2009

Topics in this newsletter include:

• ASCCA Mentorship Program 3 PRO: CCM Specialists Improve Clinical Outcomes in the ICU
• CON: CCM Specialists Have No Better (or Perhaps Worse) Motality Figures Than Non-Specialists Practicing in the ICU
• PRO: Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation Monitoring Should Be Established Soon After Admission in Salvageable Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
• CON: Safety, Efficacy and Efficiency Data Do Not Support the Routine Use of Jugular Venous Oxygen Saturation Monitoring in Traumatic Brain Injury
• Literature Review: Procalcitonin as a Biomarker for Spesis in Trauma Patients
• Literature Review: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score for Predicting Outcome in Patients With Severe Sepsis
• Fellowship Review I: Vanderbilt University
• Fellowship Review II: Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston
• Annual Meeting Information
• Call for Nominations for Burchardi Award