VCURES Presents Three Abstracts at Shock Society's 25th Annual Conference on Shock in Big Sky Montana:

Investigators at VCURES recently published and presented three abstracts focusing on its cutting edge research at the Shock Society's 25th Annual Conference on Shock held this year in Big Sky Montana. The meeting is considered by many as the premier world event focusing on the latest research and development in the field of shock. The three abstracts presented are below and can be found in the Supplement to Shock Vol.17, 2002.

1) A Noninvasive Method of Determining Central Venous Pressure. K.Ward, W. Barbee, M Tiba, J Arrowood, R Ivatury, E Lyders, R Hummel, B Spiess. Shock 2002;17:15.

2) Development of the Biohemostat-A Treatment Modality for High Pressure Bleeding Based on Super Absorbent Polymers. M Carr, E Kenawu, J Layman, G Wnek, K Ward, W. Barbee, M. Tiba. Shock 2002;17:54.

3) Noninvasive Tissue Oxygen Saturation Monitoring Using Resonance Raman Spectroscopy (RRS). W. Barbee, K. Ward, J. Terner, I Torres Filho, M. Tiba, L. Torres, R. Ivatury, B Spiess, R. Pittman. Shock 2002;17:58.

The abstracts and presentations feature several unique monitoring and treatment strategies being developed by VCURES and other collaborators at Virginia Commonwealth University. "Each presentation at the meeting was in poster format and generated a tremendous amount of comment and discussion", said Wayne Barbee. Dr. Barbee was kind enough to perform all of the VCURES poster presentations at the conference.