Travel Awards have been provided by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Kevin M. Fischer, MD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Abstract Title: Health-Related Quality Of Life And Perceived Quality Of Life In Survivors Of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation
Madison Macht, MD
University of Colorado
Abstract Title: Dysphagia Is Common, Persistent, And Associated With Poor Outcomes In Survivors Of Critical Illness
The Travel Award has been provided by Cephalon, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Samy Sidhom, MD, MPH
Tufts Medical Center
Abstract Title: Predictors Of Noninvasive Ventilation Failure In Acute Respiratory Failure
Travel Awards have been provided by Gilead Sciences, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Laura M. Cecere, MD, MSc
Health Services Research & Development, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, University of Washington
Abstract Title: Intensive Care Admission Is No Worse For Long-Term Quality Of Life Than Hospitalization
Maria Plataki, MD, PhD
College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Abstract Title: Poloxamer 188 Facilitates The Repair Of Alveolus Resident Cells In Ventilator Injured Lungs
Travel Awards have been provided by Merck member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Joanna L. Hart, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Abstract Title: The Final Bed: A National, Qualitative Study Of Intensive Care Unit Clinicians' Reasons For Rationing
Martin Dres, MD
AP-HP
Abstract Title: Acute Exacerbations Of COPD In The ICU: Are Non-Invasive And Invasive Ventilation Use And Mortality Different In High Volume ICUs?
Travel Awards have been provided by Pfizer, Inc. member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Rachel Schuster, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Abstract Title: Physicians Convert Uncertainty To Certainty When Disclosing Prognosis In Grave Critical Illness
Patrick B. Murphy, BSc
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Abstract Title: Interim Data From A Randomised Controlled Trial Of Average Volume-Assured Pressure Support (AVAPS) Versus Spontaneous-Timed (ST) Pressure Support In Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome (OHS)
Travel Awards have been provided by Purdue Pharma, LLP member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Nicolas Nin, MD, PhD
Hospital Universitario De Getafe, Ciberes
Abstract Title: Metabolomic Analysis Of Pulmonary Tissue In An Experimental Model Of Ventilator Induced Lung Injury
Arata Tabuchi, MD, PhD
The Keenan Research Centre at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael´s Hospital
Abstract Title: Acute Lung Injury Causes Pendelluft Between Adjacent Alveoli In Vivo
The Travel Award has been provided by ResMed member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Gianluca Samarani, MD
Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna
Abstract Title: Mesenchymal Stem Cells Therapy Reduces Bacteremia And Enhances The Phagocytic Activity Of Circulating Monocytes In A Mouse Model Of Gram Negative Sepsis
Travel Awards have been provided by United Therapeutics Corporation member of the American Thoracic Society Corporate Member Program
Bradford J. Ghavan, MD
Harborview Medical Center
Abstract Title: Could Chest Computed Tomography Reduce Phenotypic Misclassification Of Acute Lung Injury?
Angela J. Frank, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Abstract Title: Inflammatory Biomarkers And Changes In Driving Pressure With Positive End-Expiratory Pressure In Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Travel Awards have been provided by ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - ARDS Foundation.
Lieuwe Durk Jacobus Bos, MSc
Academic Medical Centre
Abstract Title: Exhaled Breath Analysis In The Diagnosis Of Acute Lung Injury
Frederique Schortgen, MD
CHU Henri Mondor
Abstract Title: External Cooling Accelerates The Weaning Of Vasopressors In Septic Shock
Travel Awards have been provided by ATS Public Advisory Roundtable member - Sepsis Alliance.
Boris Jung, MD, PhD
McGill University
Abstract Title: The Absence Of Adrenal Gland Enlargement During Septic Shock Predicts Mortality: A CT-Scan Study Of 239 Patients
Elizabeth Christina Parsons, MD
Harborview Medical Center
Abstract Title: Red Blood Cell Transfusion And Outcomes In Acute Lung Injury With Septic Shock