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2008 Midwestern Anesthesiology Residents Conference

Northwestern residents and fellows presented a total of 35 Abstracts. Out of 32 participating institutions, Northwestern earned the most number of awards.

Last Name

First Name

Title

Category

Award

Bebawy

John

ALTERNATIVE ANTERIOR SITES FOR MEASURING POSTERIOR TIBIAL SENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS

NERU

Beg

Yasmeen

ACQUIRED HEMOPHILIA OF PREGNANCY (FACTOR VIII INHIBITOR)

OBAN

Benzon

Hubert

COMPARISON OF A SUPRAPOPLITEAL INTERMUSCULAR WITH A MID-POPLITEAL FOSSA APPROACH TO SCATIC NERVE BLOCK

REGN

1st Place

Benzon

Hubert

FACTOR VII ACTIVITIES DURING THE EARLY PHASE OF WARFARIN THERAPY

SAFE

1st Place

Bhalla

Tarun

SUSPECTED AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM IN A PATIENT UNDERGOING A PRIMARY CESAREAN DELIVERY

OBAN

1st Place

Bonn

Mary

A NOVEL APPROACH TO PATIENT POSITIONING DURING ULTRASOUND GUIDED SUPRACLAVICULAR PERIVASCULAR NERVE BLOCK

ACUP

Cambic

Christopher

THE INCIDENCE OF POSITIVE ANTIBODY SCREENS AT DELIVERY AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF RHOGAM IN THE PRENATAL PERIO

OBAN

1st Place + Best Overall Presentation

Cambic

Christopher

THE IMPACT OF AN OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA DIRECTED TRANSFUSION ALGORITHM ON BLOOD UTILIZATION

OBAN

Carabini

Louanne

INFLUENCE OF µ-OPIOID RECEPTOR GENETIC POLYMORPHISM ON POSTOPERATIVE INTRATHECAL MORPHINE ANALGESIA

PHAR

Chalifoux

Laurie

A SUCCESSFUL INSTRUMENTAL VAGINAL DELIVERY IN A PARTURIENT WITH AN EXTRA-ADRENAL PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA

OBAN

Charous

Matthew

SUCCESSFUL INTERSCALENE BRACHIAL PLEXUS BLOCKADE WITH 5 ML 0.5% BUPIVACAINE

REGN

Crider

Steve

ALCOHOL BRACHIAL PLEXUS NEUROLYSIS FOR PAINFUL PLEXOPATHY IN A CANCER PATIENT

CRPN

Darnule

Amit

INTRATHECAL ALCOHOL FOR POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA

CRPN

Hallman

Matthew

THE EFFECT OF INTRAVENOUS MAGNESIUM THERAPY ON THE DURATION OF INTRATHECAL FENTANYL LABOR ANALGESIA

ACUP

1st Place

Hemmer

Laura

CASE REPORT: CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS IN A PATIENT WITH GLUCOSE-6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY

CATH

1st Place

Kushelev

Michael

VASCULAR INJURY WITH VERESS NEEDLE INSERTION IN LAPAROSCOPIC TUBAL LIGATION

GENL

Kushelev

Michael

REPETITIVE SCIATIC NERVE BLOCKS WITH NO SENSORY OR MOTOR DEFICITS: A CASE REPORT

REGN

Kushelev

Michael

VASCULAR INJURY WITH VERESS NEEDLE INSERTION IN LAPAROSCOPIC TUBAL LIGATION

AMBU

Lee

Neil

THE USE OF INDOCYANINE GREEN ANGIOGRAPHY FOR INTRAOPERATIVE DEMARCATION OF A CEREBRAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION

NERU

Maniker

Robert

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN TREACHER COLLINS SYNDROME: USE OF A RETROGRADE FIBEROPTIC TECHNIQUE

AIRW

McCleish

Linda

POST-OPERATIVE CORONARY STENT THROMBOSIS IN A PATIENT UNDERGOING NON-CARDIAC ACUTE SURGERY

SAFE

McCleish

Linda

COMPARISON OF THE SNAP II AND BIS VISTA INDICES DURING NORMOTHERMIC CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

