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

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Abstracts accepted

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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 4.2

Coming activities in 2008-2009

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 !!!