American Thoracic Society
La Nouvelle Orléans du 10 au 15 mai 1996
New Orleans May 10 to 15th

WHAT ABOUT ASTHMA
IN THE ATS CONGRESS 96 ?
Traduction (partielle) en : | Anglais/English |  :-)

L’asthme est abordé à travers différents thèmes lors de ce congrés ; nous les avons regroupé suivant 10 pôles d’intérêts. Sont indiqués entre parenthèses et dans l’ordre, la date, le numéro et le type de la session.

1. Sciences fondamentales
   
   • Asthma update : pathogenesis and therapy (sat. may 11, PG 8, postgraduate course),
     
   • Structure - function consequences of inflammation in the asthmatic airway (mon. may 13, B 54, symposium Astra USA inc.),
     
   • Entering the "new age" of leucotrienes, biology/pharmacology and clinical applications (mon. may 13, E 4, evening postgraduate seminar Abbott),
     
   • Role of mast cell tryptases in bronchial asthma (wed. may 15, SS 309, ATS sunrise seminars).
     

   Les sessions qui suivent abordent des thèmes fondamentaux qui peuvent intervenir dans la maladie asthmatique.
   

   • Mechanisms of signal transduction (fri. may 10, PG 1, postgraduate course),
     
   • Inflammatory mechanisms in the lung and airways : cells, cytokines and mediators (sat. may 11, PG 7, postgraduate course),
   • Transgenic mouse models as tools for studying lung inflammation fibrosis development : 9h10, transgenic models of airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness (sat. may 11, PG 9, postgraduate course),
   • Molecular basis of neutrophil and macrophage activation in the lung (sun. may 12, A 58, symposium),
     
   • Myosin structure and function in smooth and skeletal muscle (tue. may 14, C 8, symposium),
     
   • Extracellular nucleotides and lung cells : from bench to bedside (tue. may 14, C 53, symposium),
     
   • Selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors and theophylline : anti-inflammatory actions (tue. may 14, E 5, evening postgraduate seminar Purdue-Frederick Company),
   • Cytokine modulation : pro and con (wed. may 15, SS 320, ATS sunrise seminars),
   • Transcription factors and signal transduction pathways governing gene expression in the lung after environmental insults (wed. may 15, D 7, symposium),
   • Novel endogenous antioxidants (wed. may 15, D 54, symposium),
     
   • The airway epithelial cell response to inflammation (wed. may 15, D 54, symposium).
2. Génétique de l’asthme
   
   • Recent advances in the genetics of asthma (sun. may 12, A 11, symposium),
     
   • Collaborative study on the genetics of asthma update 1996 (tue. may 14, L 7, lecture).
     
3. Programme éducatif dans l’asthme
   
   • Reaching persons with undiagnosed asthma (sun. may 12, A 8, symposium),
   • Using technology to deliver program messages (sun. may 12, A 10, symposium),
   • Childhood asthma management program (CAMP) : clinical trial (sun. may 12, L 2, lecture),
   • Open airways for schools (sun. may 12, A 54, symposium),
   • Management of the difficult asthmatic patient (mon. may 13, SS 108, ATS sunrise seminar),
   • Future directions for asthma :
     - Education : Open airways for schools(r) (SS 121),
     - Education : Air pollution and asthma (SS 122),
     - Education : The A+ program (SS 123)
     (mon. may 13, SS 121 à SS 123, ATS sunrise round-tables),
     
