory diseases: methods and results

Chair(s): S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)

Oral Presentation


New techniques in diagnostic and therapeutic interventional pulmonology

Chair(s): M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium), F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Skeletal muscles: current concepts

Chair(s): M. Orozco-Levi (Barcelona, Spain), Y. Luo (Guangzhou, China)

Oral Presentation


Challenges in the biological understanding of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Chair(s): H. Wilkens (Homburg/Saar, Germany), A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Neuroendocrine tumours of the lung

Chair(s): E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France), G. Friedel (Gerlingen, Germany)

Symposium


Diagnosis of tuberculosis and LTBI

Chair(s): P. D. O. Davies (Liverpool, United Kingdom), E. Panic (Sombor, Serbia and Montenegro)

Oral Presentation


Cystic fibrosis: no longer just kids‘ stuff

Chair(s): S. Sawyer (Melbourne, Australia), H. Tiddens (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Symposium


Inflammatory phenotypes of asthma and COPD: the end of traditional diagnosis, or not?

Chair(s): R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom), E. Bel (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Symposium


New developments in infectious disease

Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), M. Woodhead (Manchester, United Kingdom)

Hot topics


Systemic effects of OSA

Chair(s): P. Levy (Grenoble, France), M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Pathogenesis of OSA

Chair(s): S. Andreas (Immenhausen, Germany), W. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD: clinical physiology

Chair(s): D. Navajas (Barcelona, Spain), N. Hopkinson (London, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Physiological studies in animals

Chair(s): E. Barreiro (Barcelone, Spain), E. Oostveen (Antwerpen, Belgium)

Thematic Poster Session


Current and emerging anti-inflammatory therapies

Chair(s): T. Hansel (London, United Kingdom), M. Matera (Naples, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Methodological considerations in noninvasive assessment of airway inflammation

Chair(s): L. Spicuzza (Catania, Italy), S. Anderson (Camperdown, Australia)

Thematic Poster Session


Outdoor air: epidemiology and mechanisms of disease

Chair(s): U. Ackermann Liebrich (Basel, Switzerland), R. Joerres (Munich, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Immunology in interstitial lung disease and airway infectious problems

Chair(s): S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom), J. Grutters (Nieuwegein, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Epidemiology of asthma and allergy

Chair(s): M. Perzanowski (New York, United States of America), C. Svanes (Malaga, Spain)

Thematic Poster Session


Asthma and COPD: management and burden

Chair(s): J. Garcia-Aymerich (Barcelona , Spain), C. Janson (Uppsala, Sweden)

Thematic Poster Session


Respiratory infections and inflammations

Chair(s): G. Caramori (Ferrara, Italy), A. Hill (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Treating smokers to quit

Chair(s): J-P. Zellweger (Lausanne, Switzerland), M. Bartal (Casablanca, Morocco)

Thematic Poster Session


Lung mechanics and prediction of respiratory outcome

Chair(s): E. Eber (Graz, Austria), T. Frischer (Vienna, Austria)

Thematic Poster Session


Interventions in paediatric asthma

Chair(s): P. Bindels (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), L. Agertoft (Kolding, Denmark)

Thematic Poster Session


Studies in paediatric allergy

Chair(s): M. O. Hoekstra (Utrecht, The Netherlands), H. Van Bever (Singapore, Singapore)

Thematic Poster Session


Cystic fibrosis: genes, inflammation and more

Chair(s): F. De Baets (Ghent, Belgium), M. Ballmann (Hannover, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Atypical bacteria, fungal and parasitic infections of the lung

Chair(s): R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy), A. Sayiner (Izmir, Turkey)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical and diagnostic features in tuberculosis I

Chair(s): S. Kajba (Celje, Slovenia), L. Casali (Terni, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical and diagnostic features in tuberculosis II

Chair(s): F. Marchesani (Pavia, Italy), I. Ghali (Rabat, Morocco)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical and diagnostic features in tuberculosis III

