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Tuesday, 02/17/2009
New European consensus document for management of hospital pneumonia
The conclusions include novelties such as the incorporation of new treatments that did not exist when the previous guidelines were drawn up.
Considerable disagreement persists regarding hospital-acquired pneumonia and ventilator-associated pneumonia. This circumstance has led to the initiative to create a consensus document that unifies the criteria of the 3 main European societies linked to these diseases. The person chosen to coordinate this project and represent the ERS was Dr. Antoni Torres, head of the respiratory medicine department of Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.
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Monday, 12/22/2008
IDIBAPS Awards 1 of 4 Postdoctoral Positions to Gianluigi Li Bassi
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Tuesday, 11/25/2008
Success in the FIS 2008 Call for Grant Applications With 5 new Projects Financed
Our research team in respiratory medicine has obtained a resounding success in the latest call for grant applications of the Health Care Research Fund (FIS)
Our research team in respiratory medicine has obtained a resounding success in the latest call for grant applications of the Health Care Research Fund (FIS). With 5 new financed projects, this research group ensures the continuity of some of the main lines of research it is developing. One of them is a wide-ranging multi-center project.
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Saturday, 11/01/2008
Adherence to ATS Guidelines Reduces Hospital Stay Times and Improves Patient Mortality
Clinical guidelines are an essential tool for good clinical practice and the reduction of patients’ length of stay in hospital.
Clinical guidelines are an essential tool for good clinical practice and the reduction of patients’ length of stay in hospital. The guidelines published by the American Thoracic Society are an international gold standard for patients with pneumonia, yet their impact on patient mortality and length of stay in hospital has not been described objectively.
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Wednesday, 10/15/2008
A Study by our Group Among the Top 5% of Most Highly Rated Abstracts at the Latest ERS Congress
One of the most notable abstracts, signed by Dr. Hugo Loureiro and Dr. Jacob Sellarés, among others, was in the top 5% of the abstracts most highly rated by the attendees
The latest annual conference of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) took place in Berlin between 4 and 8 October. As is becoming usual, our team had the chance to present at the conference some of the latest results they have obtained. One of the most notable abstracts, signed by Dr. Hugo Loureiro and Dr. Jacob Sellarés, among others, was in the top 5% of the abstracts most highly rated by the attendees. More than 3000 abstracts were presented at this highly prestigious international meeting.