Wednesday, 03/03/2010
Interviewed by Idibaps Respiratory Research, senior investigator of our group on Applied Research in Respiratory Diseases Dr. Eva Polverino talked about HCAP patients. She has conducted the study Nursing home acquired pneumonia: a 10 year single-centre experience, the results of which will be presented by next May at the Annual Congress of the American Thoracic Society that will be held in New Orleans. Polverino believes the study could eventually help modifying the treatment of HCAP patients.
Thursday, 02/25/2010
To analyze pneumonia in elderly patients is one of the objectives of the study HCAP (Health Care Associated Pneumonia), developed by this research group, belonging to CIBERES, coordinated by Prof. Antoni Torres. "Specifically we studied patients at nursing homes or who have some characteristics named Health Care Associated Pneumonia. This specific group covers nursing home patients, residential, recently hospitalized patients with intravenous treatments at home, all with a community-acquired pneumonia and not hospital-acquired, "says Torres.
Wednesday, 02/10/2010
Applied Research in Respiratory Diseases Group (IAMR) will shortly launch its new Facebook funpage. Contents regarding the daily activity of the group will be published there. On one hand, the aim is to spread the scientific activity carried out by this group among citizens. On the other hand, it will help Idibaps Respiratory Research Group contact other scientific groups which have already presence in Facebook and, eventually, share information with them.
The aim of this two days symposium is to review current concepts, technology and present advances in infections in the critically ill patients.
Tobias Welte graduated in Medicine at Medizinische Hochschule Hannover in 1985. Alter finishing the first part of his fellowship, he stayed as a postdoc in Harvard University. From 2001 on Tobias Welte was a member of the School of Respiratory Medicine of the European Respiratory Society and from 2004 til 2007 on a member of the ERS executive Comitee. 2004 Tobias Welte was approved as Head of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
