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Wednesday, 03/03/2010
Dr. Eva Polverino talks about HCAP patients and results of her latest study
She deems it difficult to agree on a worldwide definition of HCAP patients
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.
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Thursday, 02/25/2010
Prof. Torres in an interview with Publicación Médica en Neumología on the microbial etiology of pneumonia in elderly patients
The results of this study can change the type of treatment being given at present and recommended by guidelines
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.
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Wednesday, 02/10/2010
Idibaps Respiratory Research will launch a Facebook funpage very shortly
It will help spread the scientific activity carried out by the group
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.
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Saturday, 01/30/2010
Respiratory physiotherapist Dani Martí, awarded the best abstract presentation by Société de Kinésitherapie de Réanimation
He presented preliminary results about his latest work at the 23rd Société de Kinésitherapie de Réanimation Congress held in Paris in late January
Dani Martí, currently working as a research physiotherapist at the division of animal experimentation of critical care medicine in Idibaps Respiratory Research Group, has been the recipient of the award to the best abstract presentation in the 23rd Société de Kinésitherapie de Réanimation Congress that took place in Paris from 21st to 22nd of January.
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Friday, 01/22/2010
Idibaps Respiratory Research Group Impact Factor substantially increased during 2009
The number of articles published keeps growing and the impact factor has increased from 76.37 in 2008 to 212.64 in 2009
The Impact Factor of scientific articles published by members of Idibaps Respiratory Research Group keeps rising. Whereas by the end of 2008 figures showed an Impact Factor of 76.37, at the end of 2009 it has reached 212.64.
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Friday, 01/15/2010
Lina Saucedo: “Working in the research group has been a very fruitful experience”
Colombian Medical Resident of Critical Care Medicine and Intensive Care talks about her experience in Applied Research in Respiratory Diseases Research Group from IDIBAPS.
During her fellowship in the research group, which will end by next September, Lina Maria Saucedo Jaramillo, a current resident in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Sabana, Bogotà, has learned many aspects regarding all phases of the research process, and has also understood the importance of the rigour in biomedical research.
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Friday, 12/11/2009
Dr. Miquel Ferrer talks about guidelines for Hospital Acquired Pneumonia and results of his latest study
He expressed his concerns regarding microbial prediction accuracy of latest ATS/IDSA 2005 guidelines
Interviewed by Idibaps Respiratory Research Dr. Miquel Ferrer, senior investigator of our group on Applied research in respiratory diseases, talked about community and hospital acquired pneumonia guidelines for the clinical practice. He expressed his concerns regarding microbial prediction accuracy of latest ATS/IDSA 2005 guidelines. He also described current situation and burden for Intensive Care Units of the new H1N1 flu. Ultimately, he highlighted that currently there is no evidence to associate higher risk for hospital acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients with H1N1 Influenza.
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Thursday, 11/26/2009
Prof. Tobias Welte compares German and Spanish health systems' responses to swine flue: “I’m not convinced that outpatient services are good enough in Spain”
He said so in an interview with Idibaps Respiratory Research
Interviewed by Idibaps Respiratory Research, Head of the Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Prof. Tobias Welte talked about community acquired pneumonia in nursing home facilities. He also gave his insight into Influenza A virus and how some european hospitals are dealing with it; he pointed out that outpatient services in Spanish hospitals may not be good enough to cope with secondary bacterial pneumonia, which he described as the major risk of swine flu.
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Thursday, 11/19/2009
British Journal of Anaesthesia publishes our pioneering work on respiratory mechanics in patients admitted to ICU
The forced oscillation technique (FOT) is a useful and noninvasive technique that can be used to monitor respiratory mechanics during withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in intubated patients
The article Respiratory Impedance during weaning from mechanical ventilation in a mixed population of critically ill patients is the first job that tests a noninvasive technique, the Forced Oscillation Technique (FOT) to measure resistance and reactance of the lungs of outpatients admitted to ICUs who start weaning or withdrawal of mechanical ventilation.
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Friday, 11/13/2009
Physiotherapist Dani Martí joins IDIBAPS Respiratory Research
He will work as a physiotherapist on the Community acquired pneumonia research line
Dani Marti physiotherapist who has recently joined our research group to conduct clinical research in the field of pneumonia. He is currently working on the field of community-acquired pneumonia. Specifically he participates in the FIS "Health Care Associated Pneumonia" project.
