Investigació Aplicada en Malalties Respiratòries

Publicacions destacades

• Sequential measurements of procalcitonin in diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia

  Ramirez P, Garcia MA, Ferrer M, Aznar J, Valencia M, Sauquillo JM, Menendez R, Asenjo MA, Torres A.

  Eur Respir J 2008;31:356-362

  

• Automatic control of tracheal tube cuff pressure in ventilated patients in semirecumbent position. A randomized trial

  Valencia M, Ferrer M, Farre R, Navajas D, Badia JR, Nicolas JM, Torres A

  Crit Care Med 2007: 35: 1543-1549. (text a continuació en idiomes!)

  

• Supine body position is a risk factor of nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients. A randomised clinical trial

  Drakulovic MB, Torres A, Bauer TT, Nicolás JM, Nogué S, Ferrer M

  The Lancet 1999; 354: 1851-1858

  

• Predictors of prolonged weaning and survival during ventilator weaning in a respiratory ICU

  Sellares J, Ferrer M, Cano E, Loureiro H, Valencia M, Torres A

  Intensive Care Med. 2011 Mar 4. [Epub ahead of print]

  

• Nosocomial pneumonia in the intensive care unit acquired by mechanically ventilated versus nonventilated patients

  Esperatti M, Ferrer M, Theessen A, Liapikou A, Valencia M, Saucedo LM, Zavala E, Welte T, Torres A

  Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Dec 15;182(12):1533-9.

  

• Non-invasive ventilation after extubation in hypercapnic patients with chronic respiratory disorders: randomised controlled trial

  Ferrer M, Sellarés J, Valencia M, Carrillo A, Gonzalez G, Badia JR, Nicolas JM, Torres A

  Lancet. 2009 Sep 26;374(9695):1082-8.

  

• Respiratory impedance during weaning from mechanical ventilation in a mixed population of critically ill patients.  

  Sellares J, Acerbi I, Loureiro H, Dellaca RL, Ferrer M, Torres A, Navajas D, Farre R.  

  Br J Anaesth. 2009 Dec;103(6):828-32. Epub 2009 Nov 3.

  

• Validation of the American Thoracic Society–Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit.

  Ferrer M, Liapikou A, Valencia M, Esperatti M, Theessen A, Martinez JA, Mensa J, Torres A.

  Clin Infect Dis 2010; 50: 945–952.

  

• Efficacy of linezolid compared to vancomycin in an experimental model of pneumonia induced by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ventilated pigs

  Martinez-Olondris P, Rigol M, Soy D, Guerrero L, Agusti C, Quera MA, Li Bassi G, Esperatti M, Luque N, Liapikou M, Filella X, Marco F, de la Bellacasa JP, Torres A.

  Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep 15.

  

• Treatment guidelines and outcomes of hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia

  Torres A, Ferrer M, Badia JR.

  Clin Infect Dis. 2010 Aug 1;51 Suppl 1:S48-53

  

• Update in community-acquired and nosocomial pneumonia 2009

  Torres A, Rello J

  Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Apr 15;181(8):782-7.