Advances in pneumology

CONFERENCE SERVICE

Poznan, June 6-7, 2008

Abstracts

Abstracts
W. Adamczyk, M. Siekierka, M. Tafil-Klawe, P. Złomańczuk, and P. Weber (Bydgoszcz - Poland). DAILY PATTERN OF BREATHING IN HEALTHY YOUNG MEN
J. Antczak, B. Horn, A. Richter, W. Jernajczyk, R. Bodenschatz, and E.W. Schmidt (Chemnitz - Germany, Warsaw - Poland). THE INFLUENCE OF OBESITY ON SLEEP QUALITY IN MALE SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS BEFORE AND DURING THERAPY
E. Babusikova, M. Jesenak, Z. Rennerova, P. Banovcin, D. Dobrota (Martin - Slovakia). OXIDATIVE AND NITROSATIVE STRESS AND BRONCHIAL ASTHMA IN CHILDREN
I. Teul, S. Baran (Szczecin, Zielona Góra - Poland). UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES IN SELF EVALUATION OF HEALTH STATUS OF POLISH STUDENTS BASED ON THE SF 36 QUESTIONNAIRE
S. Baran, I. Teul, A. Ignyś (Zielona Góra, Szczecin, Poznań - Poland). BUYING OTC - OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT.
B. Brajer, H. Batura-Gabryel, A. Nowicka, B. Kuźnar-Kamińska, and A. Szczepanik (Poznań - Poland). COULD THE CONCENTRATION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE-9 IN THE SERUM OF COPD PATIENTS RELATE TO THE BASIC DISEASE PROGRESS AND A DEGREE OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION?
B. Kuźnar-Kamińska, B. Brajer, H. Batura-Gabryel, Jacek Kamiński. TOBACCO SMOKING BEHAVIOR AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN POLAND
M. Brozmanova, J. Plevkova, M. Tatar, S. Varechova, and M. Kollarik (Martin - Slovakia, Baltimore - USA). CHANGES IN COUGH REFLEX SENSITIVITY IN A GUINEA PIG MODEL OF ALLERGIC RHINITIS
S. Cofta, E. Wysocka, T. Piorunem, M. Rzymkowska, H. Batura-Gabryel, L. Torliński (Poznan - Poland). OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKERS IN THE BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT STAGES OF OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME
S. Cofta and R. Staszewski (Poznan, Poland). HOSPITAL STAFF AND SMOKING HABITS: DO WE NEED A MODIFICATION OF SMOKING BEHAVIOR IN POLISH HOSPITALS?
U. Demkow, P. Winklewski, O. Potapińska, A. Lipińska, K. Popko, and M. Wąsik (Warsaw - Poland). CALCIUM SIGNALING IN NEUTROPHILS AND LYMPHOCYTES AND ITS MODIFICATION BY INSULIN
J. Winek, E. Rowińska-Zakrzewska, U. Demkow, J. Szopiński, M. Szołkowska, M. Filewska, J. Jagodziński, and K. Roszkowski-Śliż (Warsaw, Otwock - Poland). INTERFERON GAMMA PRODUCTION IN THE COURSE OF MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION
U. Demkow, K. Popko, E. Gorska, R. Plywaczewski, A. Stoklosa, P. Sliwinski, M. Wasik, and D. Gorecka (Warsaw - Poland). METABOLIC ABNORMALITIES AND INFLAMMATORY PARAMETERS IN OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA PATIENTS
A. Doboszynska and E. Świetlik (Warsaw - Poland). SPIROMETRY, SYMPTOMS, AND TREATMENT OF 3305 PATIENTS WITH ASTHMA DIAGNOSED BY FAMILY PHYSICIANS
J. Domagala-Kulawik (Warsaw - Poland). PHENOTYPIC ANALYSIS OF MACROPHAGES AND LYMPHOCYTES OF CIGARETTE SMOKERS
J. Domagała-Kulawik (Warsaw). EFFECTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKE ON LUNG AND SYSTEMIC IMMUNITY
D. Ziora, S. Dworniczak, and J. Kozielski (Zabrze - Poland). INDUCED SPUTUM METALLOPROTEINASES AND THEIR INHIBITORS IN RELATION TO EXHALED NITROGEN OXIDE AND SPUTUM NITRIC OXIDES AND OTHER INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES IN COPD PATIENTS
A. Gawlikowska-Sroka, J. Szczurowski, F. Czerwiński (Szczecin - Poland). THE PREVALENCE OF TOBACCO SMOKING AMONG POLISH AND FOREIGN MEDICAL STUDENTS