Chair(s): M. Beji (Tunis, Tunisia), P. Magyar (Budapest, Hungary)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical and diagnostic features in tuberculosis IV

Chair(s): M. Marques Gomes (Lisbon, Portugal), E. Panic (Sombor, Serbia and Montenegro)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic situations in adulthood and childhood in TB

Chair(s): F. Fiorentini (Castrocaro, Italy), M. Pavlovic (Zagreb, Croatia)

Thematic Poster Session


Pulmonary circulation

Chair(s): A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)

Thematic Poster Session


Exercise and gas exchange

Chair(s): A. Cogo (Ferrara, Italy), J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain)

Thematic Poster Session


Cellular and molecular aspects of lung injury

Chair(s): O. Eickelberg (Giessen, Germany), M. Malm-Erjefalt (Lund, Sweden)

Thematic Poster Session


Bronchology, biopsy - procedures and bleeding

Chair(s): C. Bolliger (Basel, Switzerland), N. Ambrosino (Pisa, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Airway biology

Chair(s): R. Buhl (Mainz, Germany), S. Puddicombe (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Asthma management II

Chair(s): J. Ficker (Nuremberg, Germany), A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)

Thematic Poster Session


Asthma management III

Chair(s): M. Pfeifer (Regensburg, Germany), K. Kenn (Schonau A. Konigssee, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Asthmatic inflammation

Chair(s): W. Luttmann (Rostock, Germany), A. Frew (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - exacerbations I

Chair(s): R. Rodriguez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain), J. Wedzicha (London, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - treatment II

Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy), L. Chovan (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - treatment III

Chair(s): P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom), H. Ghedira (Ariana, Tunisia)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - exacerbations II

Chair(s): J. Vestbo (Manchester, United Kingdom), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Chronic cough, reflux, aspiration, pneumonia

Chair(s): V. Cottin (Lyon, France), H. Lode (Berlin, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - treatment I

Chair(s): S. Rennard (Omaha, United States of America), E. Russi (Zurich, Switzerland)

Thematic Poster Session


Miscellaneous clinical problems

Chair(s): R. Speich (Zurich, Switzerland), R. Kessler (Strasbourg, France)

Thematic Poster Session


Advances in pulmonary radiology

Chair(s): G. Ferretti (Grenoble, France), F. Laurent (Pessac, France)

Thematic Poster Session


Thoracic imaging: clinical applications

Chair(s): G. Ferretti (Grenoble, France), F. Laurent (Pessac, France)

Thematic Poster Session


Diagnostic and therapeutic issues in bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy

Chair(s): A. Diacon (Tygerberg, South Africa), F. Rodriguez-Panadero (Seville, Spain)

Thematic Poster Session


Epidemiology and evaluation of lung cancer patients - quality of life

Chair(s): E. Danila (Vilnius, Lithuania), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Tumoural markers, prognosis, symptoms and palliation

Chair(s): R. Sotto Mayor (Portela, Portugal), L. Richeldi (Modena, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Biological and molecular features in lung cancer

Chair(s): A. Meert (Brussels, Belgium), V. Westeel (Besancon, France)

Thematic Poster Session


The many faces of sarcoidosis II

Chair(s): P. Rottoli (Siena, Italy), A. Azuma (Tokyo, Japan)

Thematic Poster Session


Various aspects of pulmonary fibrosis

Chair(s): C. Albera (Orbassano, Italy), P. Haslam (London, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Asthma and COPD: medication and management in primary care

Chair(s): A. Ostrem (Oslo, Norway), T. Van Der Molen (Groningen, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Health status in COPD and asthma: its relevance in pulmonary rehabilitation

Chair(s): A. Kaptein (Leiden, The Netherlands), M. Spruit (Wilsele-Putkapel, Belgium)

Thematic Poster Session


MP13 - Diaphragm strength measurement: current concepts

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MP8 - Lung involvement in connective tissue disease

