ABSTRACTS ACCEPTED FOR POSTER OR ORAL PRESENTATION AT THE PTS MEETING NOVEMBER 2004

A total of 60 abstracts were accepted for presentation (either oral or poster presentation) at the upcoming 17th Congress of the PanAmerican Trauma Society to be held in Miami Beach, Florida, at the Fountainebleau Hilton Resort, November 17th-20th, 2004.

The abstracts represent a wide number of Countries across several continents, thus demonstrating the wide coverage of the PST and the wide and important contributions made by all.

Oral Presentations. Due to time allocation during the congress we could only select 12 abstracts for oral presentation, though the reviewers believe that many were deserving of being presented.

ORAL

1. "A Comparison Between a Level-1 Trauma Center in the United States and a Tertiary Care Trauma Center in Costa Rica: Implications for the Allocation of Future Resources in an Evolvoing Trauma System"
   
   
2. "Es Viable y Segura la Anastomosis Primaria en Peritonitis Severa en Pacientes Criticamente Enfermos?"
   
   
3. "Trauma Precordial Penetrante: Evaluacion de Predictores Clinicos de Lesion Intrapericardica"
   
   
4. "The Role of Methylene Blue as a Protector for Lung, Intestinal, and Kidney After Intestinal Ischemia and Reperfusion"
   
   
5. "Long Term Effects of Repatriation of Injured Mexican Nationals After Acute Care in the USA"
   
   
6. "Is Attending Presence Needed in the Trauma Bay in Patients With Penetrating Trauma? An Analysis of Outcomes"
   
   
7. "Manejo de Lesiones Duodenales Mediante la Exclusion Pilorica Extrinseca, Como Alternativa Quirurgica"
   
   
8. "Trauma de Vena Cava Inferior. 7 Anos de Experiencia"
   
   
9. "Faster Diagnosis of Pneumothorax in the Trauma Patient"
   
   
10. "Traumatismos Renales"
    
    
11. "IS A HIGH GLASGOW COMA SCALE SCORE ON PRESENTATION A PREDICTOR OF DEATH IN ELDERLY TRAUMA PATIENTS?"
    
    
12. "WORKING TOWARDS A BETTER LIVER GRADING SYSTEM"
    
    
13. "TRAUMATIC CARDIAC ARREST: DO MECHANICAL CPR DEVICES IMPROVE OUTCOME"
    
    
14. "ANOMALOUS HEPATIC ARTERIES: TRAUMATIC IMPLICATIONS"
    
    
15. "Extreme transgraft endoleak after AneuRx stent graft repair of a traumatic aortic injury"
    
    
16. "IN-HOUSE TRAUMA ATTENDING CALL SHOWS A DOWNWARD TREND IN THE INCIDENCE OF PREVENTABLE DEATHS IN TEACHING HOSPITAL"
    
    
17. "IS TEMPORARY ABDOMINAL CLOSURE AN AGE-LIMITED OPTION IN TRAUMA?"
    
    
18. "High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation: An Alternative in Severe ARDS"
    
    
19. FACTORES DE RIESGO DE COMPLICACIONES RESPIRATORIAS DESPUES DE TRAUMA TORACICO. A. Garcia
    
    
20. ASSESSMENT OF THE COMPLIANCE WITH THE WHO-IATSIC ESSENTIAL TRAUMA CARE GUIDELINES IN MEXICO. Carlos Arreola-Risa, MD
    
    

POSTERS

1. ISCHEMIC OPTIC NEUROPATHY AFTER BLUNT TRAUMA. Santillan, MPH, Dr. Alfredo A.
   
   
2. EXPERIENCE WITH RAILROAD INJURIES AT A MAJOR URBAN TRAUMA CENTER. Chattar-Cora, Dr. Deowall
   
   
3. TRAUMA CARDIACO PENETRANTE. Ottolino, Dr. Pablo
   
   
4. CONECTOR Y PARA SHUNT AORTO-ILIACO BILATERAL EN CONTROL DE DANOS VASCULAR (REPORTE DE UN CASO). Ottolino, Dr. Pablo
   
   
5. EXPERIENCIA EN LA REALIZACION DE TORACOTOMIAS MINIMAS EN EL AREA DE TRAUMASHOCK DEL HOSPITAL "DR. LEOPOLDO MANRIQUE TERRERO" EN EL PERIODO ENERO - JULIO 2004. CARACAS, VENEZUELA. Orozco, Dr. Howard
   