J. Goździk, S. Cofta, T. Piorunek, and H. Batura-Gabryel (Poznan - Poland). RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND LUNG FUNCTION IN ADULT CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS
K. Górska, R. Krenke, P. Korczyński, J. Kościuch, J. Domagała-Kulawik, and R. Chazan (Warsaw - Poland). EOSINOPHILIC AIRWAY INFLAMMATION IN COPD AND ASTHMA
K. Górska, R. Krenke, J. Domagała-Kulawik, P. Korczyński, P. Nejman-Gryz, J. Kościuch, K. Hildebrand, and R. Chazan (Warsaw - Poland). A COMPARISON OF CELLULAR AND BIOCHEMICAL MARKERS OF AIRWAY INFLAMMATION IN PATIENTS WITH MILD TO MODERATE ASTHMA AND COPD: AN INDUCED SPUTUM AND BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID STUDY
E.M. Grabczak, M. Dąbrowska, R. Krenke, J. Domagała-Kulawik, A. Domeracka-Kołodziej, M. Arcimowicz, M. Hamera, and R. Chazan (Warsaw - Poland). DOES THE CAUSE OF CHRONIC COUGH DEPEND ON THE DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH?
M. Grabicki, H. Parysek, and H. Batura-Gabryel (Poznan - Poland). COMORBIDITIES AS AN ELEMENT OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COPD
J. Hanacek, M. Tatar and J. Widdicombe (Martin - mSlovakia, London -UK). TRACHEOBRONCHIAL EXPIRATION REFLEX: A NEW INSIGHT INTO AIRWAY DEFENSIVE REFLEXES
A. Holownia, R. M Mroz, J. Noparlik, E. Chyczewska, and J. J Braszko. CBP AND PPAR? mRNAs AFTER CORTICOSTEROID OR FORMOTEROL THERAPY OF COPD PATIENTS
J. Nowak, D. Jastrzębski, W. Streb, P. Rozentryt, J. Wojarski, M. Greif, J. Kozielski, L. Poloński, M. Zembala, T. Kukulski. RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES: A TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING STUDY
J. Martinek, M. Tatar and M.Javorka (Martin - Slovakia). DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN VOLUNTARY COUGH SOUND AND SPEECH IN VOLUNTEERS BY SPECTRAL AND COMPLEXITY ANALYSIS
J. Knociková, J. Korpáš, M. Vrabec, and M.Javorka (Martin - Slovakia). A WAVELET ANALYSIS OF VOLUNTARY COUGH SOUND IN PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES
M. Jesenak, E. Babusikova, P. Durdik, Z. Havlicekova, D. Dobrota, P. Banovcin (Martin - Slovakia; Rome - Italy). EXHALED CARBON MONOXIDE AS A NEW POTENTIAL MARKER OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN CHILDREN
M. Jesenak, Z. Rennerova, Z. Havlicekova, L. Jakusova, R. Ronchetti, M.P. Villa, and P. Banovcin (Martin - Slovakia; Rome - Italy). RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS AND FOOD ALLERGENS
M. Kaczmarek, A. Nowicka, M. Kozłowska, H. Batura-Gabryel, and J. Sikora (Poznań - Poland). THE INFLUENCE OF PLEURAL MACROPHAGES ON PROLIFERATIVE ACTIVITY AND APOPTOSIS REGULATING PROTEINS OF MALIGNANT CELLS
M. Kosińska, A. Szwed, J. Cieślik, J. Goździk, and S. Cofta. BIOLOGICAL STATUS OF ADULT PATIENTS WITH CYSTIC FIBROSIS
R. Krenke, A. Safianowska, M. Paplińska, J. Nasiłowski, B. Dmowska-Sobstyl, E. Bogacka-Zatorska, A. Jaworski, and R. Chazan (Warsaw, Otwock - Poland). PLEURAL FLUID ADENOSINE DEAMINASE AND INTERFERON-GAMMA AS DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS IN TUBERCULOUS PLEURISY
A.M. Kucharska, E. Gorska, M. Wasik, and U. Demkow (Warsaw - Poland). ALTERED EXPRESSION OF T LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKERS IN CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS
J. Drobnik, A. Mastalerz-Migas, D. Reksa, R. Susło, A. Steciwko, and M. Jeleń (Opole, Wrocław - Poland). THE INFLUENCE OF NEURAMINIDASE ON GROWTH AND METASTATIC ABILITY OF A NEOPLASTIC TUMOR
