Annual Congress Copenhagen 2005

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, abstract number.

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Oral Presentation
Chairs: T. Bauer (Bochum, Germany), E. Ibrahim (Alexandria, Egypt)

Automatic control of the tracheal cuff pressure does not prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) M. Valencia, M. Ferrer, R. Farre, D. Navajas, J. R. Badia, J. M. Nicolas, A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
Non-invasive assessment of alveolar infection using HME filter elution N. Nathani, N. Murphy, B. Tunnicliffe, M. Manji, D. Thickett (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
Clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) and inflammatory response in patients with new pulmonary infiltrates and suspected ventilator acquired pneumonia (VAP) J. R. Badia, M. Cavalcanti, X. Filella, M. Ferrer, I. Aldabo, A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
Evaluation of severe pneumonias in the ICU of a tertiary center in Southern India S. G. Bodi, M. B. B. S. Sarada, M. D. Ramula, M. D. Bharati, A. Ranjan (Secunderabad, India)
The risk of bronchoalveolar fluid (BAF) contamination in ICU patients with infectious pulmonary complications J. Skrickova, A. Hrazdirova (Brno, Czech Republic)
Late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients with acute nervous system infections O. M. Gajovic, P. S. Canovic, Z. D. Mijailovic, Z. M. Lazic (Kragujevac, Serbia And Montenegro)
Predictors of early mortality after ICU discharge T. Ulukavak Ciftci, E. Han, G. Gursel (Ankara, Turkey)
Risk factors, etiology, and clinical outcomes of ventilator-associated pneumonia E. Ibrahim, T. Zytoon (Alexandria, Egypt)