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Business meeting Group 4.2 Sleep and control of breathing
Monday September 14
Vienna 2009
Prof. J. Verbraecken
Prof. S. Andreas
Group 4.2 May 2006-September 2009:
• Group chair: J. Verbraecken
• Group secretary: S. Andreas
End of mandates
Group 4.2 Abstracts
2004 Glasgow
2005 Copen- hagen
2006
Münich
2007 Stock-holm
2008
Berlin
Abstracts received
166 219 208 192 291 (+34% !)
Abstracts accepted
141 (85%)
177
(81%)
169
(81%)
150
(78%)
220 (+47%)
(76%)
5.5% of the total number of abstracts submitted to the ERS congress (in 2007: 4%)
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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
Members of Group 4.2Origin: from 39 countries
• 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
Group 4.2Berlin 2008
• 1 Postgraduate course on “Nonapnoeic respiratory disorders during sleep”
• 1 Assembly symposium• Non CPAP therapies: crossing the borders ?
• 1 Practical workshop on CPAP therapy• 1 Hot Topic symposium “Portable monitoring in
sleep apnoea”• 5 oral presentation sessions • 2 electronic poster discussion sessions• 7 Thematic Posters Sessions
Group 4.2Travel grants for Sleep Medicine• Weinmann Geräte für Medizin GmbH+CO KG• 3 x 1000 Euros• Winners 2008:
– Dr. Bharat Bhushan (New Delhi, India):• Association of PPAR (Pro12Ala) and neuropeptide Y (Leu7Pro) gene
polymorphisms with obstructive sleep apnea: a crosssectional study.
– Dr. Claire Arnaud (Grenoble, France):• Chronic intermittent hypoxia accelerates atherosclerotic plaque
formation in ApoeE knockout mice independently of cholesterol levels.
– Dr. Stefanie Boecker (Heidelberg, Germany):• The ImPAP-mode – a new therapy for Cheyne Stokes respiraiton.
Group 4.2ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine
Coming course
New ERS School Course on Sleep Medicine will be organised. December 18-20, 2008 in Grenoble
Group 4.2Task force
• a Task Force Group on “Non-CPAP therapies in OSA”:– 65% has been written– Paper will be submitted spring 2009
Group 4.2Deadlines for submissions
• Vienna, September 12-16, 2009– Hot Topics: January …,
2009– Abstracts: February …,
2009
• Congress 2010– 1st Round Symposia
proposals: March …, 2009
– 2nd Round Symposia proposals:
– Hot Topics: – Abstracts: ?
Group 4.2Elections
• Group chair and group secretary: 01.05.2006-2009– Organisation of sessions, symposia, PG course during ERS
congress– Reviewing abstracts– Making proposals for new symposia– Attending the ERS Spring meeting in Zürich– …
• Call for candidates deadline: 17.11.2008• Voting period: 01.12.2008 – 05.01.2009• Publication of results: 31.01.2009
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 has ended May 2008 !!!