D. Mokra, A. Drgova, J. Mokry, R. Pullmann, A. Calkovska, M. Petraskova, and B. Redfors (Martin - Slovakia). EFFECTS OF LOW-DOSE AND HIGH-DOSE AMINOPHYLLINE ON LUNG FUNCTION IN A MODEL OF MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME
D. Mokra, A. Drgova, J. Mokry, A. Calkovska, M. Petraskova, J. Bulikova, and P. Durdik (Martin - Slovakia). COMBINATION OF BUDESONIDE AND AMINOPHYLLINE IN EXPERIMENTAL MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME
A. Calkovska, D. Mokra, I. Engler, A. Drgova, M. Sivonova, Z. Tatarkova, M. Brozmanova, and M. Tatar (Martin - Slovakia). OXIDATIVE STATUS AND LUNG FUNCTIONS DURING THE LONG-TERM INHALATION OF MEDICINAL OXYGEN (O2) IN COMPARISON WITH PARTIALLY IONIZED OXYGEN (O2- AND O2+) IN GUINEA PIGS
J. Mokry, D. Mokra, G. Nosalova, M. Beharkova, and Z. Feherova (Martin - Slovakia). INFLUENCE OF SELECTIVE INHIBITORS OF PHOSPHODIESTERASE-3 AND PHOSPHODIESTERASE-4 ON COUGH AND AIRWAY REACTIVITY
R. M. Mróz, M. Korniluk, A. Stasiak-Barmuta, and E. Chyczewska (Bialystok - Poland). INCREASED LEVELS OF INTERLEUKIN-12 AND INTERLEUKIN-18 IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID OF PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY SARCOIDOSIS
R. M. Mroz, K. Kordecki, M. D. Kozlowski, A. Baniukiewicz, A. Lewszuk, Z. Bondyra, J. Laudanski, A. Dabrowski, and E. Chyczewska (Białystok - Poland). SEVERE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS CAUSED BY CENTRAL AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION TREATED WITH SELF-EXPANDABLE METALLIC STENTS
R M. Mroz, M. Korniluk, A. Stasiak-Barmuta, and E. Chyczewska (Bialystok - Poland). UPREGULATION OF TH1 CYTOKINE PROFILE (IL-12, IL-18) IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERSENSITIVITY PNEUMONITIS.
R. Krenke, J. Nasiłowski, T. Przybyłowski, and R. Chazan (Warsaw - Poland). ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN PATIENTS WITH SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
L. Niebrój (Katowice). THE ORIGINS OF BIOETHICS: ADVANCES IN RESUSCITATION TECHNIQUES.
S. Nosal, P. Durdik, M. Sutovska, S. Franova, V. Nosal, J. Koppl, and P. Banovcin (Martin, Bratislava, Slovakia). AN ANALYSIS OF AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION PARAMETERS IN HEALTHY CHILDREN DEPENDING ON MOTHER-SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY
S. Nosal, P. Durdik, A. Luptakova, M. Sutovska, Z. Havlicekova, and P. Banovcin (Martin - Slovakia). THERAPEUTIC POSSIBILITIES IN CHILDREN'S ARDS: A REPORT OF TWO CASES
R. Pawlińska-Chmara, I. Wronka, and M. Muc (Krakow-Poland). PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF ALLERGIC DISEASES AMONG CHILDREN
M. Mossakowska, R. Pawlinska-Chmara, and K. Broczek (Opole, Warsaw - Poland). ASTHMA, ALLERGY, AND RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS IN CENTENARIANS LIVING IN POLAND
T. Piorunek, A. Marszałek, W. Biczysko, S. Cofta, J. Goździk, and M. Seget (Poznan, Bydgoszcz - Poland). CORRELATION BETWEEN THE STAGE OF A DISEASE AND THE INTENSITY OF MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN ADULT CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS
J. Plevkova, J. Antosiewicz, S. Varechova, and M. Tatar (Martin - Slovakia, Warsaw - Poland). FACILITATION OF THE COUGH RESPONSE DURING RHINITIS: THE ROLE OF THE FIRST AFFERENT NEURON
M. Pokorski and J. Antosiewicz (Warsaw). THE INFLUENCE OF ANESTHESIA ON THE HYPOXIC VENTILATORY RESPONSE IN SENESCENT RATS.
