IARS 79^th Clinical & Scientific Congress
11-15 March 2005 / Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii

Presentations

• (S-74) Peri-anesthetic myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac evaluation, and elective lumbar spine surgery under perioperative beta-blockade on the 4th day post-MI: A Case Report and Discussion.
  AUTHORS: P. Ee, P. M. Kempen;
  AFFILIATION:University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
  
• Pharmacology for Infants and Children
  AUTHORS: P. J. Davis;
  AFFILIATION:Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  
• (S-257) Safety and Efficacy of High Dose PCEA for Labor Using Ropivacaine.
  AUTHORS: V. R. Mantha, S. Ramanathan, M. Vallejo;
  AFFILIATION:University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  
• Winner of best in the catagory of "Economics, Education & Patient Safety: Improving Patient Outcomes."
  (S-169) THE INCIDENCE AND OUTCOME OF PERIOPERATIVE PULMONARY ASPIRATION IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL: A TWO-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS
  AUTHORS: T. Sakai, I. A. Hilmi, T. Kim, R. M. Planinsic, J. J. Quinlan;
  AFFILIATION:Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
  
• (S-137) Hemodynamic Profiles During Live Donor Liver Transplantation Surgery
  AUTHORS: R. M. Planinsic, S. Aggarwal, I. A. Hilmi, R. Nicolau-Radudcu, S. Servetti, A. Marcos;
  AFFILIATION:University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
  
• Winner of best in the catagory of "Critical Care and Trauma: Coagulation & Fluid Management."
  (S-119) The effect of the intra-operative blood and blood products transfusion on the outcome of patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT).
  AUTHORS: I. A. Hilmi¹, R. M. Planinsic¹, T. Kim¹, R. S. Abdullah¹, E. Sullivan¹, A. Marcos²;
  AFFILIATION:¹Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
  
• (S-250) Transdermal Scopolamine Reduces Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting in Patients After Retomastoid Craninectomy with Microvascular Decompression Cranial Nerves
  AUTHORS: L. Meng, F. Gyulai;
  AFFILIATION:University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.