   • NIAID inner city asthma update 1996 (mon. may 13, L 5, NIAID/NIH session),
   • Asthma education : issues related to inner city and low literacy clientele (tue. may 14, SS 201, ATS sunrise seminar),
   • Improving patient outcomes through changing the provider-patient relationship : 9h30, a model of physician counceling for asthma management (tue. may 14, C 9, symposium),
   • New strategies to control asthma in minority children : results of 5 educational interventions (tue. may 14, C 54, symposium),
4. Management et évaluation dans l’asthme
   • Health-related quality of life in asthma (sun. may 12, MP 407, meet the professor seminar),
   • Special lung health problems in diverse communities : 9h00, serving the underserved : inner city asthma care (mon. may 13, B 6, symposium),
   • Outcomes measurement and management : application in research and practice : 9h40, use of health care utilization outcomes in asthma research (mon. may 13, B 11, symposium),
   • Controversies in asthma management (tue. may 14, MP 603, meet the professor seminar).
5. Epidémiologie dans l’asthme
   • Indoor environmental factors which affect asthma and other lung diseases (sun. may 12, A 6, symposium),
   • Meeting the challenge of reducing asthma morbidity in the inner cities (sun. may 12, A 7, symposium),
   • The epidemiology of aero allergens (wed. may 15, SS 308, ATS sunrise seminar),
6. Clinique dans l’asthme
   • Clinical decision making : an international approach : 14h50 asthma: diagnosis, management and prevention (sun. may 12, A 52, symposium),
   • Biomarkers of upper airway responses to polluants (sun. may 12, A 56, symposium),
   • Clinical year in review 2 : 9h15, asthma (mon. may 13, B 1, clinical topics in pulmonary medicine),
   • Guidelines in pulmonary medicine : intuition experience and the evidence : 15h25, treatment of asthma : guidelines, parameters, or suggestions ? (mon. may 13, B 52, clinical topics in pulmonary medicine),
   • Clinical controversies in bronchial asthma management (tue. may 14, SS 206, ATS sunrise seminars),
   • Behavioral effects of asthma medications on children : real or imagined ? (tue. may 14, SS 205, ATS sunrise seminars),
   • Asthma in the elderly (tue. may 14, MP 609, meet the professor seminar),
   • Diffuse parenchymal lung disease part 2 : clinical controversies and current trends in management : 14h00 diffuse parenchymal diseases associated with airflow limitation : Churg-Strauss syndrome, eosinophilic pneumonia, bronchiolitis obliterans (tue. may 14, C 3, clinical topics in pulmonary medicine),
   • Asthma and allergy : a pulmonary approach (wed. may 15, SS 302, ATS sunrise seminars),
   • Eosinophilic lung diseases : 15h10 ABPA (wed. may 15, D 52, clinical topics in pulmonary medicine).
7. Asthme aigu grave
   • Near fatal asthma (mon. may 13, SS 103, ATS sunrise seminars),
   • Clinical cases in critical care medicine 2 : 9h40, mechanical ventilation in asthma (mon. may 13, B 4, critical care track),
   • Acid base alterations in acute severe asthma (mon. may 13, MP 507, meet the professor seminar),
   • Mechanical ventilation in obstrutive lung diseases (mon. may 13, B 58, ATS/ERS),
   • Old problems and new solutions : a clinical debate : 9h30, PF should be use to assessairflow obstruction in worsening astma pro and con (tue. may 14, C 5, symposium).
8. Examens complémentaires dans l’asthme
   • Practical pulmonary function testing (fri. may 10, PG 6, postgraduate course),
   • The investigative use of bronchoscopy in asthma (wed. may 15, WS 8, clinical workshop),
   • Clinical bronchoprovocation testing (wed. may 15, D 51, clinical topics in pulmonary medicine).
9. Traitement de l’asthme
   • Asthma clinical research network : first clinical results (sun. may 12, A 59, symposium),
   • Results of the lung health study (sun. may 12, L 1, DLD/NHLBI),
   • Molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoid action and resistance optimizing glucocorticoid therapy (sun. may 12, E 2, evening postgraduate seminar Glaxo-Wellcome),
   • Pharmacologic approach to the treatment of childhood asthma (mon. may 13, MP 503, meet the professor seminar),
   • Use of heliox in asthma (tue. may 14, SS 202, ATS sunrise seminars),
   • Nebulizers, metered-doses inhalers, and holding chambers : what the clinicians should know (tue. may 14, SS 214, ATS sunrise seminars),
   • Beta-agonists and asthma : from molecular biology to patients treatment (tue. may 14, C 55, symposium),
   • Selection of nebulizer/compressor/or nebulizer therapy (wed. may 15, SS 301, ATS sunrise seminars),
   • Alternative therapies for asthma (wed. may 15, SS 316, ATS sunrise seminars).
10. Raretés
    • The Kobe earthquake and pulmonary disease (mon. may 13, SS 102, ATS sunrise seminars),
    • Pulmonary manifestations of immunoglobin deficiency (wed. may 15, D 2, clinical topics in pulmonary medicine)
    • Sickle cell disease : pulmonary complications, basic mechanism and therapeutic considerations (wed. may 15, D 9, symposium).

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