VCURES Has Strong Presence at 2004 ATACCC Meeting

VCURES once again presented more scientific work than any other nonmilitary institution at the Department of Defenses' 2004 Advanced Technologies Applications for Combat Casualty Care (ATACCC) meeting in St. Petersburg , Florida . The ATACCC ( http://www.usaccc.org/ataccc/ ) is the DOD's premier research meeting on combat casualty care in which state of the art research on pathophysiology, diagnostics, and treatment are presented and discussed. VCURES presented twelve posters covering a range of topics. Two of these resulted from a joint effort with VCU's Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors and Biochips ( http://www.c3b.vcu.edu/index.html ) and Hemodyne Inc ( www.hemodyne.com ). In addition, an oral presentation was given by several VCURES investigators including Drs. Rao Ivatury, Ivo Torres Filho, and R. Wayne Barbee.

“We are once more, extraordinarily proud of the efforts of our investigators, research associates and important research partners at VCU that make VCURES such a success. The large number of presentations and the interest they generate are a testament to the uniqueness of our Operation Purple Heart program in combat casualty care research,” says Dr. Kevin Ward, VCURES Associate Director and Medical Director of the Operation Purple Heart Program. The titles, authors and presenters of the presentations are listed below. For more information contact VCURES at: vcures@vcu.edu . and see VCURES Operation Purple Heart program at ( http://www.vcu.edu/vcures/purpleheart.htm )

List of VCURES Presentations

Oral presentations

• Pharmacological Down-Regulation of Metabolism in Traumatic Shock
Dr. R. Wayne Barbee

• Sub-lingual pCO2
Dr. Rao Ivatury

• Resonance Raman Spectroscopy and Intravital Microscopy to Monitor Oxygenation Levels
Dr. Ivo Torres-Filho

Posters

•Quantitative Studies of Sublingual PCO2 as a Resuscitation End-Point in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemorrhagic Shock
D. B. Green, R. Ivatury, M. H. Tiba, I. P. Torres-Filho, R. W. Barbee, P.S. Reynolds, K. R. Ward

• Effects of Androstenetriol in a Rodent Model of Combined Hemorrhage and Tissue Injury
Andrea C. Marcu, Nicole D. Kielar, R. Wayne Barbee, Kevin R. Ward , Roger M. Loria

•Monitoring of Critical Oxygen Delivery using Systemic Parameters
I. P. Torres Filho, B. D. Spiess, R. N. Pittman, R.W. Barbee, L. G. Somera, III, and K. R. Ward

• Resonance Raman Spectroscopy and Intravital Microscopy to Monitor Oxygenation Levels
I. P. Torres Filho, J. Terner, L. N. Torres, R.W. Barbee, L. G. Somera, III, R. N. Pittman, B. D. Spiess and K. R. Ward

• Metabolic Down-Regulation by Protein Synthesis Inhibition agents in a Conscious Rat Model
P. S. Reynolds, R. W. Barbee, R. F. Diegelmann, K. R. Ward

• Bispectral Index Monitoring of Intubated Trauma Patients Indicates Inadequate Sedation
M. H. Tiba, T. A. Timmons, R. W. Barbee, R. R. Ivatury, B. D. Spiess, P. S. Reynolds, and K. R. Ward

•Continuous Peripheral Resistance Measurement during Hemorrhagic Hypotension
L. N. Torres, I. P. Torres Filho, R. W. Barbee, L. G. Somera, III, M. H. Tiba, R. N. Pittman and K. R. Ward

•Duration of Action of a Single, Early Oral Application of Chlorhexidine on Oral Microbial Flora in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Pilot Study
M. J. Grap, C. L. Munro, R.K. Elswick, C. N. Sessler, and K. R. Ward

• Feasibility Studies in Development of a Temporary Implantable Lactate sensor
A. Guiseppi-Elie, S. Brahim, S. Abraham, L. Torres, R. W. Barbee, B. F. Diegelmann, K. R. Ward. In association with VCU Center of Bioelectronics, Biosensors, and Biochips (C3B)

•Testing of A New Tourniquet on Distal Arm and Leg Blood Flow
M. Licata, D. Bawa, M. Carr, and K. Ward, In association with Hemodyne, Inc.

•Hemodynamic Disorder after Non-stop Decompression in a Swine DCS Model
J. Zhu, B. Pierce, R. Weis, B. E. Berger, J. Reses, W. R. Barbee, K. R. Ward, and B. D. Spiess

•Quantitative Detection of Venous Gas Emboli using EDAC System in Swine DCS Model
B. A. Pierce, J. Zhu, R. Weis, J. Sevick, L. L. Somera and B. D. Spiess