EQUP

Nava

Raymond

ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT FOR HEMITHYROIDECTOMY IN A PATIENT WITH SPINAL BULBAR MUSCULAR ATROPHY

GENL

Panjwani

Anjali

A CONTINUOUS FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK CATHETER AND SEVERE FACTOR VII DEFICIENCY: A CASE REPORT

REGN

Robison

Trevor

CERVICAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA: A CASE REPORT

CRIT

Rochlen

Lauryn

ASSESSMENT OF NOVICE ANESTHESIA RESIDENT COMPETENCIES USING HIGH-FIDELITY PATIENT SIMULATION

EDUC

Rodes

Meghan

INCIDENCE AND PREDISPOSING FACTORS FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM AFTER TOTAL KNEE REPLACMENT

SAFE

Sapozhnik

Julia

MULTIPLE EPISODES OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA IN A PREGNANT PATIENT

OBAN

Spitznagel

Rachel

EPIDURAL SPACE PRESSURES IN PARTURIENTS

OBAN

Stockman

Joel

EPIDURAL ANALGESIA IN THE PRESENCE OF ELEVATED ACTIVATED PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME

REGN

Taylor

Douglas

SURVEY OF THE OUTCOME MEASURES USED IN POSTOPERATIVE PAIN RESEARCH

ACUP

Toledo

Paloma

PREDICTIVE FACTORS FOR INSTRUMENTAL VAGINAL DELIVERY

OBAN

Toledo

Paloma

THE IMPACT OF SIMULATOR TRAINING ON RESIDENT PERFORMANCE IN AN OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY

EDUC

Trivedi

Premal

IMPACT OF A SEPARATE AIRWAY EMERGENCY TEAM (AET) ON INSTITUTIONAL RESUSCITATION

CRIT

VandenBerg

Jeremy

A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF CO-ADMINISTERED HYDROXYETHYL STARCH 6% VERSUS LACTATED RINGER'S SOLUTION ON THE INCIDENCE OF MATERNAL HYPOTENSION FOLLOWING SPINAL ANESTHESIA FOR CESAREAN DELIVERY

OBAN



2007 Midwestern Anesthesiology Residents Conference

Out of 35 participating institutions, Northwestern received the third most number of 1st Place Awards with a total of seven. Only Mayo and U of Michigan received more. Northwestern residents presented a total of 24 Abstracts.

Author

Session

Abstract

Award

Bhalla,

Tarun

Monitoring/Safety- General Session

BILATERAL VOCAL CORD PALSY POSTTHYROIDECTOMY DESPITE INTRAOPERATIVE RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE MONITORING.

Baudo,

Andrew

Monitoring/Safety

- Scientific

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM TESTING USING CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORMATIONS IN TERM PARTURIENTS

 

Carabini,

Louanne

Airway- General Session

CASE REPORT: AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION IN A PATIENT WITH MEDIASTINAL MASS DURING GENERAL ANESTHESIA

 

Patel,

Amish

Cardiothoracic- General Session

METHYLENE BLUE TREATMENT FOR METHEMOGLOBINEMIA DURING CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS

 

Lin,

Louis

Neuro- General Session

BASELINE RSO2 FOR CEREBRAL OXIMETRY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AFTER OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION

 

Wadhwa,

Nitin

Neuro- General Session

ADENOSINE INDUCED TRANSIENT CARDIAC STANDSTILL TO FACILITATE CLIP LIGATION OF A LARGE BASILAR ARTERY ANEURYSM

1st Place

Bebawy,

John

Neuro- General Session

BASELINE RSO2 FOR CEREBRAL OXIMETRY SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED AFTER OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION

 

Spitznagel,

Rachel

Neuro- General Session

SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE AND CARDIOLOGIC

CONSEQUENCES

 

Rochlen,

Lauryn

Neuro- General Session

Alteration In Evoked Potentials Due To Relative Hypotension

 

Cambic,

Christopher

OB- General Session

THE USE OF INTRATHECAL MEPERIDINE WITH EPINEPHRINE AS THE SOLE AGENTS FOR REPEAT CESAREAN DELIVERY IN A PATIENT WITH A HISTORY OF ALLERGIC REACTION TO LOCAL ANESTHETICS

