Residents' Abstracts Presented At WARC, April, 1998

1. Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Monitoring During Bilateral Total Hip Arthroplasty or Bilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty
   Janos Szenohradszky, MD, PhD; Robin Chorn BSc, MBChB, FRCPC; Julio Raya MD; Earl Strum MD; Alexander Nemirovsky MD, PhD; Amgad El-Sibai MD, FAAP: Lawrence Dorr MD
2. Intraoperative Presentation of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura J Farlo, J Wan, M Sullivan, E Strum, M Mikhail, D Thangathurai, R Katz
3. Tourniquet-Induced Rhabdomyolysis. Amgad El-Sibai. M.D., Thomas T. Nguyen, M.D., Pavinder Singh, M.D
4. Stability of a new oral Pediatric Premedicant (MAK). Dona Warner, Amgad El-Sibai and Stephen Steen
5. Intravenous for Small Bowel Relaxation During Construction of Continent Urinary Reservoir. Aram K Messerlian MD, Maged Makhail MD, Duraiyah Thangathurai MD
6. THE David II Project. T. Ayoub, L. Chung, *D. Essin, J. Momjian, N. Stafford R. Katz, and S. Steen
7. The Mystery Bullet! M. Canas, T. Ayoub, J. Vatne, S. Steen
8. Intraoperative Ventilation with Air Prevents ARDS in Bleomycin Treated Patients Undergoing Major Cancer Surgery. A. Grover, A. El-Sibai, J. Wan, P Roffey, M Mikhail, D. Thangathurai
9. Use of Doxapram Infusion in ICU for Respiration Depression Induced by Epidural Opioid. A El-Sibai, M Mikhail, D Thangathurai, W Shoemaker, R Katz
10. and now MEA! T. Ayoub, A. El-Sibai, S. Steen
11. A Combination of Intravenous Ketamine, Midazolam, and Fentanyl for Pain Control in the Terminal Patient. Mike Port, MD; Nalini Vadivelu, MD; Jack Berger, MD, Ph.D., Director Palliative Care USC Med. Ctr., Patricia Harrison, MD, Director Pain Mgt. USC Med. Ctr
12. Retrospective Comparison Ropivacaine with Fentanyl 5mcg/ml to .125% Bupivacaine with Fentanyl 5mcg/ml for Postoperative Epidural Analgesia. Nalini Vadivelu, MD, Linda Rover. MD, J. Berger, MD, Ph.D.
13. Possible Neuropathic Pain after Anti HIV Gene Therapy Successfully Treated with Gaba Pentin. Nalini Vadivelu, M.D., and Jack M Berger, M.D., Ph.D.
14. Intraoperative Blood Conservation in Jehovah's Witness. J Farlo, M Mikhail, J Wan, E Strum, R Katz, D Thangathurai
15. Intraoperative Management of Renal Cell Cancer with Atrial and/or Caval Thrombus. J. Wan, J. Farlo. A. Grover, P. Roffey, M. Mikhail, R Katz, D. Thangathurai
16. Perioperative Invasive and Noninvasive Physiologic Monitoring of High Risk Patients. Michael J Sullivan MD, Charles Wo, Joseph Farlo MD, Kenneth Kuchta MD, Duraiyah Thangathurai MD, Vladimir Zelman MD, William C Shoemaker MD.
17. Can the Incidence of Postoperative ARDS be Reduced by Improved Intraoperative Tissue Perfusion Using Nitroglycerin and as Measured by Noninvasive Hemodynamic Monitoring in High Risk Surgical Patient. Michael J Sullivan MD, Charles Wo, Joseph Farlo MD, Marcos Canas MD. Duraiyah Thangathurai MD, Maged Mikhail MD, William Shoemaker MD.
18. Controlled Hypotensive Anesthesia Reduces Blood Loss in Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy A. Grover, A EI-Sibai, P Roffey, M. Mikhail, D. Thangathurai
19. FAT EMBOLISM SYNDROME PRESENTING HEMODYNAMIC COLLAPSE. Alexander Korets MD, Peter Roffey MD, Maged Mikhail MD, Duraiyah Thangathurai MD Ronald Katz, MD
20. VENOUS AIR EMBOLISM IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. Aram K. Messerlian MD, Amgad El-Sibai, MD, Maged Mikhail MD, Duraiyah Thangathurai MD, Ronald Katz MD
21. Length of Catheter Placed in the Epidural Space Has No Increased Complication at the Thoracic Level. Nalini Vadivelu, MD and Linda J. Rever, MD
22. An Unusual Case of Prolonged Post Dural Puncture Headache. Mike Port, MD, Jack Berger, MD, Ph.D.
23. Optimal Pain Relief in High Risk ICU Patients. A El-Sibai, M Mikhail, J Wan, K Kuchta, P Roffey, R Katz, D Thangathurai