Annual Congress Munich 2006

Saturday, 02.09.2006
Sunday, 03.09.2006
Monday, 04.09.2006
Tuesday, 05.09.2006
Wednesday, 06.09.2006

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2006; 28: Suppl. 50, abstract number.


Material from 2006:
  • 4395 Abstracts
  • 610 Slide presentations
  • 175 Webcasts
  • 95 Handouts
  • 175 Multimedia files
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Acute respiratory failure: diagnostic procedures and clinical management

Poster Discussion
Chairs: T. Vassilakopoulos (Heraklion Athens, Greece), D. Morel (Geneve 4, Switzerland)
Assist-control versus spontaneous ventilation on sleep quality in intubated critically ill patients
B. Toublanc, D. Rose, J. C. Glerant, G. Francois, D. O. Rodenstein, V. Jounieaux (Amiens, France; Brussels, Belgium)
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Open lung biopsy in early-stage acute respiratory distress syndrome
K. C. Kao, Y. H. Tsai, Y. K. Wu, M. J. Hsieh, C. C. Huang (Taipei, Taiwan, Province Of China)
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Continuous assessment of inspiratory resistive work as a reliable indicator of progressive lung oedema in isolated rat lungs
Y. B. Cikirikcioglu, D. R. Morel (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Is the use of CPAP before hospital admission effective to improve outcome in acute respiratory failure?
G. Garuti, S. Toscani, G. Bandiera, M. Lusuardi (Correggio, Mirandola, Italy)
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Efficacy of surfactant-BL in treatment ARDS in patients with severe inhalation injury
M. Tarasenko, I. Shpakov, S. Petrachkov, I. Venevitinov, O. Rosenberg (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Exercise capacity following ICU discharge: role of diaphragm EMG
J. Pickles, C. Jolley, D. Lasserson, M. I. Polkey, J. Moxham (London, United Kingdom)
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Usefulness of open lung biopsy in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for undiagnosed pulmonary infiltrate: importance of comorbidity and organ failure
S. Y. Lim, J. C. Choi, W. J. Koh, J. Han, S. Y. Lim, M. P. Chung, H. Kim, O. J. Kwon, G. Y. Suh (Seoul, Republic Of Korea)
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Lymphopenia due to lymphocyte apoptosis in adult critically ill patients associated with secondary infection
L. Lin, X. Cai (Hang Zhou, China)
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Outcomes of patients referred to a regional weaning centre
A. T. Kempa, S. Heindl, J. Geiseler, O. Karg (Gauting, Germany)
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Sleep alterations in patients admitted to a respiratory intensive care unit (RICU)
F. Fanfulla, P. Ceriana, F. Frigerio, R. Trentin, N. D‘Artavilla Lupo, A. E. Taurino, S. Nava (Montescano, Pavia, Italy)
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Non-invasive assessment of weaning from mechanical ventilation by means of the forced oscillation technique
J. Sellares, I. Acerbi, R. Dellaca, M. Ferrer, A. Torres, D. Navajas, R. Farre (Barcelona, Spain; Milan, Italy)
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The predictive role of inflammatory markers and CD 95 for acute respiratory distress syndrome development and outcome
T. A. Shumatova, N. G. Prikhodchenko, E. V. Karpeeva (Vladivostok, Russian Federation)
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Should patients with pulmonary fibrosis be admitted to intensive care?
A. Patel, A. Vellore, A. Raghuram (Birmingham, United Kingdom)
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The clinical significance of serum and bronchoalveoalr lavage inflammatory cytokine in patients with acute respiratory failure due to severe community-acquired pneumonia
Y. L. Lee, Y. H. Liu, C. H. Chen, C. F. Chiu, C. M. Chen, C. M. Shih (Taichung, Taiwan, Province Of China)
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Effect of sivelestat in patients with acute lung injury
K. Tsuchihara, K. Kojima, R. Hatta, Y. Tachi, T. Oikawa, K. Nakagawa, M. Iguchi, T. Tobe, T. Seki, M. Takahashi, J. Huang, K. Osanai, H. Toga (Uchinada, Japan)
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Polymorphisms of innate immune response genes and severe systemic inflammatory response syndromes
T. G. Coulson, S. J. Barton, M. J. Rose-Zerilli, K. de Courcy-Golder, J. W. Holloway, J. Pappachan (Southampton, United Kingdom)
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Microcrystalline cellulose induces time-dependent lung functional, morphological and inflammatory changes
W. A. Zin, L. K. Nagato, M. G. F. Lourenco, R. A. Cadete, J. H. Leite-Junior, V. L. G. Koatz, P. R. M. Rocco, D. S. Faffe (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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Dose-response of the lectin-like domain of TNF on lung oedema and lung mechanics in isolated rat lungs subjected to LPS-induced lung injury
Y. B. Cikirikcioglu, D. R. Morel (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Pulmonary endothelial ACE activity may be an additional criterion for rhAPC administration in septic ALI/ARDS patients
K. Kaziani, C. Athanasiou, I. Korovesi, A. Armaganidis, C. Roussos, A. Kotanidou, S. E. Orfanos (Athens, Greece)
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Environmental factors and sleep quality in ICU patients
V. Tsara, E. Nena, F. Veroniki, V. Vasiliadis, M. Kareklas, A. Hasiotou, D. Matamis (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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