   
6. EPIDEMIOLOGIA DEL TRAUMA POR HERIDAS ARMA DE FUEGO Y HERIDAS POR ARMA BLANCA EN EL HOSPITAL "DR. LEOPOLDO MANRIQUE TERRERO". ENERO - JULIO 2004. CARACAS, VENEZUELA. Emigdio, Balda
   
   
7. TRATAMIENTO QUIRURGICO DEL HEMOTOROAX MASIVO: CUANDO LA LAPAROTOMIA ES UNA ALTERNATIVA TERPEUTICA. Giordano, Dr. Jose
   
   
8. THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF AN UNUSUAL CERVICAL TRAUMA. Giordano, Dr. Jose
   
   
9. TRAUMA VASCULAR EN MIEMBROS MANEJO QUIRURGICO Y SEGUIMIENTO A CORTO PLAZO. Wladimir Correa
   
   
10. ESTADISTICAS DE TRASLADOS AEROMEDICOS EN ZONAS DE DIFICIL ACCESO. PROTECCION CIVIL BOLIVAR. ESTADO BOLIVAR. VENEZUELA. ANO 2003. Oswaldo A. Betancourt Nunez
    
    
11. THE UNDER-REPRESENTATION OF ABDOMINAL COMPARTMENT SYNDROME IN THE MEDICINE LITERATURE. Michael Parra
    
    
12. FAMILY PRESENCE DURING TRAUMA RESUSCITATION: THE PATIENT'S PERSPECTIVE. R. Stephen Smith, MD
    
    
13. TRAUMA "BOUNCE-BACK": A TWO-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF TRAUMA PATIENTS AND RELATED FOLLOW-UP WITHIN 30 DAYS. R. Stephen Smith, MD
    
    
14. THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, DRUG USE, AND ALCOHOL USE ON OUTCOMES AMONG TRAUMATICALLY INJURED PATIENTS. Byrnes, Dr. Matthew
    
    
15. REPARO PRIMARIO EN TRAUMA PENETRANTE DE COLON INTRAPERITONEAL: UNA SERIE PROSPECTIVA DE 46 PACIENTES EN 6 MESES. Carlos Saldivia
    
    
16. REPERCUSIONES FISICAS Y PSICOAFECTIVAS DEL ATENTADO DINAMITERO. PARQUES LLERAS, MEDELLIN. 2001. Lopez Jaramillo, Jorge Ivan
    
    
17. INTUBACION OROTRAQUEAL EN LA UNIDAD DE TRAUMA. FACTORES DE RIESGO DE INTENTOS REPETIDOS
    
    
18. COMPARACION DE DOS METODOS DE CUIDADO DEL CATETER CENTRAL. Alberto Garcia
    
    
19. USO DE PARCHE SINTETICO EN DILATACION CARDIACA AGUDA POSTTRAUMATICA.
    
    
20. ANALISIS DE LOS FACTORES DE RIESGO DE INFECCION DEL TRACTO UNIARIO ASOCIADA A SONDA VESICAL EN LA UCI. Alberto Garcia
    
    
21. LESION DE ESOFAGO CERVICAL POR TRAUMA CERRADO [REPORT DE UN CASO]
    
    
22. CONTROL DE DANOS EN TRAUMA DUODENO-PANCREATICO SEVERO.
    
    
23. INITIAL USE OF A RETRIEVABLE VENA CAVAL FILTER AT A LEVEL 1 TRAUMA CENTER: CURRENT TRENDS AND INDICATIONS FOR PLACEMENT. Fausto Y. Vines, D.O.
    
    
24. IS RADIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF THE CERVICAL SPINE INDICATED IN INTOXICATED PATIENTS WITH LOW-VELOCITY BLUNT TRAUMA AND A GLASGOW COMA SCORE OF 15? Fausto Y. Vines, D.O.
    
