Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Saturday, 27.09.2003
Sunday, 28.09.2003
Monday, 29.09.2003
Tuesday, 30.09.2003
Wednesday, 01.10.2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.

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Experimental and clinical studies on the pathogenesis and treatment of acute respiratory failure

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: C. R. Carvalho (Sao Paulo, Brazil), K. Raymondos (Hannover, Germany)

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Oxidative stress markers in ARDS patients with perfluorocarbon administration T. A. Shumatova, N. G. Prikhodchenko, V. B. Shumatov, K. A. Georgy (Vladivostok, Russia)
Inhaled vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) improves pulmonary gas exchange in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) - a case report G. C. Funk, B. Burian, D. Doberer, K. Vonbank, V. Petkov, L. H. Block (Vienna, Austria)
Beneficial effects of PEEP on parenchymal lesion caused by recruitment manoeuvre W. A. Zin, L. L. Farias, M. C. E. Santana, R. M. Lassance, D. G. Xisto, L. F. M. Prota, M. B. Amato, M. Morales, D. S. Faffe, P. R. M. Rocco (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Brazil)
Prone position and positive end-expiratory pressure in ARDS L. Papazian, P. Michelet, J. M. Arnal, J. M. Sainty, M. Gainnier (Marseille, France)
Determining clinically important change in health-related quality of life in survivors of acute respiratory distress syndrome M. Wehler, U. Reulbach, A. Geise, E. G. Hahn, R. Strauss (Erlangen, Germany)
Changes in circulating blood volume and some correlations with oxygen transport in patients with traumatic shock M. G. Tsareva (Sofia, Bulgaria)
ExaExamination of lung injury in victims of seawater near-drowning transported from isolated Islands offshore from Tokyo H. Uno, Y. Hashimoto, N. Uemura, S. Onizawa, N. Seo, N. Motohashi, Y. Shibuya, S. Nakamura (Ebisu Shibuya-ku, Japan)
Evaluation of inhalation of phospholipid liposomes in HCl - induced lung injury J. T. Steneva, A. R. Jordanova, Z. I. Lalchev, S. S. Ninio, T. N. Neicheva, D. H. Petkova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Surfactant therapy for ALI developed at the background of deep burns and the burns of the respiratory tract M. Tarasenko, S. Kichemasov, A. Matveenko, A. Admakin, A. Bautin, E. Akulinov, D. Kallistov, I. Shpakov, I. Venevitinov, A. Tikhonov, O. Rosenberg (St Petersburg, Russia)
Efficacy of surfactant therapy for ARDS after operations on open heart. Comparison with historical control A. Bautin, G. Khubulava, A. Fadeev, O. Rosenberg (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
ARDSp and ARDSexp: different responses to surfactant administration V. V. Osovskikh, A. A. Seiliev, O. A. Rosenberg (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
Pathophysiology of acute respiratory failure in patients submitted to non invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) A. Purro, G. Chiavassa, C. Polillo, L. Appendini, R. Colombo, C. F. Donner, G. Carbone (Turin, Veruno, Italy)
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) among patients with cardiogenic pulmonary edema C. A. Uy, M. E. B. Limpin, A. V. Guzman, T. S. de Guia (Quezon City, The Philippines)
The application value of noninvasive positive presure ventilation on 306 patients with repiratory failure H. Li, X. Li, G. He, S. Niu (Shanghai, China)
Effect on survival of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis M. Sivori, C. Saenz, D. Pascansky, G. Rodriguez, R. Sica (Buenos Aires, Argentina)