I. Poliaček, J. Jakuš, J. Knociková, H. Baráni, E. Halašová, and N. Višňovcová (Martin - Slovakia). MEDULLARY RAPHE MIDLINE IS INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION OF EXPULSIVE EXPIRATIONS IN ANESTHETIZED RABBITS
I. Poliaček, L.W.C. Corrie, M.J. Rose, C. Wang, and D.C. Bolser (Gainesville - USA, Martin - Slovakia). THE INFLUENCE OF MICROINJECTION OF D,L-HOMOCYSTEIC ACID INTO THE BÖTZINGER COMPLEX AREA ON THE COUGH REFLEX IN THE CAT
M. Leidag, C. Hader, T. Keller, Y. Meyer, K. Rasche (Wuppertal - Germany). MASK LEAKAGE IN CPAP AND C-FLEX
M. Orth, C. Diekmann, B. Suchan, J.-W. Walther, G. Schultze-Werninghaus, K. Rasche, H.W. Duchna, and S. Kotterba (Bochum, Wuppertal - Germany). DRIVING SIMULATOR INVESTIGATIONS IN PATIENTS WITH COPD
O. Rassokhina and A.Dorofeyev (Donetsk - Ukraine). THE ROLE OF SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF COPD
A. Rekawek, D. Zajac, and M. Pokorski (Warsaw - Poland). THE INFLUENCE OF MANGIFERIN, A POLYPHENOLIC ANTIOXIDANT, ON THE HYPOXIC VENTILATORY RESPONSE IN THE RAT
D. Weiner, Y. Levy, E. Khankin, and A. Z. Reznick (Haifa - Israel, Boston - USA). INHIBITION OF SALIVARY AMYLASE ACTIVITY BY CIGARETTE SMOKE ALDEHYDES
G. Scheuch and R. Siekmeier (Gemünden, Bonn - Germany). INHALED INSULIN - DOES IT BECOME REALITY?
P.O. Schueller, M.G. Hennersdorf, B.E. Strauer, and S. Steiner (Düsseldorf - Germany). CARDIAC CHEMOREFLEX SENSITIVITY IN CRITICAL ILL PATIENTS
R. Siekmeier and G. Scheuch (Bonn, Gemünden - Germany). SYSTEMIC TREATMENT BY INHALATION OF MACROMOLECULES - PRINCIPLES, PROBLEMS, AND EXAMPLES
R. Siekmeier, J. Halbauer, and D. Wetzel (Bonn, Langen - Germany). SAFETY OF REAGENTS FOR INFECTION TESTING: RESULTS OF THE MARKET SURVEILLANCE BY THE BFARM UNTIL THE END 2006
M. Sobiecka, J. Kuś, U. Demkow, M. Filewska, A. Jóźwik, P. Radwan-Rohrenschef, and J. Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw - Poland). INDUCED SPUTUM IN PATIENTS WITH INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASES: A NON-INVASIVE SURROGATE FOR CERTAIN PARAMETERS IN BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID
S. Steiner, P.O. Schueller, M.G. Hennersdorf, and B.E. Strauer (Düsseldorf - Germany). OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS: EVIDENCE FOR PERSISTENT CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES OR SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION?
