Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.

Material from 2006:

4395 Abstracts
610 Slide presentations
175 Webcasts
95 Handouts
175 Multimedia files

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Man at altitude: benefits and risks of pre-existing respiratory impairment due to various diseases

Symposium
Chairs: H. Matthys (Freiburg, Germany), K. Bloch (Zurich, Switzerland)
Aims: The doctor will learn when and why altitude exposure may be a therapeutic and when it might be a harmful risk for the patient exposed to additional external hypoxia with respiratory impairment due to various diseases. Target audience: Clinicians, physiologists, pediatricians, trainees in sport medicine.

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Cystic fibrosis patients: do they profit from altitiude residence? B. Fauroux (Paris, France)
COPD and asthma patients: what can they expect of high altitude residences? G. Menz (Davos, Switzerland)