Annual Congress Stockholm 2007

Saturday, 15.09.2007
Sunday, 16.09.2007
Monday, 17.09.2007
Tuesday, 18.09.2007
Wednesday, 19.09.2007

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, abstract number.

Material from 2007:

4066 Abstracts
635 Slide presentations
310 Webcasts
98 Handouts
1992 e-posters
310 Multimedia files

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PG16 - Management of pleural problems in your practice today

Postgraduate Course
Chairs: E. Canalis (Barcelona, Spain), C. Bolliger (Cape Town, South Africa)
Aims: This course will provide an overview of pleural problems in everyday practice. The specific aims of this course are:
• to provide an update on: treatment of empyema, diagnosis of pleural effusions, pleurodesis techniques and pneumothorax treatment;
• to provide information on surgical procedures;
• to discuss indications and results;
• to describe basic pleural techniques such as thoracentesis, drainage and management of chest tubes.

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Diagnostic problems in benign and malignant pleural effusions J. Janssen (Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Empyema treatment: about drains, fibrinolytics and when to call the surgeon R. Davies (Oxford, United Kingdom)
Indications and results of surgical pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax G. Cardillo (Roma, Italy)
Pleural techniques for pulmonary physicians C. Marquette (Lille, France)