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Wednesday, 04/09/2014
Our research team in respiratory medicine has obtained grant for 2 projects in the latest call for grant applications of the Health Care Research Fund (FIS)
With 2 new financed projects this research group ensures the continuity of some of the main lines of research it is developing.
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 2 new financed projects, this research group ensures the continuity of some of the main lines of research it is developing. The new three year projects financed are the following:
1. Leaded by Dr. Nestor Soler, it's entitled: "Diagnostic value of Pancreatic Stone Protein (PSP / reg) in infectious exacerbation of COPD: relevance of the microbiome."2. Leaded by Dr. Jacob Sellarés, it's entitled: Association of MBL (Mannose binding lectin) pathway deficiency and pneumococcal serotypes in invasive pneumococcal disease. This is a bicentric coordinated study, the coordinating centre is Hospital La Fe de Valencia and the IP Dr. Rosario Menéndez.
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Thursday, 03/20/2014
The effect of neuraminidase inhibitors is analized by a consortium leaded by investigators of the Division of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Nottingham
The results of this meta-analysis, in which Prof. Torres and IAMR have collaborated, have been recently published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal
This study includes 29 234 patients from 78 studies of patients admitted to hospital between Jan 2, 2009, and March 14, 2011. In conclusion, this meta-analysis advocates the early instigation of neuraminidase inhibitors treatment in adults admitted to hospital with suspected or proven influenza infection. Complete access to the results and methods of this meta-analysis are available in Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal. Prof. Antoni Torres is one of the authors and has contributed with data from the intensive respiratory unit that he leads at the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona.
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Sunday, 02/09/2014
Online training achieves important reductions in primary-care antibiotic prescribing
It is the conclusion of an article published in The Lancet by the GRACE project
Internet training achieved important reductions in antibiotic prescribing for respiratory-tract infections across language and cultural boundaries. More information leads to better treatment decisions.
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Thursday, 11/14/2013
Prof. Dr. Antonio Torres receives the award for professional excellence 2013
This award is an honorary recognition awarded annually by the College of Physicians of Barcelona
This is the tenth year that these awards are granted. Preselected distinguished doctors with exemplary behavior are awarded annually with them.
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Monday, 10/21/2013
icTV interview Steroids in Severe CAP? By Prof. Antoni Torres
HOT TOPIC in ESICM News 2013
In this icTV interview with Prof. Antoni Torres, one of the HOT TOPIC presenters at LIVES 2013 in Paris discusses his long-term study on the effectiveness of utilising corticosteroids in severe CAP. Torres highlights the relevance of the study, the challenges involved and whets our appetite with the results and potential clinical implications of his yet-to-be-published findings. - See more at:
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Wednesday, 10/09/2013
Dr. Gianluigi Li Bassi receives the ESICM prestigious Young Investigator Award
The 26th ESICM Annual Congress LIVES 2013 is running in Paris, France, from Saturday 5 October until Wednesday 9 October
The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) 26th Annual Congress LIVES 2013 is running in Paris, France. This Congress is one of the major intensive care meetings of the year. Today, the last day of the event, Dr. Gianluigi Li Bassi will receive the prestigious Young Investigator Award.
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Monday, 10/07/2013
Dr. Catia Cillóniz receives the University of Barcelona Extraordinary Doctorate Prize
Her thesis focused on the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia
This award recognizes the quality of some of the theses defended and approved at the University of Barcelona which have obtained the Excellent Cum Laude qualification.
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Thursday, 10/03/2013
Gianluigi Li Bassi successfully defended his doctoral thesis: “New insights into the role of the semirecumbent position in the pathogenesis of ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and potential preventive measures”
The public event was held last July 8th in the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine
Gianluigi Li Bassi has been working as doctoral researcher at the Applied Research in Respiratory Diseases group led by Prof. Antoni Torres at the IDIBAPS. He is the coordinator of the Animal Experimentation Division and his research focuses on finding new strategies to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Results presented in his thesis, directed by Dr. Miquel Ferrer, were published in the journalCritical Care Medicine and the thesis tribunal comprised Prof. Antoni Artigas, Prof.NeusFabregas and Dra. Paula Ramírez.
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Friday, 08/02/2013
Joan Daniel Martí successfully defended his doctoral thesis: “Efficacy and safety assessment of ventilatory strategies and respiratory therapy techniques to improve mucociliary clearance during invasive mechanical ventilation”
The public event was held last July 8th in the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine
Joan Daniel Martí takes part in the Animal Model research line and his research projects are based on finding new physiotherapy strategies to improve airway secretions clearance in critically patients and reduce the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). Results presented in his thesis were published on 2012 and 2013 in Critical Care Medicine.
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Monday, 07/29/2013
Laia Fernández Barat successfully defended her doctoral thesis: “Biofilm study in a porcine model of ventilator associated pneumonia: role of systemic antibiotherapy in its microbiology and microscopic morphology”
The public event was held last July 5th in the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine
Laia Fernández Barat has been working as doctoral researcher at the Applied Research in Respiratory Diseases group led by Prof. Antoni Torres at the IDIBAPS. She obtained her degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona. During her doctoral thesis her research was aimed to determine the effects of systemic treatment on endotracheal tube biofilm development. Results were published on 2012 in the journals Critical Care Medicine and FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology.
