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Tuesday, 10/06/2009
Gianluigi Li Bassi will be awarded by next European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Annual Congress
The event will be held in Vienna next 11-14 October
Our research physician Gianluigi Li Bassi will attend the 22nd ESICM Annual Congress "Patient safety & quality of care in ICM", which will be held in Vienna next 11-14 of October 2009, in order to receive his award for the project on effects of inverse ratio ventilation on mucus clearance.
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Monday, 10/05/2009
Cristina Esquinas is interviewed by “Publicación Médica de Neumología” on community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and tobacco
The study involves 2.026 patients who were admitted due to CAP between 2002 and 2007
Cristina Esquinas presented her work at the 42th SEPAR’s National Congress. The aim of her research is to know if regular smoking has any influence on CAP. “We had a great database of community-acquired pneumonia. Besides, I work myself in a smoking cessation outpatient visit, so we had enough means and experience to carry out the study”, says Cristina Esquinas.
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Sunday, 09/13/2009
Catia Cillóniz has been granted ERS Young Scientist Sponsorship to attend the European Respiratory Society Annual Congress
She will present the results of her research regarding the study of etiologic agents involved in community-acquired pneumonia. Doctors Antoni Torres, Miquel Ferrer, Néstor Soler, Jacob Sellarés and Eva Polverino participate in the event as well
Doctoral Researcher Catia Cillóniz has attended the ERS 2009 held in Viena thanks to the ERS Young Scientist Sponsorship she has been granted as an author of one of the best abstracts regarding the study of etiologic agents involved in community-acquired pneumonia and their relationship with population factors, which is the subject of her doctoral thesis.
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Tuesday, 09/08/2009
Laia Fernández has been assigned an ESCMID Grant to participate in the first European Congress on Microbial Biofilms held in Rome
She has presented the results of her research, based on the microbiological and microscopic analysis of biofilm in endotracheal tubes in pigs
Doctoral Researcher Laia Fernández has been assigned the ESCMID Grant which allowed her to attend Eurobiofilms 2009, the first European Congress on Microbial Biofilms held in Rome on September 2-5, where she presented a poster session entitled Biofilm-Based Medical-Device-Related Infections.
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Thursday, 08/13/2009
Non-invasive ventilation increases survival rate of chronic respiratory disease in ICU patients
The conclusions of this paper state that correct application of non-invasive ventilation after extubation increases survival of critical chronic respiratory patients in 20%
This technique is easy to use in any ICU. The concerning paper proves it’s beneficial effects if applied immediately after extubation in patients suffering from chronic respiratory disease and high indicators of disease severity. Complications after extubation drop in over 30% of the cases and 90 days survival was increased in 20%. The conclusions of the study will cause the adaptation of the international clinical practice.
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Thursday, 07/23/2009
C-Reactive Protein Improves Prediction of Mortality in Community-Acquired Pneumonia
The journal Thorax publishes the results of this study involving cooperation between Hospital la Fe, Valencia and Hospital Clínic, Barcelona
A study recently published in Thorax and led by Dr. Rosario Menéndez of Hospital la Fe, Valencia, found that C-reactive protein improves the prediction of mortality of the commonly used prognostic scores.
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Tuesday, 06/30/2009
TV3 Marathon Presents Results of Projects on Chronic Respiratory Diseases (II)
Dr. Antoni Torres presents the results of the project carried out with the participation of Dr. Rosario Menéndez.
The 10th Symposium of the TV3 Marathon Foundation was held on 30 June, during which the results of the projects on chronic respiratory diseases, financed with funds obtained from the 2003 Marathon, were presented. Dr. Antoni Torres presented the results of the project: Risk and Outcome Factors of Community Acquired Pneumonia in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Impact of the Inflammatory Response.
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Tuesday, 06/23/2009
Alicia San José, a Research Nurse, Joins the Research Group
Alicia will take the place of Raquel Piñer, who, after several years in Barcelona, has decided to return to her home
On 16 June, after a rigorous selection process, Alicia San José joined our research group in the role of research nurse. Her task is to provide a transversal service to different lines and take on the role of study coordinator of the European project Mastering of Hospital Antibiotic Resistance (MOSAR).
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Saturday, 06/20/2009
First Conference on Shared Care in Respiratory Medicine
The main objective of the conference was to build closer links between primary care and respiratory medicine in relation to the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
On 16 June, 90 doctors and nursing staff debated topics relating to COPD, following several sessions in which a speaker from primary care and a speaker from respiratory medicine had taken part, The conference was a success and was accredited and declared of scientific interest by the Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine (CAMFIC).
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Wednesday, 06/10/2009
Oriol Sibila Gives the Young Researcher Lecture at the 42nd SEPAR Conference
His conference dealt with the importance of the inflammatory response associated with respiratory infections
More than 3000 health care professionals took part in the 42nd Conference of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR), held between 5 and 8 June at the Santander Palace of Exhibitions. During the conference, some 640 scientific papers were given out, more than 60 commercial exhibitors were present, and a dozen courses were taught.