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Business meeting Group 4.2 Sleep and control of breathing. Sunday September 16 Stockholm 2007 Prof. J. Verbraecken Prof. S. Andreas. Group 4.2 2006-2009. May 2006-May 2009: Group chair: J. Verbraecken Group secretary: S. Andreas. Group 4.2 Abstracts.
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Business meeting Group 4.2 Sleep and control of breathing Sunday September 16 Stockholm 2007 Prof. J. Verbraecken Prof. S. Andreas
Group 4.2 2006-2009 • May 2006-May 2009: • Group chair: J. Verbraecken • Group secretary: S. Andreas
Group 4.2 Abstracts 4% of the total number of abstracts submitted to the ERS congress
Sleep in Assembly 4 2004: 141/390= 36% 2005: 177/415=43% 2006: 169/433=39% 2007: 150/446=34% Sleep within the ERS 2004: 141/3970= 3.6% 2005: 177/4079= 4.3% 2006: 169/4375= 3.9% 2007: 150/3958= 3.8% Group 4.2 Accepted Abstracts
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 215 212 260 245 279 284 Members of Group 4.2 2001 173
Members of Group 4.2 • Current members: • From European continent: 79% • From outside of Europe: 21% • Primary group membership: 284 members • Members with Secondary interest in sleep: • 430 members (without voting rights) • Overall: 284+430= 714 members
Japan, Poland Turkey, Brazil Greece, Portugal France, Canada Argentinia, Germany Spain, Saoudi-Arabia Russia, Belgium, Finland, UK, Roumenia, Swiss, Austria, Italy Ireland, USA, Australia, Korea, Slovakia, Sweden, China, New Zeeland, Luxemburg, South-Africa, Denmark, Lithuania, Israel, Chile, Guatemala, Czech, Estonia, Hong-Kong, Iran Members of Group 4.2Origin: from 39 countries
Group 4.2Stockholm 2007 • 1 Postgraduate course on “Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of respiratory disorders during sleep” • 2 Assembly symposium • Gender-related aspects in sleep apnoea • Sleep apnea and cardiometabolic consequences • 1 Practical workshop on CPAP therapy • 0 Hot Topic symposium • 3 oral presentation sessions • 3 electronic poster discussion sessions • 4 Thematic Posters Sessions
Group 4.2Postgraduate course in München 2006Evaluation • Speakers made a clear and well organized presentation: 4.17/5 • Presentations provided useful information: 4.20/5 • Handouts appropriate and helpful: 4.14/5 • Slides: 4.13/5 • Speakers clarified content in response to questions: 4.10/5 • Technical facilities: 4.11/5 • Course mean: 4.15/5
Weinmann Geräte für Medizin GmbH+CO KG 3 x 1000 Euros Winners 2007: Dr. Stijn Verhulst (Wilrijk, Belgium): “SDB: a new risk factor of suspected fatty liver” Dr. Piotr Korczynski (Warsaw, Poland): “CPAP increases bronchial hyperreactivity in OSAS patients” Dr. Marcin Pacorek (Warsaw, Poland): “Obstructive sleep apnea in shift workers” Group 4.2Travel grants for Sleep Medicine
Group 4.2 Coming activities in 2008
Group 4.2ERS School Course on Sleep MedicineComing course New ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine will be organised. June 26-28, 2008 ? In Grenoble
Group 4.2Task force • We recently received an approval from the ERS to start a Task Force Group on Non-CPAP therapies.
Berlin, October 4-8, 2008 Hot Topics: January 11, 2008 Abstracts: February 21, 2008 Congress 2009 1st Round Symposia proposals: March 31, 2008 2nd Round Symposia proposals: Hot Topics: Abstracts: ? Group 4.2Deadlines for submissions
Website page Group 4.2 • Development of portal page with sleep medicine links • International Sleep Medicine Societies and Societies with interest in Sleep • National Sleep Medicine Societies • Journals with interest in sleep • Search machines for sleep • Organisations for sleep technicians • Patients organisations • General educational sites on sleep • Websites of study groups • Congresses and meetings on sleep Mandate Assembly website coordinator will end May 2008 !!!