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MP11 - Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in children

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MP7 - Management of a chest tube with prolonged air leak in a respiratory unit

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Perioperative considerations in general thoracic surgery

Chair(s): P. Van Schil (Edegem, Belgium), D. Subotich (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro)

Oral Presentation


Gene expression, receptors and markers in lung cancer

Chair(s): C. Mascaux (Brussels, Belgium), G. Buccheri (Cuneo, Italy)

Poster Discussion


Biological and treatment aspects of tuberculosis

Chair(s): C. Saltini (Rome, Italy), A. Sanduzzi (Naples, Italy)

Poster Discussion


Epidemiology in paediatric asthma

Chair(s): L. Garcia-Marcos (El Palmar Murcia, Spain), V. Macek (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Poster Discussion


Pleural effusions and pneumothorax

Chair(s): R. Loddenkemper (Berlin, Germany), Y. Lee (London, United Kingdom)

Poster Discussion


Non-invasive ventilation: new bricks in the wall

Chair(s): M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), J. Winck (Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal)

Poster Discussion


COPD pathogenesis: new insights

Chair(s): M. Saetta (Padova, Italy), G. Schultze-Werninghaus (Bochum, Germany)

Poster Discussion


Paediatric bronchology - a broad field

Chair(s): E. Eber (Graz, Austria), A. Barbato (Padova, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Update on orphan lung diseases

Chair(s): U. Costabel (Essen, Germany), S. Harari (Milan, Italy)

Symposium


Information for the active clinician

Chair(s): J. Zielinski (Warsaw, Poland), J. Sorli (Golnik, Slovenia)

Oral Presentation


Better understanding of lung function decline and COPD

Chair(s): J. Anto (Barcelona, Spain), J. Soriano (Collegeville, United States of America)

Oral Presentation


Muscle training and chronic lung disease

Chair(s): M. Connor (Dublin, Ireland), J. Bott (Ashford, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


New insights in respiratory infections in children

Chair(s): M. H. Goetz (Vienna, Austria), M. Canciani (Udine, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Combination therapy for asthma. Which, why and how?

Chair(s): E. Bateman (Cape Town, South Africa), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Outcome in severe pneumonia

Chair(s): T. Welte (Hannover, Germany), A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)

Symposium


Mechanical factors limiting physical exercise in disease

Chair(s): E. F. M. Wouters (Maastricht, The Netherlands), V. Brusasco (Genova, Italy)

Symposium


Scientific year in review

Chair(s): M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom), R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Hot topics


Lung cancer staging: not as simple as it seems?

Chair(s): M. Noppen (Brussels, Belgium), C. Bolliger (Basel, Switzerland)

Symposium


Radiology Grand Round: an interactive session

Chair(s): F. Laurent (Pessac, France), B. Ghaye (Liege, Belgium), G. Ferretti (Grenoble, France)

Major Symposium


Antibiotic therapy: short- and long-term outcomes in LRTI

Chair(s): R. Grossman (Mississauga, Canada)

Evening Symposium


Asthma management - important issues

Chair(s): P. J. Barnes (London, United Kingdom)

Evening Symposium


New modalities and application in lung and airway imaging

Chair(s): H. Tiddens (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), F. Herth (Heidelberg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Workshop: tests of respiratory muscle strength

Chair(s): M. Polkey (London, United Kingdom), N. Verhey (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Symposium


Control of breathing

Chair(s): W. De Backer (Edegem, Belgium), V. Donic (Kosice, Slovakia)

Oral Presentation


Assessing the relevance of obstructive airway diseases

Chair(s): J. Vestbo (Manchester, United Kingdom), A. Gulsvik (Bergen, Norway)

Oral Presentation


Progresses in granolomatous lung disease

Chair(s): M. Drent (Maastricht, The Netherlands), J. Muller-Quernheim (Freiburg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


