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
  • 300 Multimedia files
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Severe sepsis and multiple organ failure

Oral Presentation
Chairs: S. Orfanos (Haidari, Greece), A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
Vitamin D is suppressed in systemic inflammatory response syndrome
T. Greulich, W. Groenewald, C. Herr, R. Koczulla, C. Vogelmeier, B. Robert (Marburg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Procalcitonin for antibiotic de-escalation in ventilator associated pneumonia – a randomised study
D. Stolz, N. Smyrnios, P. Eggimann, H. Pargger, N. Thakkar, M. Siegemund, S. Marsch, J. Rakic, B. Müller, M. Tamm (Basel, Lausanne, Aarau, Switzerland; Worcester, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Procalcitonin as a diagnostic tool in systemic bacterial sepsis
V. K. Patil, J. B. Morjaria, F. DeVilliers, K. S. Babu (Nuneaton, Greenock, Salisbury, Bedford, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentationE-poster
Copeptin as a predictor of 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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Congress or journal article abstract
Immunotherapy improves inflammatory response and lymphocyte apoptosis as a new therapeutic target in sepsis rat
S. Huang, X. Guan (Guangzhou, China)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Effect of dopamine and norepinephrine on early lactate clearance and SvO2 in patients with septic shock
J. Wu, X. Guan (Guangzhou, China)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Validation of the ATS/IDSA guidelines for ICU-acquired pneumonia
A. Liapikou, M. Ferrer, M. Valencia, M. Esperatti, A. Theessen, R. Piñer, J. Mensa, A. Torres (Barcelona, Spain)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation
Effectiveness of treatments for severe sepsis: a prospective multicentre observational study in Spanish ICUs
A. Artigas, R. Ferrer, D. Suarez, E. Palencia, M. Levy (Sabadell, Madrid, Spain; Providence, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractSlide presentation