E. Swietlik, A. Doboszynska (Warsaw - Poland). RECURRENCE OF ARTERIO-VENOUS MALFORMATIONS WITH LIFE-THREATENING COMPLICATIONS IN A PREGNANT WOMAN WITH HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TELEANGIECTASIA
E. Swietlik and A. Doboszynska (Warsaw - Poland). SUCCESSIVE TREATMENT OF CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME WITH CYCLESONIDE AFTER ORAL STEROIDS DISCONTINUATION DUE TO SIDE EFFECTS
A. Szpechciński, R. Struniawski, M. Chabowski, M. Dancewicz, J. Golec, K. Szabłowska, P. Kopiński, J. Kowalewski, T. Orłowski, and J.Chorostowska-Wynimko (Warsaw, Bydgoszcz - Poland). QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME PCR EVALUATION OF FREE-CIRCULATING DNA IN PLASMA OF PATIENTS WITH RESECTABLE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
J. Chorostowska-Wynimko, M. Kędzior, A. Szpechciński, B. Gruber, A. Aleem, E. Anuszewska, J. Janku (Warsaw - Poland; Toledo, OH - USA). DIVERSE EFFECTS OF MUTATED PAI-1 ON THE CANCER CELLS BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY
I. Tonhajzerova, M. Javorka, Z. Trunkvalterova, O. Chroma, J. Javorkova, Z. Lazarova, M. Ciljakova, and K. Javorka (Martin - Slovakia). THE EVALUATION OF RESPIRATORY-CARDIOVASCULAR INTERACTIONS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION IN OBESITY
S.Varechova, J.Plevkova, M.Tatar, and J.Hanacek (Martin - Slovakia). COUGH REFLEX SENSITIVITY IN HEALTHY CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: DEPENDENCE ON GENDER AND PUBERTAL STAGE
R. Rola, H. Jarosz, A. Wierzbicka, A. Wichniak, W. Jernajczyk, P. Richter, and D. Ryglewicz (Warsaw - Poland). RECURRENCE OF CEREBROVASCULAR EVENTS AND CASE FATALITY IN PATIENTS WITH SLEEP BREATHING DISORDERS AND ISCHEMIC STROKE OR TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY
A. Wilczyńska-Kwiatek (Katowice - Poland). BOND DISORDERS OF PATIENT WITH ASTHMA: A CASE STUDY.
E. Wysocka, S. Cofta, M. Cymerys, J. Goździk, L. Torliński, H. Batura-Gabryel (Poznan - Poland). THE IMPACT OF SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME ON OXIDANT-ANTIOXIDANT BALANCE IN THE BLOOD OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PERSONS
D. Zajac and M. Pokorski (Warsaw - Poland). THE INFLUENCE OF N-OLEOYL-DOPAMINE ON THE RESPIRATORY RESPONSE TO HYPOXIA IN RATS
T.M. Zielonka, U. Demkow, M. Filewska, B. Białas-Chromiec, K. Życińska, E. Radzikowska, M. Korzeniewska, J. Kuś, K Wardyn, and E. Skopińska-Różewska (Warsaw - Poland). MODULATORY EFFECTS OF SERA FROM PATIENTS WITH VARIOUS TYPES OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS ON MONONUCLEAR CELL-INDUCED ANGIOGENESIS IN RELATION TO RADIOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PULMONARY CHANGES
K. Ziora, D. Ziora, J. Oświęcimska, W. Roczniak, E. Machura, S. Dworniczak, W. Tomalak, and A. Dyduch (Zabrze, Rabka - Poland). SPIROMETRIC PARAMETERS IN MALNOURISHED GIRLS WITH ANOREXIA NERVOSA
K. Zycinska, K.A. Wardyn, and T.M. Zielonka (Warsaw-Poland). AN ASSOCIACION BETWEEN CLINICAL SCORING OF DISEASE ACTIVITY AND HIGH-RESOLUTION CT FINDINGS IN PULMONARY WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS
K. Zycinska, K.A. Wardyn, T.M. Zielonka, and M. Straburzyński (Warsaw-Poland). CHRONIC CRUSTATION, NASAL CARRIAGE OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS, AND THE RELAPSE RATE IN PULMONARY WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS
K. Zycinska, K.A. Wardyn, T.M. Zielonka, and P. Tyszko (Warsaw-Poland). PROCALCITONIN AS AN INDICATOR OF A SYSTEMIC RESPONSE TO INFECTION OR REFRACTORY PULMONARY WEGENER'S GRANULOMATOSIS

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