What's new in tobacco and lung disease

Chair(s): L. Carrozzi (Pisa, Italy), C. Gratziou (Athens, Greece)

Oral Presentation


Improving asthma control in the harder-to-reach population

Chair(s): M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy), K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


COPD - acute exacerbations

Chair(s): L. Fabbri (Modena, Italy), E. Russi (Zurich, Switzerland)

Oral Presentation


Paediatric Clinical Grand Round: an interactive session

Chair(s): W. Lenney (Nantwich, United Kingdom), A. Boner (Verona, Italy)

Major Symposium


In vivo - approaches to lung injury

Chair(s): J. Erjefalt (Lund, Sweden), A. Prasse (Freiburg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


New treatments in pulmonary hypertension

Chair(s): W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany), G. Simonneau (Clamart, France)

Hot topics


Protocols in the critically ill patient

Chair(s): L. Nicod (Bern, Switzerland), E. Ibrahim (Alexandria, Egypt)

Symposium


Major viral threats to the lung

Chair(s): A. Papi (Ferrara, Italy), S. L. Johnston (London, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Pathophysiology of lung cancer progression: impact in diagnosis and early detection

Chair(s): L. Montuenga (Pamplona, Spain), E. Brambilla (Grenoble, France)

Symposium


An update on the mechanisms of pulmonary oedema formation and reabsorption

Chair(s): J. Hamacher (Homburg, Germany), J. Pittet (San Francisco, United States of America)

Symposium


Childhood respiratory epidemiology

Chair(s): C. Kuehni (Bern, Switzerland), W. Van Aalderen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Poster Discussion


Novel physiotherapeutic interventions in medical, surgical and neurological conditions

Chair(s): T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), R. Garrod (London, United Kingdom)

Poster Discussion


Tuberculosis, hydatidosis, empty scheme and pleural disease

Chair(s): D. Subotic (Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro), D. Petrov (Sofia, Bulgaria)

Poster Discussion


Epidemiology of smoking and smoking cessation

Chair(s): M. Jaakkola (Birmingham, United Kingdom), J-F. Tessier (Bordeaux, France)

Poster Discussion


Noninvasive methods to study airway epithelium in patients

Chair(s): P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands), O. Holz (Grosshansdorf, Germany)

Poster Discussion


Prognostic factors in lung cancer

Chair(s): P. Zatloukal (Prague, Czech Republic), E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France)

Oral Presentation


Experimental approaches to the study of chronic cough and cigarette smoking

Chair(s): A. Morice (Cottingham, United Kingdom), R. Polosa (S Gregorio Di Catania, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Monitoring paediatric asthma

Chair(s): J. C. De Jongste (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), K. Nemsadze (Tbilisi, Georgia)

Oral Presentation


Epidemiology and control of tuberculosis and LTBI

Chair(s): R. Zaleskis (Copenhagen, Denmark), G. Migliori (Tradate, Italy)

Oral Presentation


Diagnosis, staging, epidemiology, management

Chair(s): V. Ninane (Brussels, Belgium), N. Schoenfeld (Berlin, Germany)

Poster Discussion


Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Chair(s): O. Sitbon (Clamart, France), J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Extrinsic allergic alveolitis

Chair(s): B. Nemery (Leuven, Belgium), C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany)

Symposium


Non-invasive ventilation: what's new?

Chair(s): B. Schonhofer (Hannover, Germany), J. Janssens (Geneva, Switzerland)

Oral Presentation


Microorganisms: good, bad or ugly in allergic respiratory disease

Chair(s): S. Holgate (Southampton, United Kingdom), P. J. Sterk (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Symposium


Various scenarios produced by cancer and lung transplantation: dialogue between oncogenesis and immunosuppression

Chair(s): A. Boehler (Zurich, Switzerland), G. Massard (Strasbourg, France)

Symposium


Does COPD begin in childhood? Reviewing the evidence

Chair(s): P. Helms (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), M. Zach (Graz, Austria)

