Sunday, April 25, 9.30 – 10.00

JW Dubai Marriott Hotel, Amal Grand Ballroom

Opening Ceremony

Welcome Addresses

Sunday, April 25, 10.00 – 12.00

JW Dubai Marriott Hotel, Amal Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Walter Canonica   Genoa, Italy

WAO Position Paper on SLIT

Allen P. Kaplan   Charleston, USA

Update on inflammatory cytokines and asthma

Hendrik Nolte   Denmark

Asthma control and exacerbations

Sami Bahna   Shreveport, USA

Respiratory manifestations of food allergy

Sunday, April 25, 12.30 – 14.00

JW Dubai Marriott Hotel, Amal Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Walter Canonica   Genoa, Italy

Relevance of patients’ reported outcomes in clinical practice

Ronald Dahl   Arthus, Denmark

Structure and function of the lung’ or ‘new treatments for COPD

Franklin Cerasoli  New York, USA

Emerging treatment paradigms in COPD:  Past and present learnings for future implementation

Sunday, April 25, 15.00 – 17.00

JW Dubai Marriott Hotel, Amal Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Enver Hasanoğlu  Ankara, Turkey

Current status of pediatric training in medical faculties in Turkey

Peter Hoyer   Essen, Germany

Minimal change disease

Abdulaziz Al-Twaim   Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Diagnosis and management of diabetic ketoacidosis in children

Peter Hoyer   Essen, Germany

Advances in the treatment of steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome

Wassil Nowicky   Vienna, Austria

NSC 631570 in the treatment of recurrent bronchopulmonary diseases in children

Adnan Bajraktarevic   Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Incidence of children's chronic fatigue syndrome in Sarajevo and prognosis for recovering

Sunday, April 25, 17.00 – 19.00

JW Dubai Marriott Hotel, Amal Grand Ballroom

Plenary Session

Allen P. Kaplan   Charleston, USA

The relationship of the lung, bradykinin metabolism, and angioedema

Todor Popov   Sofia, Bulgaria

Asthma phenotypes and inflammation in different compartments of the airways

Eric Hazouard   Tours-Saint Cyr sur Loire, France

Sleep disorders in asthma: relevance to disease’ control, medications and drugs’choices

Nikolai Khaltaev   Geneva, Switzerland

Chronic respiratory diseases in primary health care

Birthe Dahl   Arthus, Denmark

Quality management of asthma and COPD patients

Sunday, April 25, 20.00

JW Dubai Marriott Hotel, Deira Ballroom

Congress Banquet

Admission by tickets only

Sunday, April 25, 10.00 – 18.00

JW Dubai Marriott Hotel, Pre-Function A and B, Amal Grand Ballroom

Poster Session

Emelie Naslund Salomonsson, Bo Koch, Linda Elfsmark, Anders Bucht  FOI – Swedish Defence Research Agency, Umea, Sweden; Umeå University, Umea, Sweden

Studies on pathogenesis and pharmaceutical intervention in an animal model of chronic asthma

Su-Ying Low, Karen Tan Li-Leng, Mariko Koh Siyue, Ghee-Chee Phua   Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Sensitization to house dust mites in adults with asthma and allergic rhinitis in Singapore

Aneta Krogulska, Krystyna Wąsowska-Królikowska, Ewa Polakowska, Slawomir Chrul   Medical University of Lodz, Poland

The influence of food challenges on the condition of respiratory tract and receptor expression on T and B lymphocytes in children with asthma and food allergy

Heidarzadeh Arani, Marzieh-Ahmadi, Ahmad-Ghasemieh, Gholamreza   Medical University of Kashan, Iran

Evaluation of prevalence of high birth weight in 5–15 years old asthmatic children referring to Kashan asthma and allergy clinic

V. Čukić, A. Ustamujić, I. Sladic, M. Konjic   Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases and TB “Podhrastovi” Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cytological sputum findings in patients with bronchial asthma treated with inhaled glucocorticoids

Z. Arsovski, M. Gavrilovski, B. Kaeva, Z. Goseva   Clinic of Pulmonology and Allergy, Medical Faculty, Skopje, Macedonia

Comparative, randomized, double blind clinical study concerning the effect of different inhaled corticosteroids in asthmatic patients

