P. Rocco (Rio De Janeiro, Brazil), T. Vassilakopoulos (Heraklion Athens, Greece)
Effects of lung volume recruitment on sound transmission in a saline lavage model of acute lung injury (ALI) P. Pompilio, P. Frykholm, E. Zannin, M. A. Olerud, A. Sgura, P. Kostic, A. Pedotti, G. Hedenstierna, R. Dellaca (Milan, Uppsala, Italy; Uppsala, Sweden)
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Comparative effects of hyperoxia, PEEP titration and alveolar recruitment maneuvers on systemic oxygenation in hypoxaemic patients after cardiac surgery P. Sperandio, V. Mendez, A. Kawakami, A. Souza, L. Tamashiro, C. Gun, I. Umeda (Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
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Pressure regulated volume control versus pressure control in management of status asthmaticus K. Hussein (Assiut, Egypt)
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HFOV to re-establish protective ventilation J. Krassler, A. Rolle, G. Hoeffken, D. Koschel (Coswig, Germany)
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A novel algorithm for variable ventilation: impact on spatial ventilation distribution in healthy pig lungs T. Riedel, B. Eberle, S. Trachsel (Bern, Switzerland)
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Effects of recruitment manoeuvres at different degrees of intravascular lung volume in experimental acute lung injury P. Silva, F. Cruz, L. Fujisaki, G. Oliveira, C. Samary, M. Oliveira, N. Rocha, V. Capelozzi, M. Gama de Abreu, P. Pelosi, P. Rocco (Rio de Janeiro, Niterói, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Dresden, Germany; Varese, Italy)
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Pressure control ventilation versus low levels of pressure support ventilation on sleep quality during the weaning period C. Andrejak, J. Monconduit, D. Rose, B. Toublanc, I. Mayeux, V. Jounieaux (Amiens, France)
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Incidence and outcome of weaning from mechanical ventilation according to the new consensus categories G. C. Funk, S. Anders, M. K. Breyer, O. C. Burghuber, G. Edelmann, W. Heindl, G. Hinterholzer, R. Kohansal, R. Schuster, A. Schwarzmaier-d´Assie, A. Valentin, S. Hartl (Vienna, Austria)
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Impact of different ventilator parameters on in-vitro aerosol performance of a novel nebulizer for ventilated patients M. Hahn, M. Tservistas, U. Hetzer, A. Seidler, E. Grieblinger, M. Knoch (Munich, Germany)
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Retrospective analysis of factors contributing to length of time to decannulation following elective tracheostomy in ITU S. Bloch, M. Nel, W. Oldfield, C. Gomez (London, United Kingdom)
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Combined percutaneous tracheostomy with the Ciaglia and Griggs method in ICU – a safe procedure for patients below 18 years of age M. Weinmueller, J. Benedikter, S. Gallenberger (Munich, Germany)
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Admission c-reactive protein and apache II score poorly predict loss of muscle mass in critically ill patients Z. Puthucheary, J. Seymour, P. Sidhu, P. Hopkins, M. Irvine, N. Hopkinson, N. Hart, M. Polkey, J. Moxham (London, United Kingdom)
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The incidence rate of muscle weakness in the intensive care unit in Japan T. Kutsuzawa, M. Sato, N. Takahashi, H. Matsuki (Isehara, Japan)
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Measuring parasternal muscle surface electromyogram (emgpara) in patients with COPD P. Murphy, A. Kumar, Z. Marie, C. Reilly, C. Jolley, M. Polkey, J. Moxham, N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)
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Muscle oxygenation state during passive exercise in patients admitted to the intensive care unit S. Terachi, T. Kutsuzawa, D. Kurita (Isehara, Japan)
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Respiratory muscle weakness in patients with critical illness polyneuromyopathy V. Gerovasili, D. Zervakis, G. Tzanis, T. Pitsolis, L. Karatzanos, S. Kolias, C. Routsi, S. Nanas (Athens, Greece)
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Assessment of sleep pattern, energy expenditure and circadian pattern of body temperature for patients with acute coronary syndrome using the armband: a preliminary report H. Alotair, M. Sharif, A. BaHammam (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
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Effects of cyclic and continuous nutrition to blood glucose levels of critically ill patients M. Zeng, K. Guan, G. Lu, H. Wang (Guangzhou, China)
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Use of fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FESS) during invasive ventilation (IV) in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): comparison of cuffed, uncuffed tracheal cannula and spontaneous breathing (SB) P. Banfi, D. Ginocchio, N. Cellotto, K. Gorni, C. Lunetta, C. Vincitorio, M. Corbo (Milan, Italy)
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