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Thursday, 09/22/2011
The Gravity-VAP trial obtained official endorsement by the European Critical Care Research Network (ECCRN) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Great advantages for the Gravity-VAP trial through the endorsement by the ECCRN of the ESICM
Early in September, the Gravity-VAP trial obtained official endorsement by the European Critical Care Research Network (ECCRN) of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. The endorsement will facilitate, integrate and support collaborations between institutions of the Gravity-VAP Network, ultimately resulting in improved and faster patient enrollment. Additionally, the endorsement will help to broaden the interest regarding the trial within the European Community.
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Friday, 09/02/2011
The manuscript entitled “Predictors of prolonged weaning and survival during ventilator weaning in a respiratory ICU” appears in the Top 5 Articles of the Intensive Care Medicine
Below are the 5 most-read articles on the site. This list represents the readers' preference
Predictors of prolonged weaning and survival during ventilator weaning in a respiratory ICU
Jacobo Sellares, Miquel Ferrer, Esteban Cano, Hugo Loureiro, Mauricio Valencia, Antoni TorresRead another new about this manuscript
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Saturday, 07/30/2011
Dr. Antoni Torres will run for Vicepresident of the European Respiratory Society (ERS)
The ERS Executive Commmittee has accepted Prof. Torres’ candidacy for Vicepresident 2011-2012, who is Chief of Respiratory Intensive Care Unit in Hospital Clinic from Barcelona and a member of SEPAR.
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Friday, 07/29/2011
Interview with Catia Cillóniz on Classification of microbial etiologies in community-acquired pneumonia by the journal publicación médica de Neumología
Cillóniz Catia is the first author of the study published in Thorax, analyzing a population of 3523 patients
The study "Microbial aetiology of community-acquired pneumonia and Its relation to severity", conducted by Catia Cillóniz and directed by Prof. Antonio Torres Martí of the research group Applied Research in Respiratory Diseases (IAMR), has been recently published in Thorax. The aim was to analyze the etiology of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) according to the severity scores. This study signed by Cillóniz C, Ewig S, Polverino E, Marcos MA, Esquinas C, Gabarrús A, Mensa J, Torres A: "It offers an important insight with respect to each class of microorganisms and severity of the past 12 years, in a population of 3523 patients" explained this researcher in the interview conducted by the journal publicación médica de Neumología.
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Monday, 07/18/2011
Laia Fernandez Barat awarded for the best clinical poster of the Eurobiofilms 2011 organized by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
The event took place from the 6th to the 8th of July in Copenhagen at the Panum Institute in Denmark
Laia Fernandez Barat’s project "Confocal microscopy analysis of bacterial viability in endotracheal tube Biofilm from a pig model of MRSA pneumonia receiving antimicrobial therapy" won the best clinical poster award at the second European Congress on Microbial Biofilms- basic and clinical aspects, celebrated from the 6th to the 8th of July. This investigator, whose background is on biomedical biology, did an oral presentation on the same topic the 7th of July, in a specific symposium for Biofilm-based medical device related infections and host response.
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Friday, 06/10/2011
Interview with Dr. Antoni Torres, a candidate for president of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR)
The professor of medicine sets out the broad lines of his candidacy and future challenges for SEPAR
Interview with Dr. Antoni Torres, a candidate for President of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR), setting out the broad lines of his candidacy, and the challenges that he believes that SEPAR should face in the coming years (in Spanish).
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Thursday, 05/19/2011
IAMR group joins a doctor of internal medicine for the line of CAP and NIV
She comes from the University of Milan to gain experience in research
The latest incorporation at the research group is Elena Prina, graduated in Medicine from the University of Milan. She is currently doing the residency in internal medicine at the University of Milan. Her role in the research team will be to participate in the research of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and the non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) research lines.
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Tuesday, 05/10/2011
Mauricio Valencia succesfully defended his doctoral thesis: prevention of complications associated with mecahnical ventilation
The public event was held last April 14th in the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine
Mauricio Valencia is an intensive care physishian who is currently working in the Medical Intensive Care Service in the Hospital Universitario del Sagrat Cor in Barcelona. However, he carried out his doctoral thesis in the Applied Research in Respiratory diseases IDIBAPS group, which is led by Prof. Antoni Torres. During his stay in Hospital Clinic, Dr.Valencia’s research focused on the prevention of complications associated with mecahnical ventilation. Results were published in two first quartile journals which have a high impact factor: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. The public event took place last April 14th in the University of Barcelona, Faculty of Medicine, Room 15, and the thesis tribunal comprised Dra. Paula Ramírez, from Hospital La Fe in Valencia, Dr. Antoni Artigas, from Parc Taulí in Sabadell and Dr. Javier Ruiz, from Hospital Universitari del Sagrat Cor in Barcelona.
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Monday, 05/02/2011
Prof. Antoni Torres is one of the three candidates that will run in the presidential election of the Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Torácica (SEPAR)
Results will be published during the next SEPAR Annual Congress that will be held in Oviedo on 17-20 June
Section Head of the Pneumology Service in Hospital Gregorio Marañón Pilar de Lucas Ramos; specialist pneumologist in Centro de Especialidades Dr. Fleming de Sevilla Francisco Álvarez Gutiérrez and Professor of Medicine, UVIR Director in the Pneumology Service and UCI’s coordinator in Institut Clínic del Tòrax in Hospital Clínic Antoni Torres Martí are the three candidates that will run in the presidential election of the Sociedad Española de Neumología y Cirugía Toracica (SEPAR). Results will be published during the next SEPAR Annual Congress that will be held in Oviedo on 17-20 June.
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Tuesday, 04/19/2011
Miquel Ferrer awarded for the best clinical presentation of the XXIX Diada Pneumològica organized by Societat Catalana de Pneumologia (SOCAP)
The event took place the 7th, 8th and 9th of April at Internacional Business Center of Badalona
Dr. Miquel Ferrer’s project Corticoides inhalados, respuesta inflamatoria sistémica y mortalidad en la neumonía adquirida en la comunidad won the best presentation award at the XXIX Diada Pneumològica organized by Societat Catalana de Pneumologia (SOCAP) on last April the 9th, in a specific session for oral comunications in which the three best presentations on Medicine, Physiotherapy and Nursing are usually presented.