 

Higgins,

Nicole

OB- General Session

MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTURIENT WITH UNCORRECTED TETRALOGY OF FALLOT

 

Toledo,

Paloma

OB- General Session

BRONCHOSPASM AND LARYNGEAL STRIDOR: POSSIBLE ANAPHYLACTIOD REACTION TO ENDOGENOUS OXYTOCIN

 

Higgins,

Nicole

OB- Scientific

ASSESSMENT OF SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING IN

PARTURIENTS

1st Place

Toledo,

Paloma

OB- Scientific

THE IMPACT OF COMBINED SPINAL-EPIDURAL ANALGESIA ON EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION FOR BREECH PRESENTATION

1st Place

Hsiung,

Chih-Pin

Pediatrics- General Session

Closed Reduction of a Temporomandibular Joint Dislocation: Is this Possible with Regional Anesthesia?

 

Swanson,

Melissa

Pediatrics- Scientific

ANATOMICAL LOCATION OF THE BIFURCATION OF THE SCIATIC NERVE IN THE POSTERIOR THIGH IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN: A FORMULA DERIVED FROM MRI IMAGES FOR NERVE LOCALIZATION

 

Hemmer,

Laura

Critical care- General Session

CASE REPORT: TRIGEMINOCARDIAC REFLEX IN THE

POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNIT

1st Place

Beg,

Yasmeen

Critical care- General Session

FEEDING TUBE PLACEMENT: STRIVING FOR COMPLETE PATIENT SAFETY

 

Newell,

Benjamin

Regional- General Session

REAPPEARANCE OF SPINAL ANESTHESIA: THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE DISTANCE FROM THE NEEDLE TIP TO THE EYELET AND THE SIZE OF THE EYELET IN THE DIFFERENT SPINAL NEEDLES

1st Place

Darnule,

Amit

Regional- Scientific

NEEDLE POSITION RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ULTRASOUND STRUCTURES AND ELICITING MOTOR RESPONSE DURING FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK

 

Gibbs,

Trevor

Regional- Scientific

DOES A SUPPLEMENTAL POPLITEAL SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK FOLLOWING A FAILED SCIATIC BLOCK INCREASE THE INCIDENCE OF POSTOPERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL SEQUELAE?

 

Sapozhnik

Julia

Regional- Scientific

IS IT SAFE TO REMOVE THE FEMORAL CATHETER WITH INR GREATER THAN 1.5? A RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF 80 CASES

1st Place

Chung,

Brian

Regional- Scientific

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELICITED MOTOR RESPONSE DURING AND AFTER FEMORAL CATHETER PLACEMENT WITH FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK SUCCESS.

 

Toledo, Paloma

Education/

Simulation- Scientific

ACCURACY OF BLOOD LOSS ESTIMATION AFTER VAGINAL DELIVERY

1st Place



2006 MARC Presentations

2006 Midwestern Anesthesiology Residents Conference

14 residents and two fellows presented their abstracts at the 2006 MARC. A special congratulation goes to Dr. Gibbs for receiving First Place in the “Monitoring/Safety” presentation category.