Symposium


Clinical year in review

Chair(s): P. Camus (Dijon, France), K. Haeussinger (Gauting, Germany)

Hot topics


Traffic, particles and health

Chair(s): N. Kunzli (Los Angeles, United States of America), B. Forsberg (Umea, Sweden)

Oral Presentation


Occupational airway disease: allergy and irritation

Chair(s): D. Heederik (Utrecht, The Netherlands), D. Fishwick (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Lung function in infants and children in health and disease

Chair(s): S. Turner (Aberdeen, United Kingdom), F. Horak (Vienna, Austria)

Thematic Poster Session


Epidemiology of smoking among health staff

Chair(s): F. Mihaltan (Bucharest, Romania), S. Nardini (Vittorio Veneto, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Epidemiology of smoking among children and adolescents

Chair(s): E. Dagli (Istanbul, Turkey), G. Invernizzi (Prata Camportaccio, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Allergy and immunology in asthma and rhinitis: children and adults

Chair(s): J.O. Warner (Southampton, United Kingdom), J. Lotvall (Gothenburg, Sweden)

Thematic Poster Session


Organic dusts - warfare and disasters

Chair(s): T. Sigsgaard (Aarhus, Denmark), P. Henneberger (Morgantown, United States of America)

Thematic Poster Session


Miscellaneous including cancer epidemiology

Chair(s): F. Pistelli (Pisa, Italy), T. Eagan (Bergen, Norway)

Thematic Poster Session


Epidemiology of COPD

Chair(s): H. M. Boezen (Groningen, The Netherlands), K. May (Warsaw, Poland)

Thematic Poster Session


Cystic fibrosis: of exercise, aerosol and more

Chair(s): L. Dracea (Brasov, Romania), B. Assael (Milan, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Mechanisms of inflammatory reactions in asthma, COPD and models of allergic airway disease

Chair(s): M. Hylkema (Groningen, The Netherlands), J. C. Virchow (Rostock, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Different aspects of asthma

Chair(s): Q. Jobsis (Maastricht, Netherlands), R. Primhak (Sheffield, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


The paediatric airway: diagnostic and therapeutic approaches

Chair(s): P. Pohunek (Prague, Czech Republic), F. Midulla (Rome, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Miscellaneous respiratory infections in children

Chair(s): J. E. Dankert-Roelse (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), F. De Benedictis (Ancona, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Biology of tuberculosis

Chair(s): A. Sanduzzi Zamparelli (Naples, Italy), C. Lange (Borstel, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Childhood respiratory epidemiology II

Chair(s): I. Chkhaidze (Tbilisi, Georgia), A. Valiulis (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Thematic Poster Session


Adult and paediatric surgery for benign disease

Chair(s): D. Van Raemdonck (Leuven, Belgium), P. Yablonsky (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical issues before and after lung transplantation

Chair(s): J. J. G. Egan (Dublin, Ireland), M. Iversen (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Thematic Poster Session


Treatment of respiratory infections

Chair(s): A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), F. Paganin (St Pierre, France)

Thematic Poster Session


Respiratory infections: miscellanea

Chair(s): G. Rohde (Bochum, Germany), V. Kolek (Olomouc, Czech Republic)

Thematic Poster Session


Treatment of pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis

Chair(s): L. Casali (Terni, Italy), E. Panic (Sombor, Serbia and Montenegro)

Thematic Poster Session


Exploring alternative mechanisms and treatments

Chair(s): G. Di Maria (Catania, Italy), P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Treatment of tuberculosis in susceptible and MDR patients

Chair(s): R. Zaleskis (Copenhagen, Denmark), P. D. O. Davies (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Resistant and MDR tuberculosis

Chair(s): J. Sorli (Golnik, Slovenia), P. De Colombani (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Thematic Poster Session


Airway regulation and response I

Chair(s): N. Scichilone (Palermo, Italy), S. Centanni (Milan, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Management strategies in chronic failure

