SurgicalCriticalCare.net
Official website of the OrlandoHealth Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Surgicalcriticalcare.net is an online, interactive, educational resource based at the Surgical Critical Care
Fellowship program at Orlando Regional Medical Center. It is open to any physician, medical student, or allied
healthcare provider interested in the discipline of Surgical Critical Care.
Welcome to the new and improved SurgicalCriticalCare.net!
SurgicalCriticalCare.net has been totally redesigned to incorporate a number of new features in addition to all of the previous functionality. We appreciate all who submitted comments over the past few months on how we can improve SurgicalCriticalCare.net. Please feel free to contact the webmaster with suggestions.
What's new...
SurgicalCriticalCare.net is pleased to welcome Richard Sontchi, MD, and Raymond Green, DO as the new Surgical Critical Care Fellows at ORMC for the 2009-2010 academic year.
New Lectures
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Laura Withers, MD, 2007-2009 Surgical Critical Care / Trauma Fellow presented a poster at the 38th Clinical Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) in Nashville, Tennessee, on the use of perutaneous tracheostomy as an emergency airway. |
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Jason Straus, MD, 2007-2009 Surgical Critical Care / Trauma Fellow presented a poster at the 38th Clinical Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) in Nashville, Tennessee, on the use of Drotrecogin Alfa (activated) in trauma patients. |
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Kara Birrer, PharmD, and Paige Louzon, PharmD presented a poster at the 38th Clinical Congress of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) in Nashville, Tennessee, on the use of 7.5% hypertonic saline in the resuscitation of traumatic brain injuries. |
- The Surgical Critical Care Fellowship program is currently accepting applications for the 2010-2011 academic year. Please click on the "Fellowship" tab above to learn about the SCC fellowship at ORMC and complete an online application.
Recent publications from the department...
- Seims AD;Lube MW;. Incarceration of a sessile uterine fibroid in an umbilical hernia during pregnancy. Hernia 2008; :-. PubMed link
- Cheatham ML;Safcsak K;. Longterm impact of abdominal decompression: a prospective comparative analysis. J Am Coll Surg 2008; 207:573-579. PubMed link
- Bhullar IS;Braman R;Block EF;. Serial hemoglobin levels play no significant role in the decision-making process of nonoperative management of blunt splenic trauma. Am Surg 2008; 74:876-878. PubMed link
- Cheatham ML;Fowler J;. Measuring intra-abdominal pressure outside the ICU: validation of a simple bedside method. Am Surg 2008; 74:806-808. PubMed link
- Fowler JS;Cheatham ML;Sandler B;Padron A;. Traumatic perforation of a duodenal diverticulum. Am Surg 2008; 74:781-782. PubMed link
- Cheatham ML;. The death of George Washington: an end to the controversy?. Am Surg 2008; 74:770-774. PubMed link
- Cheatham ML;Fowler J;Pappas P;. Subcutaneous linea alba fasciotomy: a less morbid treatment for abdominal compartment syndrome. Am Surg 2008; 74:746-749. PubMed link
- Napolitano LM;Fabian TC;Kelly KM;Bailey JA;Block EF;Langholff W;Enny C;Corwin HL;. Improved survival of critically ill trauma patients treated with recombinant human erythropoietin. J Trauma 2008; 65:285-297. PubMed link
- Friedell ML;Clark JM;Graham DA;Isley MR;Zhang XF;. Cerebral oximetry does not correlate with electroencephalography and somatosensory evoked potentials in determining the need for shunting during carotid endarterectomy. J Vasc Surg 2008; 48:601-606. PubMed link
- Cheatham ML;. Are children really just small adults?. Crit Care Med 2008; 36:2215-2216. PubMed link
- Diaz JJ;Bokhari F;Mowery NT;Acosta JA;Block EF;Bromberg WJ;Collier BR;Cullinane DC;Dwyer KM;Griffen MM;Mayberry JC;Jerome R;. Guidelines for management of small bowel obstruction. J Trauma 2008; 64:1651-1664. PubMed link
- Cheatham ML;. Intraabdominal pressure monitoring during fluid resuscitation. Curr Opin Crit Care 2008; 14:327-333. PubMed link
- Cheatham ML;. Resuscitation end points in severe sepsis: central venous pressure, mean arterial pressure, mixed venous oxygen saturation, and... intra-abdominal pressure. Crit Care Med 2008; 36:1012-1014. PubMed link
- Fakhre GP;Berland T;Lube MW;. One hundred consecutive splenectomies for trauma: is histologic evaluation really necessary?. J Trauma 2008; 64:1139-1141. PubMed link
- Wroblewski RL;Smith HG;. Dye pack injury causing third-degree burns. J Burn Care Res 2008; 29:406-407. PubMed link
- Anderson DR;Lube MW;. Jugular venous air after basilar skull fracture. J Trauma 2008; 64:847-. PubMed link