Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Saturday, 12.09.2009
Sunday, 13.09.2009
Monday, 14.09.2009
Tuesday, 15.09.2009
Wednesday, 16.09.2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.


Material from 2009:
  • 4047 Abstracts
  • 652 Slide presentations
  • 300 Webcasts
  • 93 Handouts
  • 2150 e-posters
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Acute lung injury and biomarkers

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain), S. Orfanos (Haidari, Greece)
Sporadic distal renal tubular acidosis induced respiratory failure: residents to take note
P. Koul, A. Wahid, S. Walsh (Srinagar, India; London, United Kingdom)
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Effects of vaporised perfluorocarbon on the histopathological changes of lung and distal organs in rabbits with acute lung injury
B. Han, X. Zhao, L. Xie (Beijing, China)
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The effect of a novel anti-inflammatory agent (ODSH) on C-reactive protein in patients with an acute exacerbation of COPD
M. Decramer, M. Morganroth, S. Sharma, W. Yassen, T. Kennedy, T. Arledge, P. Quintana, S. Marcus (Leuven, Belgium; Weston, Salt Lake City, Portland, United States Of America; Winnipeg, Canada)
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The efficacy of prophylactic use of keratinocyte growth factor 2 with salmeterol in high altitude pulmonary oedema
J. She, Y. Song, C. Bai (Shanghai, China; San Francisco, United States Of America)
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Comparison of lymphocyte count and CRP between surviving and non-surviving mechanically ventilated patients due to acute respiratory insufficiency
J. Lukacsovits, T. Komaromi, I. Horvath, G. Losonczy (Budapest, Hungary)
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Measuring serum procalcitonin in patients with fever in the ICU to differentiate infectious causes from non-infectious causes
H. C. Kim, G. D. Lee, Y. S. Hwang (Jinju, Republic Of Korea)
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The role of procalcitonin as a marker of bacterial infection in COPD exacerbations requiring mechanical ventilation
B. Ergan Arsava, C. Kizilarslanoglu, A. Topeli (Ankara, Turkey)
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Prognostic value of pro-BNP in intensive care unit
E. Eryüksel, O. Ergönül, B. Balcan, S. Karakurt, T. Çelikel (Istanbul, Turkey)
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MR-proANP predicts survival in ventilator associated pneumonia
L. Boeck, N. Smyrnios, P. Eggimann, H. Pargger, N. Thakkar, J. Rakic, M. Tamm, D. Stolz (Basel, Lausanne, Switzerland; Worcester, United States Of America)
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Pro-atrial natriuretic peptide increases during a failed spontaneous breathing trial
H. Loureiro, J. Sellares, M. Ferrer, C. Esquinas, R. Piñer, S. Ebmeyer, S. Giersdorf, A. Torres (Barcelona, Bunyola, Spain; Berlin, Germany)
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Plasma estradiol levels predict mortality in pneumonia related septic shock
J. Y. Feng, K. Y. Yang (Taipei, Taiwan)
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Concomittant pneumonia in COPD cases admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) with acute respiratory failure (ARF)
G. Gungor, O. Yazicioglu Mocin, E. Acarturk, Y. Basbug, M. Kalamanoglu, C. Salturk, M. Yalcinsoy, Z. Karakurt (Istanbul, Turkey)
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Acinetobacter baumanii isolation in a respiratory intensive care unit
E. Fragoso, A. Ferreira Alves, N. Sousa, G. Brum, F. Monteiro, J. T. Monteiro, P. Azevedo, C. Lopes, A. Bugalho de Almeida (Lisboa, Portugal)
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Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in an intensive care unit of a university hospital in Iran; 2006-2008
Z. Mohammadtaheri, M. Pourpaki, F. Mohammadi, A. Iravani, P. Tabarsi (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Role of ultrasound for detecting pneumothorax (PTX) after central venous catheterisation
C. Sanfiorenzo, A. Delage, V. Sellam, J. Dellamonica, H. Hyvernat, F. Lemoigne, G. Bernardin, C. H. Marquette (Nice, France)
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Documentation of chest drain insertion in hospitals in Cornwall, United Kingdom
H. Lockman, I. Coutts, S. Iles (Truro, United Kingdom)
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The relationship of peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ ligands and IL-6 in sepsis of rats
M. Zeng, X. Huang, Y. HE, G. Lu, S. Huang, Z. Tang (Guangzhou, China)
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The predictive prognostic role of elevated blood d-dimer and blood lactate in severe sepsis patients
S. Huang, X. Guan (Guangzhou, China)
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Ulinastatin plus thymosin-α1 as immunotherapy improves survival in patients with sepsis
S. Huang, X. Guan, K. Tang (Guangzhou, China)
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Combined application of surfactant-BL administration and lung recruitment maneuver for treatment of ARDS of different genesis
V. Jakovlev, A. Vlasenko, D. Ostapchenko, D. Shestakov, O. Rosenberg (Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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