Scientific Session 9
Friday AM, February 29, 2008
Moderator: Dennis Vane, MD Location:

Paper	Time	Title/Authors
30	7:00 AM	Vancomycin MIC Creep: Impact on Outcomes of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Ventilator Associated Pneumonia A Malhotra, T Duane, M Aboutanos, K Smalara, G Chenault, C Borchers, N Martin, R Ivatury
31	7:20 AM	Does De-Escalation of Antibiotic Therapy for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Increase the Likelihood of Recurrent Pneumonia (RP) or Mortality in Critically Ill Surgical Patients? S Eachempati, L Hydo, J Shou, P Barie
32	7:40 AM	Systemic Not Just Mesenteric Lymph Causes Neutrophil Priming Following Hemorrhagic Shock L Diebel, D Liberati, A Ledgerwood, C Lucas
33	8:00 AM	Staff Commitment to Trauma Care Improves Mortality and Length of Stay at a Level I Trauma Center C. Mains, K. Scarborough, R. Bar-Or, A. Hawkes, J. Huber, D. Bar-Or
	8:20 AM	Invited Lecture: David Feliciano, MD “Oswaldo Borraez’s Bag and Beyond: Story of the Open Abdomen”