Robert Nathan, Eli Meltzer, Steven Weinstein, Hendrik Nolte, Jorge Maspero   Asthma and Allergy Associates and Research Center, Colorado Springs, CO, USA; Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA; Allergy & Asthma Specialists Medical Group, Huntington Beach, CA, USA; Schering Corp., a Division of Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, USA; Fundación Cidea, Allergy and Respiratory Research Unit, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Safety of mometasone furoate/formoterol combination therapy for the treatment of persistent asthma

Eli Meltzer, Hendrik Nolte, Craig LaForce   Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA; Schering Corp., a Division of Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, North Carolina Clinical Research, Raleigh, NC, USA

Low-dose mometasone furoate/formoterol therapy: safety and tolerability findings from a study investigating the effects of a new combination treatment for asthma

Robert Nathan, David Pearlman, Hendrik Nolte, Anjuli Nayak   Asthma and Allergy Associates and Research Center, Colorado Springs, USA; Colorado Allergy and Asthma Centers, P.C., Denver, USA; Schering Corp., a Division of Merck & Co., Kenilworth, NJ, USA; 4Sneeze, Wheeze & Itch Associates, Normal, USA

Safety and tolerability of mometasone furoate/formoterol for persistent asthma subjects who previously were treated with medium-dose inhaled corticosteroids alone or with a long-acting β2-agonist

Steven Weinstein, Kevin Murphy, Martha White, Hendrik Nolte, Jonathan Corren   Allergy & Asthma Specialists Medical Group, Huntington Beach, USA; Midwest Children\'s Chest Physicians, Omaha, USA; Institute for Asthma & Allergy, Wheaton, USA; Schering Corp., a Division of Merck & Co., Kenilworth, USA; Allergy Research Foundation, Inc, Los Angeles, USA

The safety and tolerability of high and medium doses of mometasone furoate/formoterol combination treatment in subjects with severe persistent asthma

Craig LaForce, Cindy Weinstein, Hendrik Nolte, Robert Nathan, Steven Weinstein, Heribert Staudinger, Eli Meltzer   Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, North Carolina Clinical Research, Raleigh, USA; Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, USA; Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, USA; Asthma and Allergy Associates, PC, Colorado Springs, USA; Allergy & Asthma Specialists Medical Group, Huntington Beach, USA; Schering-Plough, Kenilworth, USA; Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, San Diego, USA

Patient satisfaction with a pressurized metered-dose inhaler integrated dose counter containing a fixed dose mometasone furoate/formoterol combination

Elena Janeva, Angelko Gjorcev, D. Dimitrievska, M. Zdraveska, D. Todevski   PHI University Clinical Center, Skopje, Macedonia

Does the level of serum potassium decreases in patient with asthma who used the combination of Inhaled corticosteroids and Long-acting beta agonists

Mona Al-Ahmad, Nermina Arifohdzic, Naser Al Ahmed, Ali Al-Onizi, Nasser Fakim   Al-Rashed Allergy Center, Ministry of Health, Kuwait, State of Kuwait

Use of Omalizumab in patients with uncontrolled persistent allergic asthma: first experience of Kuwait

Ansari Qamar Husain   Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India

Use of Omalizumab in moderate to severe persistent asthma: an Indian experience

Ayten Kazimova   Azerbaijan Medical University, Municipal Clinical Hospital # 5, Baku, Azerbaijan

Efficacy of oral specific immunotherapy in the treatment of bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis

Hamidreza Jabbardarjani, Arda Kiani, Azadeh Arab, Mohammadreza Masjedi   Trachea Disease Research Center; NRITLD, Massih Daneshvary Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University MC, Tehran, Iran; Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, NRITLD, Massih Daneshvary Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University MC, Tehran, Iran

Central airway obstruction masquerading as difficult-to-treat asthma

Aida Ustamujic, Hasan Zutic, Vesna Cukic, Miran Konjic, Senahid Krekic, Irma Sladic   Clinical Center of Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The determinants of hospitalisation of asthmatic patients

G.P. Chatziantoniou, A.D. Alexopoulos, E.P. Theodorakopoulou, N.G. Giannopoulos, D.A. Kyriakou, G.A. Koulouris, P.T. Theodorakopoulos, A.D. Papagiannis   Health Department, Prefecture of Athens; Ergoerevnitiki, NGO; Research Institute of Pulmonary Diseases, Hygiene and Safety in Work, Athens; Department of Physics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

