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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IRISH THORACIC SOCIETY • 11 - 12 November 2005 • WESTWOOD HOUSE HOTEL, GALWAY
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SESSION PROGRAMME ONE
Thursday, 10th November
14.00 – 17.00 SpR Training — Boardroom
Friday, 11th November
8.00 – 8.30 Registration / Tea & Coffee on Arrival — Lobby
8.45 – 11.45 PHYSIOTHERAPY FORUM
SPONSORED BY CRUINN DIAGNOSTICS LTD
8.45 – 11.45 TECHNICIANS’ FORUM
SPONSORED BY CRUINN DIAGNOSTICS LTD
8.45 – 11.45 NURSES’ FORUM
SPONSORED BY CRUINN DIAGNOSTICS LTD
Session 1: COPD / Interstitial Disease / Cystic Fibrosis (8.30 – 10.45)
— Robert Martin Suite
Chairpersons
Charlie Gallagher, St Vincents Hospital, Dublin
Gerry Daly, Altnagelvin Area Hospital, Londonderry
8.30 1.1 Twice versus once weekly supervision during pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in
COPD: 2- and 6-month follow-up
B O’Neill 1 , JM Bradley, 2,3 I Bradbury, 4 J MacMahon 3
1. School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ulster, Belfast; 2. School of
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Research Institute, University of Ulster,
Belfast; 3. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast; 4. School
of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Belfast
8.42 1.2 Analysis of FEV 1
/FEV 6
as an alternative to FEV 1
/FVC in diagnosing airway
obstruction using USA and European reference values in an Irish elderly
population
J Kelly, 1 PJ Manning, 1 P Goodman 2
1. Bon Secours Hospital Glasnevin, Dublin
2. School of Physics, DIT, Kevin Street, Dublin
8.54 1.3 Inappropriate fractional inspired oxygen concentration (FiO 2
) in pre-hospital
and A&E management of acute exacerbations of COPD
E Hayes, K Russell, U Quinn, G McElvaney and S O’Neill
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE • VOLUME 174 • NUMBER 4 • SUPPLEMENT 3