    
25. FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA CAPACIDAD DE GESTION Y RESPUESTA LOCAL ANTE LOS DESASTRES, AYACUCHO – MOQUEGUA 2002 - 2003, PERU. Maria del Rosario Arnao Loyaga
    
    
26. CICATRIZATION STUDY IN SPLEEN TRAUMATIC INJURY MADE IN MICE USING OCTIL-2-CIANOACRILATE AND COLORED POLIGLECAPRONE THREAD. L. Von Bahten
    
    
27. BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA: ANALYSIS OF THE PATIENTS VICTIMS OF HEPATIC TRAUMA IN A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CURITIBA. L. Von Bahten
    
    
28. LATE (>24H) ULTRASONOGRAPHY IS NOT USEFUL IN FOLLOW-UP ASSESSMENT OF THE ABDOMEN IN THE MULTIPLY INJURED CRITICALLY ILL BLUNT TRAUMA PATIENT . Habib, Namias, McKenney
    
    
29. ESTADO DE LOS REGISTROS MEDICOS EN PACIENTES CON TRAUMATISMO ABDOMINAL. J. Bascetta
    
    
30. FACTORES ASOCIADOS A LOS ACCIDENTES AUTOMOVILISTICOS EN LA AUTOPISTA REGIONAL DEL CENTRO-TRAMO ARAGUA- MIRANDA 2002-2003. P. Zerpa
    
    
31. FACTORS AFFECTING MORBILITY RATES IN PATIENTS WITH VESICAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS. David Arana Garcia
    
    
32. INTRUSTION DE FRAGMENTO OSEO DE HUMERO EN TORAX POSTERIOR A ACCIDENTE AUTOMOVILISTICO. MANEJO Y EVOLUCION [REPORTE DE UN CASE] Ottolino, Dr. Pablo
    
    
33. LESION CARDIACA OCULTA Y VENTANA PERICARDICA COMO MEJOR METODO DIAGNOSTICO. M. Mendez Rivera
    
    
34. MANEJO QUIRURGICO DEL TRAUMA CRANEAL EN EL HOSPITAL SIMON BOLIVAR. EXPERIENCIA INSTITUCIONAL. A. Rubiano
    
    
35. GUIDELINES MANAGEMENT FOR TRAUMA IN PREHOSPITAL TEAMS. EXPERIENCE OF THE COLOMBIAN PREHOSPITAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. A. Rubiano
    
    
36. DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIOTOMY FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE SEVERE BRAIN TAUMA INJURY REFRACRARY TO FIRST LINE THERAPIES. INSTITUTIONAL EXPERIENCE. NEUROSURGICAL SERVICE: SIMON BOLIVAR HOSPITAL A. Rubiano
    
    
37. LESION POR ASTA DE TORO PENETRANTE DE CUELIO CON LESION DE GLANDULA SALIVAL. E. Tehozol
    
    
38. HERIDAS PRECORDIALES UTILIDAD DE LA VENTANA PERICARDICA. E. Tehozol
    
    
39. LESION DE VASOS SUBCLAVIOS POR TRAUMA. E. Tehozol
    
    
40. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THORACOTOMY: WHEN SHOULD ONE QUIT? A. Patel, N. Ahmed, R. Chung
    
    
41. SHUNT TEMPORAL TECNICA DE CONTROL DE DANOS EN CIRUGIA VASCULAR PARA PACIENTES CRITICOS, EXPERIENCIA PERSONAL. M. Mendez Rivera
    
    
42. CIRUGIA DE CONTROL DE DANOS, EXPERIENCIAS CLINICAS SEGUIMIENTO 2003, HOSPITAL SAN JUAN DE DIOS. M. Mendez Rivera
    
    
43. EMERGENCY MEDICINE DEVELOPMENT IN LATIN AMERICA: AN OVERVIEW. G. Lopez
    
    
44. FORMAL INSTRUCTION IN TRAUMA FOR THE GENERAL SURGEON: IS IT NECESSARY IN THE SECOND LEVEL OF ATTENTION?
    
    
45. SURGICAL CASUISTRY FOR TRAUMA IN THE HOSPITAL #53, OF THE IMSS CENTRO NOT TRAUMA OF SECOND LEVEL OF ATTENTION, CIUDAD DE MEXICO
    
    
46. "Trauma Abdominal, Manejo con Cirugia de Control de Danos"
    
    
47. "Atencion Sanitaria en Catastrofes (Atencion a las Victimas de los Atentados Terroristas del 11 de Marzo de 2004 en las Ciudad de Madrid)"
    
    

Please feel free to contact us at ochoajb@upmc.edu if the title of your poster does not appear in this list. Thank you all for your excellent contributions.