Acute respiratory failure, ARDS and severe COPD exacerbations

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: A. Artigas (Sabadell, Spain), C. Gregoretti (Turin, Italy), S. Orfanos (Athens, Greece), L. Heunks (Nijmegen, Netherlands)

LATE-BREAKING ABSTRACT: An early non-invasive detection of the patient inspiratory effort for patient-ventilator synchronization M. Vukcevic, B. Bojovic, M. Petrovic, G. Simic, A. Danicic, J. Petrovic, L. Hadzievski (Belgrade, Republic Of Serbia)
Thirty months’ experience with bicaval dual lumen cannula for venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in refractory acute respiratory distress syndrome J. Reeb, J. Pottecher, A. Olland, M. Puyraveau, X. Delabranche, N. Santelmo, M. Hasselmann, G. Massard, P. E. Falcoz (Strasbourg, Besançon, France)
Usefulness of a selective neutrophil elastase inhibitor and a recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin in patients with ARDS and DIC S. Miyoshi, R. Ito, A. Kato, H. Katayama, K. Irifune, H. Hamada, K. Dote, M. Aibiki, T. Okura, J. Higaki (Toon, Hiroshima, Japan)
The high-resolution CT findings predict the incidence of ventilator–associated pneumonia and mortality in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome M. Takaki, K. Ichikado, M. Suga, M. Yoshioka (Kumamoto, Japan)
Follow-up of surviving acute respiratory distress syndrome patients using quantitative computed tomography C. Toufen, Jr., R. Santiago, A. Hirota, M. Amato, C. Carvalho (São Paulo, Brazil)
Nitric oxide for ARDS and severe hypoxemic respiratory failure: Causes of non-responding V. Shtabnitskiy, A. Chuchalin (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Preoperative statin administration does not protect against early postoperative acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): A retrospective cohort study H. Yadav, R. Olson, E. Slivinski, K. Stockler, A. Subramanian, G. Oderich, D. Wigle, A. Alsara, A. Singh, D. Kor (Rochester, United States Of America)
Diagnostic accuracy of trans-thoracic chest ultrasonography in patients with acute respiratory failure M. Ghanem, A. Abd ElAzeem, H. Makhlouf (Assiut, Egypt)
A review of intercostal chest drain (ICD) management in an intensive care unit (ICU) N. Main, R. Yadavalli, S. Zaidi, L. Poole (Liverpool, United Kingdom)
The use of betablockers in chronic airway disease causing acute respiratory failure in intensive care unit F. Kargin, H. Berk Takir, C. Y. Karabay, C. Saltürk, N. çiftaslan Göksenoglu, O. Yazicioglu Mocin, G. Gungor, N. Adiguzel, M. Kalamanoglu Balci, R. Kargin, Z. Karakurt (Istanbul, Turkey)
Respiratory rate from a pulse oximeter: A novel method to detect the acutely ill respiratory patient H. Haja Mydin, K. Scott, G. Douglas (Aberdeen, United Kingdom)
Prognostic value of urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) and neutrophil CD64 expression in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients A. Attia, H. Hassan, M. Elsammak (Zagazig, Egypt; Dammam, Saudi Arabia)
Decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment in a Norwegian intensive care unit S. A. Skjaker, H. Hoel, R. Haagensen, N. Smith-Erichsen, K. Stavem (Oslo, Akershus, Norway)
Post-extubation outcomes in a tertiary referral cardio-thoracic intensive care unit (CICU) C. Pereira, M. Rooms, R. Shah, L. Meshykhi, G. Gallagher, K. Elliott, S. Kaul (London, United Kingdom)
Reasons of intensive care unit admission in COPD patients H. Berk Takir, F. Kargin, C. Salturk, M. Kalamanoglu Balci, O. Yazicioglu Mocin, G. Gungor, N. Adiguzel, Z. Karakurt (Istanbul, Turkey)
NT-proBNP accurately reflects the impact of severe COPD exacerbation on the right ventricle (RV) L. Ouanes-Besbes, Z. Hamouda, I. Ouanes, F. Dachraoui, F. Abroug (Monastir, Tunisia)
Natriuretic peptide as a prognostic biomarker in septic shock in respiratory intensive care C. Lopes, S. Carvalho, E. Fragoso, P. Azevedo, J. Monteiro, F. Monteiro, C. Bárbara (Lisbon, Portugal)
Bispectral index (BIS®) in hypercapnic encephalopathy caused by COPD exacerbation R. Chalela Rengifo, S. Pascual Guardia, J. Gea Guiral, L. Gallart Gallego, M. Orozco Levi (Barcelona, Spain)
Does length of hospital stay prior to ICU admission affect mortality in COPD exacerbations? B. Ergan Arsava, R. Ergün (Ankara, Turkey)
Serum miR-122 levels correlated to the coagulation disorders of severe sepsis patients H. Wanghuijuan, J. Deng, P. Zhang, X. Zhang, W. Chen, D. Feng, Y. Jia, L. Xie (Hainan, Beijing, China)