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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Noninvasive ventilation in the acute setting: education, organisation, H1N1, paediatrics, weaning, diagnostic procedures and special considerations

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Scala (Arezzo, Italy), D. Dellweg (Schmallenberg , Germany), M. Vukcevic (Belgrade, Republic of Serbia), N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)

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A five-year series on the use of noninvasive ventilation as a weaning tool from invasive ventilation A. Kee, J. Phua, Y. Huang, E. Dela Pena, E. Santiago, J. Santos, S. Palani, R. Capistrano, J. Dizon, T. K. Lim (Singapore, Singapore)
Techniques of managing difficult to wean acute NIV: Comparison between prolongation of time off ventilator and pressure withdrawal Y. Noeman-Ahmed (Newham, United Kingdom)
A new weaning and long term ventilation service – One year on V. Ford, R. Angus, B. Chakrabarti, N. Duffy, J. O‘Reilly, K. Ward, J. Bennett, V. Molyneaux, J. Walsh, J. Cheney, R. Parker (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in burn patients J. Haddad, I. Rahmani, H. Oueslati, M. Bouaouaja, L. Gharsallah, B. Gasri, I. Jami, A. Mokline, A. A. Messadi (Tunis, Tunisia)
Efficacy of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation during fiberoptic bronchoscopy: Bi-level vs CPAP valve T. Pinto, M. Gonçalves, A. Magalhães, J. C. Winck (Porto, Portugal)
NIV for ventilatory support during percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) in ALS patients with respiratory failure M. Vukcevic, M. Bjelovic, Z. Stevic, B. Bulajic Subotic, T. Radosavljevic, Z. Vladimir (Belgrade, Belgrad, Republic Of Serbia)
Safety of percutaneous endoscopic gastrotomy under sedation with propofol in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis W. Strobel, K. Schweikert, N. Schaub (Basel, Switzerland)
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) after lung resection (LR) to prevent respiratory complications (RCs) in COPD patients (pts) (POPVNI trial) C. Lorut, A. Lefebvre, B. Planquette, H. Clavier, N. Santelmo, A. Bernard, F. Bellenot, J. F. Regnard, M. Riquet, P. Magdeleinat, G. Meyer, G. Meyer, N. Roche, G. Huchon, J. Coste, A. Rabbat (Paris, Strasbourg, Dijon, Pontoise, France)
The provision of an acute paediatric NIV service at a district general hospital N. Iqbal, S. Moledina, T. Ninan (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
The use of non-invasive ventilation after liver transplantation in pediatric patients: Changes in the need for reintubation K. Murase, C. Yuichi, C. Yoshimura, T. Handa, T. Oga, H. Segawa, M. Mishima, K. Fukuda, S. Uemoto, K. Chin (Kyoto, Japan)
Non-invasive-ventilation in H1N1 acute respiratory failure in emergency department: A case series E. Prina, F. Nicoli, G. Marullo, V. Monzani, S. Aliberti, F. Piffer, C. Mandelli, A. M. Brambilla, R. Cosentini (Milan, Italy)
The application of bi-level positive airway pressure in patients with severe pneumonia and acute respiratory failure caused by influenza A (H1N1) virus L. Wei, L. Peng (Chang Chun, China)
Effect of adherence to hospital NIV guidelines on the outcomes of type II respiratory failure patients Y. Noeman-Ahmed, S. Vearncombe, E. Chung (Plaistow, United Kingdom)
An audit of NIV in COPD patients in a respiratory and coronary care unit S. Tsim, P. Kewin, S. Davidson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Can repeated educational interaction improve doctors‘ knowledge of NIV management? W. Kent, S. Zaidi, P. Fairclough, T. Bongers (Southport, United Kingdom)
Effect of a structured education programme on the documentation of "ceiling of care" for patients with acute hypercapnic respiratory failure (AHRF) requiring non invasive ventilation (NIV) S. Bikmalla, B. Barker, A. Thomas, B. Beauchamp, A. Ali, M. Aslam, D. Banerjee, R. Mukherjee (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) practices in Swiss adult ICUs I. Salvadè, G. Domenighetti, A. Ogna, M. Maggiorini, H. U. Rothen, P. Jolliet (Locarno, Zurich, Bern, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Non-invasive ventilation as ceiling of ventilatory care (NIVc) in a respiratory intermediate care unit (RICU) A. S. Oliveira, S. Salgado, C. Nunes, F. Oliveira, C. Bárbara (Lisbon, Portugal)
Respiratory intermediate care unit (RICU) – What are we doing? S. Salgado, A. S. Oliveira, C. Nunes, F. Oliveira, C. Bárbara (Lisbon, Portugal)
The introduction of a respiratory high care unit in a district general hospital L. Succony, H. Cook, V. Grinstead, U. Hoda, T. Win (Stevenage, United Kingdom)