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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
9.06 1.4 Influence of CFTR genotype on pulmonary disease in adult Cystic Fibrosis
patients from Belfast and Dublin Referral Centres
B Plant, 1, 2 J Courtney, S Elborn, 3 C Gallagher, 2 Clare O’Connor 1
1. UCD School of Medicine and Medical Science, The Conway Institute
2. St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
3. Respiratory Research Group, Depts of Medicine and Clinical Biochemistry and
Metabolic Medicine, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast
*Presented by A M McLaughlin, St Vincents University Hospital, Dublin
9.18 1.5 Outcomes following treatment with home intravenous therapy for acute
exacerbations of Cystic Fibrosis lung disease
S O’Beirne, P Barry, T McMahon, CG Gallagher
Dept of Respiratory Medicine and the National Referral Centre for Adult Cystic
Fibrosis, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
9.30 1.6 Quality of life in Cystic Fibrosis patients at Cork University Hospital
N Murphy, A Arya, C Sort and CP Bredin
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork
9.42 1.7 Reversible hypercapnia during acute pulmonary exacerbations in adults with
Cystic Fibrosis
DF Waterhouse, CG Gallagher
Dept of Respiratory Medicine and the National Referral centre for Adult Cystic
Fibrosis, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
9.54 1.8 Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) enhances growth of
P. aeruginosa in vitro: potential therapeutic strategy in Cystic Fibrosis
AM McLaughlin, ME Armstrong, JA Baugh, SD Donnelly
Dept of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Conway Institute of Biomolecular and
Biomedical Research, UCD and St Vincent’s University Hospital, ElmPark, Dublin
10.06 1.9 ADAM family of genes play a role in collagen deposition in an in vitro model of
pulmonary fibrosis
DT Keating, 1, 2 A Patricelli, 1 D Sadlier, 1 P Doran, 1 JJ Egan 2
1. Genome Research Unit and
2. Advanced Lung Disease Program, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin
10.18 1.10 Safety and efficacy of prolonged treatment of fibrosing alveolitis in
scleroderma with cyclophosphamide
MT Henry, 2 S Dass, 1 C Fernandes, 1 B Griffiths, 1 P Emery, 1
1. Dept of Rheumatology and
2. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK
Session 2: Asthma (11.15 – 12.30) — Robert Martin Suite
Chairpersons
Anthony O’Regan, University College Hospital, Galway
Joe McMahon, Belfast City Hospital
11.15 2.1 Non-adherence remains a problem in difficult asthma
J Gamble, A Lazenbatt, LG Heaney
Belfast City Hospital
11.27 2.2 Osteoporosis in the difficult to treat asthma population
B Korn, S Kealy, P Manning
Dept of Respiratory Medicine, St James’ Hospital, Dublin
11.39 2.3 Fluticasone propionate/salmeterol in combination improves health outcomes
and quality of life in children with poorly controlled asthma in Ireland
P Hill, 1 D Grant, 2 W Sawyer, 2 P Reeves, 2 J Hughes 3
1. Blackpool Health Centre, Blackpool, Co Cork; 2. Fourth Hurdle Consulting,
London UK; 3. Medical Dept, GlaxoSmithKline, Rathfarnham, Dublin
11.51 2.4 A randomized, placebo-controlled study of the effects of budesonide and
budesonide/formoterol during allergen challenge in atopic subjects with
asthma
TM O’Connor, MM Kelly, J Otis, GM Gauvreau, J Gauldie, PM O’Byrne
Mercy University Hospital, Cork; McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
12.03 2.5 The direct hospital based cost of an acute Asthma exacerbation in the Republic
of Ireland: COAX study
JM Hughes, 4 PJ Manning, 1 W McNigholas, 2 S Lane 3
1. St James’ Hospital, Dublin; 2. St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin; 3. Adelaide & Meath
Hospital, Tallaght, Dublin; 4. Medical Dept GlaxoSmithKline, Dublin
12.15 2.6 Childhood Asthma Admissions, 3 Twelve-Month Studies over 15 Years
A Shabu, M Carr, BG Loftus
Dept of Paediatrics, NUI, Galway
12.30 – 13.00 LUNCH — Restaurant
SPONSORED BY AIR PRODUCTS MEDICAL
13.00 – 14.30 POSTER VIEWING — Robert Martin Suite
10.30 1.11 Efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation in interstitial lung disease
DCP McSharry, 1 N Naji, 1 S Donnelly, 2 MC Connor, 1, 3 TJ McDonnell 1, 2
1. Dept of Respiratory Medicine, St Michael’s Hospital; 2. St Vincent’s University
Hospital, Dublin; 3. Dept of Physiotherapy, St Michael’s Hospital, Dun Laoghaire
10.45 – 11.15 MORNING TEA & COFFEE — Exhibition Area
SPONSORED BY ASTRAZENECA
IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE • VOLUME 174 • NUMBER 4 • SUPPLEMENT 3
IRISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE • VOLUME 174 • NUMBER 4 • SUPPLEMENT 3