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
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  • 632 Slide presentations
  • 250 Webcasts
  • 66 Handouts
  • 1703 e-posters
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Recent advances in noninvasive ventilation used for treating acute respiratory failure

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: M. Ferrer (Barcelona, Spain), R. Angus (Liverpool, United Kingdom), P. Navalesi (Vercelli, Italy), B. Schoenhofer (Hanover, Germany)
Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in community-acquired pneumonia CAP) and severe acute respiratory failure (ARF): Effectiveness and risk factors for failure and mortality
A. Carrillo, G. Gonzalez-Diaz, M. Ferrer, M. E. Martinez-Quintana, A. Lopez-Martinez, N. Llamas, M. Alcazar, A. Torres (Murcia, Barcelona, Spain)
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Pressure support in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure in an acute clinical setting
A. Ali, A. Thomas, S. Bikmalla, B. Beauchamp, E. Gallagher, D. Banejree, R. Mukherjee (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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Home versus intensive care ventilators providing noninvasive ventilation (NIV): A clinical comparison during acute respiratory failure due to COPD exacerbation
M. Ciuffreda, A. Sarni, M. Mozzillo, M. Zotti, M. Aiuti, C. Alessandri (Latina, Italy)
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Predictors of mortality in patients treated with non-invasive ventilation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to COPD
H. Haja Mydin, S. Murphy (Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland, United Kingdom)
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Non invasive ventilation (NIV) in conscious sedation with remifentanil
A. Pecoraro, G. Del Giudice (Pescopagano, Naples, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Noninvasive ventilation in the weaning of patients with acute-on-chronic respiratory failure due to COPD
G. Agmy, Y. Gad, Y. Ahmed (Assiut, Egypt)
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Leptin kinetics in patient with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) during non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
G. Baimakanova, S. Avdeev, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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A prospective study of low pressure non invasive ventilation (NIV) in management of type 2 respirtory failure with acute exacerbation of COPD with comorbidities
R. Kedia, P. Prashant, B. Michelle, J. Simcock (Crewe, United Kingdom)
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Mortality in acute patients treated with noninvasive ventilation (NIV)
V. Almadana, A. Gómez-Bastero, A. Valido, J. Sánchez, P. Guerrero, T. Montemayor (Seville, Spain)
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Decision making in acute hypercapnic respiratory failure due to COPD: Criteria in patient selction & determining ceiling of care
L. Tanner, S. Murphy (Sunderland, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Prognosis after non-invasive ventiltation (NIV) for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
M. Abdelhalim, M. Khan, M. Paracha (Blackpool, United Kingdom)
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Outcome analysis of ‘do not resuscitate‘ versus ‘full resuscitation‘ patients with an acute exacerbation of COPD treated with noninvasive ventilation in a pulmonary unit
R. van der Wekken, A. Bossink, F. Brijker (Utrecht, Netherlands)
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Pulmonary gas exchange during mechanical non invasive ventilation in acute hypercapnic patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS)
V. Serrano, J. E. Gavela, P. Gavari, B. Carton, F. Muñiz, E. G. Santalla, E. Bollo, F. Diez (León, Astorga, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Predictors of non-invasive ventilation outcome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia
M. Nuila, U. Gupta, C. O‘Donnell (London, United Kingdom)
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Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in acute respiratory failure in a respiratory intermediate unit care (RICU) – Characterization and predictors of failure
A. S. Oliveira, S. Salgado, C. Nunes, F. Oliveira, C. Bárbara (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Survival of COPD patients after their first episode of acute exacerbation treated with non-invasive ventilation
Y. H. Man (TaiPo, Hong Kong)
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Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in elderly patients with acute respiratory failure due to severe pneumonia
Y. Yokoyama, H. Taniguchi, Y. Kondoh, T. Kimura, K. Kataoka, R. Hasegawa (Seto, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Survey of non-invasive ventilation use for acute respiratory failure in respiratory wards in Poland
J. Nasilowski, M. Leszczyk, M. Bura, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Can non invasive ventilation be effective without a dedicated service?
G. Hardy, S. Jundi, M. Rosemary, T. Saba (Blackpool, United Kingdom)
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