Chair(s): J-F. Muir (Rouen, France), R. S. Goldstein (Toronto, Canada)

Thematic Poster Session


Monitoring response to treatment in asthma and COPD

Chair(s): P. Chanez (Montpellier, France), G. D'Amato (Naples, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Diagnostic procedures, staging of lung cancer and screening

Chair(s): C. Mascaux (Brussels, Belgium), B. Mennecier (Strasbourg, France)

Thematic Poster Session


Physiological studies in healthy humans

Chair(s): C. Spengler (Zurich, Switzerland), A. Aliverti (Milan, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Asthma management IV

Chair(s): H. Worth (Fuerth, Germany), W. Pohl (Grimmenstein, Austria)

Thematic Poster Session


Asthma management V

Chair(s): A. Hamzaoui (Ariana, Tunisia), U. Juergens (Bonn, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - diagnosis and staging III

Chair(s): N. Siafakas (Heraklion, Greece), M. Luisetti (Pavia, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - outcome

Chair(s): J. Haughney (East Kilbride, United Kingdom), M. Cazzola (Naples, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Pulmonary hypertension and related pathology

Chair(s): A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation), K. F. Rabe (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Assessment of lung function and side-effects in various diseases

Chair(s): J. Homolka (Prague, Czech Republic), J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain)

Thematic Poster Session


Evolutions in bronchoscopic procedures

Chair(s): J. Strausz (Budapest, Hungary), J-M. Vergnon (St Etienne, France)

Thematic Poster Session


COPD - health-related quality of life and patients' needs

Chair(s): P. Jones (London, United Kingdom), M. Partridge (London, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Lung tumour metastases, rare tumours paraneoplastic syndromes

Chair(s): E. Jassem (Gdansk, Poland), J. Domagala-Kulawik (Warsaw, Poland)

Thematic Poster Session


Miscellaneous diffuse parenchymal lung disease

Chair(s): C. Robalo Cordeiro Jr (Coimbra, Portugal), V. Poletti (Forli, Italy)

Thematic Poster Session


Respiratory disease management in primary care

Chair(s): B. Stallberg (Trosa, Sweden), A. Sheikh (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


Noninvasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure

Chair(s): W. Windisch (Freiburg, Germany), M. Ciontu (Bucharest, Romania)

Thematic Poster Session


Pulmonary fibrosis and pleural disease

Chair(s): G. Zissel (Freiburg, Germany), T. Geiser (Bern, Switzerland)

Thematic Poster Session


Airway epithelial cells in inflammatory and host defence

Chair(s): E. Puchelle (Reims, France), P. Hiemstra (Leiden, The Netherlands)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical aspects of OSA I

Chair(s): T. Penzel (Marburg, Germany), R. Riha (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


From mice to men: acute lung injury

Chair(s): H. Wirtz (Leipzig, Germany), S. Uhlig (Borstel, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Pulmonary hypertension

Chair(s): M. Kneussl (Vienna, Austria), H. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany)

Thematic Poster Session


Clinical aspects of OSA II

Chair(s): Y. Peker (Skoevde, Sweden), P. M. A. Calverley (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Thematic Poster Session


MP18 - Pre-operative pulmonary assessment

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MP15 - Pharmacogenetics

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MP1 - What more can we learn from body-box measurements compared with spirometry?

