Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Features of hospital-acquired pneumonia, ventilator-associated pneumonia and infection with other pathogens

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: L. Nicod (Bern, Switzerland), P. Tarsia (Milan, Italy)
Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus isolated from nasal swab at intensive care unit
M. H. Kwon, E. G. Choi, M. J. Na, J. W. Son (Daejeon, Republic Of Korea)
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Clinical features of hospital-aquired pneumonia in patients with myocardial infarction
M. Moskvichev, S. Simonov (Kyiv, Ukraine)
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MRSA pneumonia: utility of an experimental model in ventilated piglets
P. Martínez-Olondris, O. Sibila, C. Agusti, M. Rigol, C. Esquinas, R. Piñer, I. Aldabó, P. Jungebluth, N. Luque, F. Marco, J. Puig de la Bellacasa, J. Ramirez, C. M. Luna, A. Torres (Barcelona, Barceolona, Spain; Buenos Aires, Argenti
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Implementation of evidence based strategies for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia
R. Seligman, S. Ribeiro, R. Kuchenbecker, L. Konckewicz, D. Vieira, R. Santos, B. Afonso, D. Machado (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
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Copeptin and prognosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia
R. Seligman, J. Papassotiriou, N. Morgenthaler, B. Seligman, P. Teixeira (Porto Alegre, Brazil; Hennigsdorf/Berlin, Germany)
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Performance indicators to evaluate the management of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: results from the IMPACT-HAP study group
P. Peyrani, J. Mangino, M. Zervos, D. Kett, K. Ford, E. Scerpella, J. Ramirez, The IMPACT-HAP Investigators (Louisville, KY, Columbus, OH, Detroit, MI, Miami, FL, New York, NY, United States Of America)
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Diagnostic value and risk assessment of surgical lung biopsy in immunocompromised patients with pulmonary infiltrates and non-diagnostic bronchoscopy
F. Gambazzi, D. Stolz, L. Bubendorf, A. Gratwohl, D. Lardinois, M. Tamm (Basel, Switzerland)
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Assessment of lung microbiology after patients treatment in intensive care unit (ICU)
S. André, C. Valente, F. Carvalheiro, A. Catarino, F. Fradinho, P. Lopes, M. J. Matos, M. Loureiro, M. Baganha (Coimbra, Portugal)
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VAP pneumoniae in ICU patients at the clinic of digestive system surgery
V. Masirevic, I. Palibrk, M. Milenkovic (Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro)
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The clinical value and no value of microbial isolation from systematic quantitative endotracheal aspirate (EA) cultures in mechanically ventilated patients
J. Enghelmayer, C. Luna, T. Papucci, F. Logrado, S. Sarquis, A. Sosa, A. Famiglietti, C. Vay, C. Irrazabal, A. Capdevila, A. Patricia (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
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Glucose in the bronchial aspirate as a marker of ventilator associated pneumonia
A. Fouad, M. Mahmoud, G. AbdAlNabi, W. AlAmShaty, A. AbdAlRassoul (Alexandria, Mansoura, Egypt)
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Significance of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus in lower respiratory tract infections
T. Oz, S. Citim, M. A. Ozinel, A. Sayiner (Izmir, Turkey)
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Pneumocystis pneumonia in non-HIV patients. A retrospective study (2000-2007)
F. Fily, S. Lachkar, F. Caron, L. Favenec, M. Salaun, S. Dominique, L. Thiberville (Rouen, France)
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Gonococcal pneumonia and endocarditis – a rare presentation of an increasingly common condition
A. Kavidasan, A. Chakera, L. Dobson, K. Pannu ()
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30 cases of pulmonary actinomycosis: diagnosis, treatment and outcome
M. Kolditz, J. Bickhardt, O. Holotiuk, D. Koschel, G. Hoeffken (Dresden, Coswig/Dresden, Germany)
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A pathogen in patients with underlying lung disease: corynebacterium pseudodiphtericum
E. Sen, S. Erol, D. Aysev, A. Kaya, U. Gonullu (Ankara, Turkey)
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Clinical characteristics of pertussis in adult cases in Japan
A. Nakamura, Y. Iwashima, M. Kato, T. Kutsuna, S. Sato (Nagoya/Aichi, Japan)
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Buckley syndrome associated with Dandy Walker syndrome revealed by pulmonary staphylococcia
N. Zaghba, N. Yassine, A. Bakhatar, A. Bahlaoui (Casablanca, Morocco)
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Microflora composition of Astana city traffic policemen‘s upper respiratory tract
A. Pak, A. Baigenzhin, N. Bisenova, S. Dyussenova (Astana, Kazakhstan)
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