The use of thoracic electrical bioimpedance (TEB) method in the differential diagnosis of acute dyspnea

Nahid Ahmed Mohamed, Omer Musa   University of Gezira, Gezira State, Wad Medani, Sudan

Pattern of skin prick test among patients of occupational asthma in Al Ginaid sugarcane factory workers, Gezira state, Sudan

Nahid Ahmed Mohamed, Omer Musa   University of Gezira, Gezira State, Wad Medani, Sudan

Occupational asthma in Al Ginaid sugar factory workers, Gezira State, Sudan

E.P. Theodorakopoulou, G.P. Chatziantoniou, A.D. Alexopoulos, D.A. Kyriakou, G.A. Koulouris, P.T. Theodorakopoulos, A.D. Papagiannis    Ergoerevnitiki, NGO; Health Department, Prefecture of Athens; Research Institute of Pulmonary Diseases, Hygiene and Safety in Work, Athens; Department of Physics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

How atmospheric pollution can affect the incidence of bronchial asthma in the municipality of Megalopolis, Peloponnesus, Greece

Aida Ustamujic, Vesna Cukic, Hasan Zutic, Irma Sladic, Dina Dizdarevic Spago   Clinical Center of Sarajevo University, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Risk factors for mortality in patients with COPD

E. Roos-Engstrand, J. Pourazar, A.F. Behndig, A. Blomberg, A. Bucht   Dept. of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Division of Medicine, Umeå University; Dept. of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine & Allergy, Umeå University; Swedish Defense Research Agency, Division of CBRN Defense and Security, Umeå, Sweden

Expansion of cytotoxic T cells expressing the co-stimulatory receptor NKG2D in COPD

V. Čukić, A. Ustamujić, J. Abazović-Mornjaković, H. Žutić, I. Sladić, V. Lovre, S. Krekić   Clinic for Pulmonary Diseases and TB “Podhrastovi” Clinical Centre University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The blood level of eosinophil leucocytes in COPD

Liga Balode, Gunta Strazda, Normunds Jurka, Sergejs Isajevs, Immanuels Taivans   University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

The role of lipoxin A4 and its receptor in pathogenesis of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease

Tanja Grzetic-Romcevic, Boris Devcic, Silvana Sonc   Hospital Sezana, Sezana; Clinic for Respiratory Disease and Allergy, University Clinical Center, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Gastroesophageal reflux in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Dragica Pesut, Laura Ciobanu, Bhagybati Rajkumari, Marinela Raileanu, Bogdana Bursuc, Ljudmila Nagorni-Obradovic, Snezana Raljevic   School of Medicine University of Belgrade, Serbia; School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania; Regional Institute of Medical Science, Imphal, Manipur, India; Inastitute Marius Nasta, Bucharest, Romania, Mind Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Institute of Lung Diseases, Belgrade, Serbia

Illness perception in COPD patients

Farjad Amanolahi   Mashhad University of Medical Science, Mashad, Iran

Adherence to treatment by patients with asthma or COPD: Comparison between inhaled drugs and transdermal patch

Lenora C. Fernandez, Leandro L. Masanga, Jr   Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Medicine, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines

Preliminary investigation on the additive effects of high-intensity inspiratory muscle training in pulmonary rehabilitation among COPD patients in a developing country

Zlatica Goseva, Angelko Gjorcev, Zoran Arsovski, Suzana Arbutina, Elena Janeva   Clinic of Pulmology and Allergy, Skopje, Macedonia

Monitoring of inflammation in asthmatics versus patients with COPD

Tae-Bum Kim, Yun-Jeong Bae, You Sook Cho, Hee-Bom Moon   Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

A case of delayed diagnosis of endobronchial foreign body (fish bone) confused with bronchial asthma

Anna Ulitina, Yulia Ilkovich, Nina Shklyarevich   Pavlov State Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia

Cost-effectiveness analysis of asthma treatment strategies

Mohamed Abdel-Wahab   Chest Diseases Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

Combined, united and complicated airway diseases in the context of H1N1 in Holly Makkah around Hajj and Umera seasons