Annual Congress Amsterdam 2011

Saturday, 24.09.2011
Sunday, 25.09.2011
Monday, 26.09.2011
Tuesday, 27.09.2011
Wednesday, 28.09.2011

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2011; 38: Suppl. 55, abstract number.

Material from 2011

4205 Abstracts
632 Slide presentations
250 Webcasts
66 Handouts
1703 e-posters
250 Multimedia files

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Mechanical ventilation and lung injury: new advances

Poster Discussion
Chairs: A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain), P. Rocco (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil)

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Late-breaking abstract: High flow oxygen therapy decreases endotracheal intubation requirement in patients with ALI or ARDS G. Schnell, C. Andrejak, B. Lamia, B. Toublanc, J. F. Muir, A. Cuvelier, V. Jounieaux (Amiens, Rouen, France)
In vitro performance of an improved collapsible holding chamber (CHC) for the delivery of bronchodilators to patients receiving mechanical ventilation M. Nagel, V. Avvakoumova, R. Ali, C. Doyle, J. Mitchell (London, Canada)
Comparisons of predictive performance of breathing pattern variabilities measured during T-piece, automatic tube compensation and pressure support ventilation for weaning ICU patients from mechanical ventilation M. Y. Bien, Y. R. Kou, Y. S. Lin, Y. L. Yang, C. H. Shih (Taipei, Taiwan)
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation – A safe procedure for COPD patients? S. Pulletz, U. Achtzehn, A. Pechmann, E. Schmidt, M. Quintel, N. Weiler, I. Frerichs (Kiel, Chemnitz, Göttingen, Germany)
Efficacy of a ventilator bundle for the prevention of the ventilator-associated pneumonia F. Chertcoff, M. Blasco, C. Giuffre, L. Maldonado, S. Verbanaz, E. Soloaga, E. Descotte, E. Efron (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Effects of N-acetylcysteine in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury in the rat: Treatment after acute lung injury J. S. Choi, H. S. Lee, K. H. Seo, J. O. Na, Y. H. Kim (Cheonan, Republic Of Korea)
C-reactive protein as a predictor of mortality in patients with severe sepsis in intensive care unit Z. Karakurt, O. Yazicioglu Mocin, O. Devran, N. Adiguzel, G. Gungor, M. Kalamanoglu Balci, E. Oz, A. Yilmaz (Istanbul, Turkey)
Mechanical properties of ALI/ARDS lung may be heterogenous M. Cressoni, D. Febres, C. Chiurazzi, G. Elisabetta, A. Marino, F. Y. Romano, M. Brioni, E. Carlesso, D. Chiumello, L. Gattinoni (Milan, Italy)
Lactate and lactate clearance were associated with higher mortality in patients with septic shock P. Kittivoravitkul, A. Wattanathum, A. Wongsa (Bangkok, Thailand)