Presidential Symposium

Programme topics:

• Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion
  presented by John E. Heffner (Providence Portland Medical Center, USA)
• Pulmonary Complications of HIV Infection in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy
  presented by Mark J. Rosen (American College of Chest Physicians Chief, Divisions of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, North Shore Health System, USA Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA)(abstract)
• Cardiovascular Risk in COPD
  presented by William MacNee (Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh, UK)
• Avian flu: Big Challenge for Chest Physicians
  presented by Nan-Shan Zhong (Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, China) (abstract)
• Nosocomial Acinetobacter Pneumonia
  presented by Carlos M. Luna (Adjunto de Medicina Interna, Pulmonary Diseases Division, Hospital de Clinicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina) (abstract)

(Note: This is not a public session. Attendance is reserved for those who have registered for the APSR2006 Congress.)