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PROGRAMME
SESSION ONE
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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IRISH THORACIC SOCIETY • 11 - 12 November 2005 • WESTWOOD HOUSE HOTEL, GALWAY ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IRISH THORACIC SOCIETY • 11 - 12 November 2005 • WESTWOOD HOUSE HOTEL, GALWAY
SESSION PROGRAMME ONE
SLEEP
3.19 Endothelial-1 (ET-1) levels in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients and effect
of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment
A Arya, M Stack, K O’Sullivan, F Shanahan, CP Bredin
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork and Dept of
Statistics, University College of Cork, Cork
3.20 The role of angiogenesis in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
A Arya, M Stack, K O’Sullivan, F Shanahan, CP Bredin
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork and Dept of
Statistics, University College of Cork, Cork
3.21 Effect of continuous positive pressure (CPAP) treatment on proangiogenic
factors of angiogenesis in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) patients
A Arya, M Stack, K O’Sullivan, F Shanahan, CP Bredin
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork and Dept of
Statistics, University College of Cork, Cork
PHYSIOLOGY
3.22 Correlation between spirometry and respiratory resistance measured by
impulse oscillometry in patients with COPD
S Morrin, O Corrigan, N Stephens, J Power
Dept of respiratory Medicine, Naas General Hospital, Co Kildare
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
3.23 Distinguishable clinical clusters during acute pulmonary exacerbations of cystic
fobrosis
DF Waterhouse, R Barry, CG Gallagher
Dept of Respiratory Medicine and the National Referral centre for Adult Cystic
Fibrosis, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
3.24 Reproducibility of peripheral muscle strength testing in adult Cystic Fibrosis
patients
CM Reilly, 1 DF Waterhouse, 2 CG Gallagher 2
1. Dept of Physiotherapy and; 2. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, National Referral
Centre for Adult Cystic Fibrosis, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
3.25 The introduction of once daily Tobramycin dosing at the national referral centre
for adult Cystic Fibrosis in St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
C Muldowney, C Keane
Pharmacy Dept, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
3.26 Emergence of high grade Tobramycin resistance in P. aeruginosa isolates in the
sputum of children on bedulised tobramycin solution for inhalation
P McNally, G Leen, M Doyle, P Murphy, P Greally
Dept of Cystic Fibrosis National Children’s Hospital, Talaght, Dublin
3.27 Changes in the nature, severity and frequency of symptoms in patients with
Cystic Fibrosis during periods of clinical stability
SU McKenna, DF Waterhouse, CG Gallagher
Dept of Respiratory Medicine and the National Referral centre for Adult Cystic
Fibrosis, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
3.28 The administration of aminoglycosides to patients with Cystic Fibrosis:
current practice
BC Keane
St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
SARCOIDOSIS
3.29 Update on familial sarcoidsis in Ireland
P Govender, SC Donnelly
Dept of Medicine & Therapeutics, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
3.30 Best diagnostic bronchoscopic technique in sarcoidosis
Y Vapra, A Shamboul, A O’Brien
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar, Co Westmeath
3.31 Audit on the use of serum ACE in an Irish Regional Hospital
C Murtagh, A Shamboul, Y Vapra, A Brennan, A O’Brien
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar, Co Westmeath
ASTHMA
3.32 Auditing paediatric asthma – doest it work?
S Thavagnanam, M Smith
Dept of Paediatrics and AIR Centre, Craigavon Area Hospital
3.33 Asthma admissions in children in Galway, trends over 15 years
A Shabu, E Crushell, BG Loftus
Dept of Paediatrics, NUI, Galway
3.34 An evaluation of nurse-led respiratory service in the 21 st century: Can clinical
nurse specialists make a difference?
MF O’Driscoll, 1 MM Nagle, 1 Dr TJ Mc Donnell 2
1. Dept of Nursing and
2. Respiratory Medicine, St Michaels Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin
LUNG INFECTION / MECHANISMS
3.35 Adrenal insufficiency in patients with community acquired pneumonia
E Kelly, NG McElvaney, SJ O’Neill
Dept of Respiratory research, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
3.36 Predicting bacteraemia in patients with community acquired pneumonia
E Kelly, P Kane, C Canniffe, NG McElvaney
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE • VOLUME 174 • NUMBER 4 • SUPPLEMENT 3
IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE • VOLUME 174 • NUMBER 4 • SUPPLEMENT 3