Poster Presentations
  • Trevor Gibbs  CASE REPORT:  AN UNUSUAL CAPNOGRAPH TRACING
  • Christopher Huser  THE ROLE OF COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY-MYELOGRAPHY IN SPONTANEOUS INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION
  • Andrew Baudo  CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO INADVERTENT INJECTION OF BUPIVACAINE WITH EPINEPHRINE 1:300,000
  • Cleofe Casambre  IS AN INR OF 1.5 TOO RESTRICTIVE IN THE EARLY STAGE OF WARFARIN THERAPY?
  • Kiran Chekka  THE ROLE OF FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND SUCCESSFUL RESUSCITATION OF AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM SYNDROME
  • Arpan Patel  MANAGEMENT OF A FACTOR XI DEFICIENT PATIENT UNDERGOING GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY
  • Tamim Wafa  TRANSIENT PARAPLEGIA AFTER LABOR EPIDURAL ANALGESIA:  A CASE REPORT
  • Alan Bielsky  ANESTHESIA AFTER RASTELLI PROCEDURE
  • Paloma Toledo  COMBINED SPINAL EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA FOR CESAREAN SECTION IN A PATIENT WITH TYPE I OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
  • Keith B. Hanni  SPINAL ANESTHESIA FOR CESAREAN DELIVERY IN A WOMAN WITH SURGICALLY DECOMPRESSED ARNOLD CHIARI TYPE I MALFORMATION
  • Alan Bielsky  ASSOCIATION OF NERVE STIMULATOR MINIMUM THRESHOLD CURRENT WITH LATENCY AND SUCCESS OF SCIATIC NERVE BLOCK
  • Mark Kendall  THE INCIDENCE AND CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NEUROLOGIC SEQUELAE FOLLOWING 1,273 CONSECUTIVE PERIPHERAL NERVE BLOCKS
  • Andrew Miller  CHRONIC RECURRENT NON-MIGRAINE HEADACHES IN CHILDREN:  IS THERE A ROLE FOR NERVE BLOCKS?
  • Ann Isyanov  CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSISTENT PAIN FOLLOWING TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMIES
  • Sharon Grouper  MATERNAL HEART RATE VARIABILITY BEFORE AND AFTER COMBINED SPINAL-EPIDURAL LABOR ANALGESIA
  • Nicole Higgins  A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF THE IMPACT OF COMBINED SPINAL-EPIDURAL ANALGESIA ON SUCCESS OF EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION FOR BREECH PRESENTATION
  • Paloma Toledo  THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN BREAKTHROUGH PAIN AND REQUEST TO DISCONTINUE SECOND STAGE LABOR EPIDURAL ANALGESIA AND THE RISK OF FORCEPS DELIVERY
  • Kyle Wojciechowski  INFLUENCE OF CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY ON DURATION OF INTRATHECAL FENTANYL LABOR ANALGESIA

2005 Midwestern Anesthesiology Residents Conference

Twelve residents and one fellow presented their abstracts at the 2005 MARC, including Drs. Boskovich, Commito, Greenberg, Henry, Higgins, Lee, Mehta, Miller, Newell, Thomson, Toledo, & Wafa. A special congratulation goes to Dr. Newell for receiving First Place in the “Scientific Regional” presentation category.
Poster Presentations
  • Henry, A - Anaphylactoid Reaction to Contrast Media Despite Steroid Premedication Regimen
  • Miller, AT - Case Report: Anaphylaxsis to Rocuronium: Is This Real?
  • Boskovich, D - Cerebral Hemorrhage and Death in an Eclamptic Parturient
  • Lee, J - Case Report: Acute Opioid Tolerance in a 5 Month Old: Is This Possible with a Short Duration of Infusion? 
  • Wafa, T - Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension
  • Commito, K - Airway Obstruction Detected by Processed EEG Monitoring
  • Toledo, P - A Comparison of Timed Intermittent Bolus with Continuous Infusion Labor Epidural Analgesia
  • Mehta, A - Postoperative Pain and Analgesic Requirements Following Hysterscopic Endometrial Ablation Surgery
  • Greenberg, S - Reliability and Validity of a Scoring System Used to Measure Resident Performance During an Obstetric Anesthetic Scenario on a Human Patient Simulator
  • Toledo, P - Competency and Proficiency with Peripheral Nerve Blocks (PNB) in a Structured Training Program
  • Newell, B - Nerve Stimulator Assisted Posterior Tibial Nerve Block Improves Latency and Success of Complete Sensory Block
  • Higgins, N - A Prospective Comparison Between the Classic Labat and a Higher Intermuscular Approach to Popliteal-Sciatic Block
  • Wafa, T - Incidence, Severity, and Risk Factors for Hypotension and Bradycardia in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Surgery in the Sitting Position Under Interscalene Block Plus Sedation
  • Henry, A - Post-operative Pain Control for Spinal Fusion Surgery in Children: Is Regional Anesthesia Better Than Opioids?
  • Thomson, L - Preemptive Analgesia for Pediatric Neurosurgery: Are Peripheral Nerve Blocks Useful?
  • Ratliff, JT - Risk Factors for Transfusion in Obstetric Patients
 



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