ICS Research Gold Medal Abstract Presentations

Warren DK Shukla SJ Olsen MA Kollef MH Hollenbeak CS Cox MJ Cohen MM Fraser VJ . Outcome and attributable cost of ventilator-associated pneumonia among intensive care unit patients in a suburban medical center. Crit Care Med 2003; 31 (5): 1312–7.

Bercault N Boulain T . Mortality rate attributable to ventilator-associated nosocomial pneumonia in an adult intensive care unit: a prospective case-control study. Crit Care Med 2001; 29 (12): 2303–9.

Rello J . Bench-to-bedside review: Therapeutic options and issues in the management of ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia. Crit Care 2005; 9 (3): 259–65.

Steinberg KP Mitchell DR Maunder RJ Milberg JA Whitcomb ME Hudson LD . Safety of bronchoalveolar lavage in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome. Am Rev Respir Dis 1993; 148 (3): 556–61.

Turner JS Willcox PA Hayhurst MD Potgieter PD . Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the intensive care unit—a prospective study of 147 procedures in 107 patients. Crit Care Med 1994; 22 (2): 259–64.

Trouillet JL Guiguet M Gibert C Fagon JY Dreyfuss D Blanchet F Chastre J . Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in ventilated patients. Evaluation of cardiopulmonary risk under midazolam sedation. Chest 1990; 97 (4): 927–33.

Gessner C Scheibe R Wotzel M Hammerschmidt S Kuhn H Engelmann L Hoheisel G Gillissen A Sack U Wirtz H . Exhaled breath condensate cytokine patterns in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Med 2005; 99 (10): 1229–40.

Ojoo JC Mulrennan SA Kastelik JA Morice AH Redington AE . Exhaled breath condensate pH and exhaled nitric oxide in allergic asthma and in cystic fibrosis. Thorax 2005; 60 (1): 22–6.

Vaughan J Ngamtrakulpanit L Pajewski TN Turner R Nguyen TA Smith A Urban P Hom S Gaston B Hunt J . Exhaled breath condensate pH is a robust and reproducible assay of airway acidity. Eur Respir J 2003; 22 (6): 889–94.

Tate S MacGregor G Davis M Innes JA Greening AP . Airways in cystic fibrosis are acidified: detection by exhaled breath condensate. Thorax 2002; 57 (11): 926–9.

Gessner C Hammerschmidt S Kuhn H Seyfarth HJ Sack U Engelmann L Schauer J Wirtz H . Exhaled breath condensate acidification in acute lung injury. Respir Med 2003; 97 (11): 1188–94.

Bruhn A Liberona L Lisboa C Borzone G . [Limitations of the technique to determine hydrogen peroxide levels in exhaled breath condensate from patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome]. Arch Bronconeumol 2005; 41 (10): 542–6.

Philips BJ Redman J Brennan A Wood D Holliman R Baines D Baker EH . Glucose in bronchial aspirates increases the risk of respiratory MRSA in intubated patients. Thorax 2005; 60 (9): 761–4.

Bernard GR Artigas A Brigham KL Carlet J Falke K Hudson L Lamy M Legall JR Morris A Spragg R . The American-European Consensus Conference on ARDS. Definitions, mechanisms, relevant outcomes, and clinical trial coordination. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1994; 149 (3 Pt 1): 818–24.

Demers RR . Bacterial/viral filtration: let the breather beware! Chest 2001; 120 (4): 1377–89.