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MP14 - Treatment of acute cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

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Clinical features of mycobacteriosis

Chair(s): P. Kelly (Dublin, Ireland), G. Besozzi (Sondalo, Italy)

Poster Discussion


Applied physiology in clinical practice

Chair(s): R. Pellegrino (Cuneo, Italy), J. Moxham (London, United Kingdom)

Poster Discussion


Epidemiology and risk factors in asthma

Chair(s): C. Mapp (Ferrara, Italy), J. Heinrich (Neuherberg, Germany)

Poster Discussion


Diagnostic and therapeutic evolutions in bronchoscopy

Chair(s): J. Annema (Leiden, The Netherlands), M. Tercelj-Zorman (Ljubljana, Slovenia)

Poster Discussion


Clinical application of paediatric lung function testing

Chair(s): N. Beydon (Paris, France), H. Ljungberg (Stockholm, Sweden)

Poster Discussion


COPD, asthma and lung cancer in primary care

Chair(s): M. Levy (Middlesex, United Kingdom), O. C. P. Van Schayck (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

Poster Discussion


Management of lung cancer: clinical problems

Chair(s): P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), R. Huber (Munich, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Metabolic control in OSA

Chair(s): M. Bonsignore (Palermo, Italy), J. Verbraecken (Edegem, Belgium)

Oral Presentation


Pulmonary function outcome, respiratory morbidity in prematurely born children and acute lung injury

Chair(s): B. Yuksel (London, United Kingdom), A. Greenough (London, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Spirometry - now and in the future

Chair(s): C. Phillips (Rochester, United Kingdom), M. Swanney (Christchurch, New Zealand)

Oral Presentation


Novelties in asthma progression and risks

Chair(s): P. Bakke (Bergen, Norway), I. Annesi Maesano (Villejuif, France)

Oral Presentation


Systemic effects of COPD

Chair(s): M. Tubilsky (Tel Aviv, Israel), A. Schols (Maastricht, The Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Inflammation and remodelling in allergy and asthma

Chair(s): P. J. Sterk (Leiden, The Netherlands), R. Djukanovic (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Oral Presentation


Physiotherapy in the critically ill patient

Chair(s): M. W. Elliott (Leeds, United Kingdom), J. Bott (Ashford, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Environmental tobacco smoke and obstructive lung disease

Chair(s): M. Eisner (San Francisco, United States of America), M. Jaakkola (Birmingham, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Biological agents in the therapy of sarcoidosis

Chair(s): M. Spiteri (Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom), R. P. Baughman (Cincinnati, United States of America)

Hot topics


Impact of the respiratory system on diving fitness and accidents

Chair(s): H. Matthys (Freiburg, Germany), R. Moon (Durham, United States of America)

Symposium


Food allergy, atopic dermatitis and asthma

Chair(s): A. Sprikkelman (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), J.O. Warner (Southampton, United Kingdom)

Symposium


Community-acquired pneumonia: clinical approaches

Chair(s): F. Blasi (Milan, Italy), W. Boersma (Alkmaar, The Netherlands)

Oral Presentation


Screening and imaging of lung cancer

Chair(s): C. Brambilla (Grenoble, France), R. Huber (Munich, Germany)

Oral Presentation


What's new in the pleura

Chair(s): J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), M. Froudarakis (Heraklion, Greece)

Oral Presentation


Resistant and multidrug resistant tuberculosis

Chair(s): J. Sorli (Golnik, Slovenia), T. Mihaescu (Iasi, Romania)

Oral Presentation


News about pulmonary embolism

Chair(s): M. Kneussl (Vienna, Austria), G. Sybrecht (Homburg/Saar, Germany)

Oral Presentation


COPD - pulmonary haemodynamics and gas exchange

Chair(s): H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria), C. Vogelmeier (Marburg, Germany)

Oral Presentation


Old timers still around: fibres and inorganic dusts

Chair(s): P. De Vuyst (Brussels, Belgium), J. Pairon (Creteil, France)

Oral Presentation


Pulmonary hypertension: pathophysiology

Chair(s): M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), G. Simonneau (Clamart, France)

Oral Presentation


A sceptical look at lung cancer screening

Chair(s): E. Quoix (Strasbourg, France), J. Pedersen (Hellerup, Denmark)

Symposium


Mechanisms of resolution of inflammation

Chair(s): I. Vachier (Montpellier, France), B. Levy (Boston, United States of America)

Symposium