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9 - 12 March 2010

ISICEM International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine - Brussels (Belgium)

ISICEM

9 -11 June 2010

EACTA European Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiologists - Edinburgh (UK)

EACTA

12-15 June 2010

ESA European Society of Anaesthesiology - Helsinki (Finland)

ESA

18-22 September 2010

ERS European Respiratory Society - Barcellona (Spain)

ERS

9 -13 October 2010

ESICM European Society of Intensive Care Medicine - Barcellona (Spain)

ESICM

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The VAPAWAY website is aimed at developing and coordinating actions and sharing knowledge among healthcare professionals dedicated to the care and treatment of patients in the intensive care.

Our focus is to:

- develop a European evidence-based guideline for VAP prevention as a response to the growing need for European harmonisation on this topic.

- facilitate the exchange of information & develop tools such as e-learning programs and educational surveys, to give healthcare professionals the means to become key players in VAP prevention.

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Articles

DERIVATION AND VALIDATION OF A CLINICAL PREDICTION RULE FOR NOSOCOMIAL PNEUMONIA AFTER CORONARY ARTE

Kinlin LM et al

About this article:"In this large population study authors derived and validated a predictive rule to develop pneumonia in coronary artery by pass graft surgery patients. The AUCs for the derivation and validation cohorts were 0.78 and 0.75, respectively. This study allows to detect patients with a high risk to develop VAP after this type of surgery and consequently to implement special measures of prevention."

Holms C et al

About this article: "Pseudomonas and other waterborne pathogens are a frequent cause of microbial infections in critically ill patients. In the present study about a subacute care unit authors show a reduction of colonization and infection by these types of pathogens when using a point of care water filtration. Water filtration is a measure frequently overhelmed by personnel dedicated to prevent nosocomial infections."

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