2010 Projects

2010 Clinical Proposals

  1. Prolonged Prophylactic Moderate Hypothermia Followed by Slow Rewarming in Large Primary Supratentorial Intracerebral Hemorrhage
    Laith Altaweel
    INOVA Fairfax
  2. Validation of a Gene Expression Profile for Ischemic Stroke and Outcome Prediction
    Taura Barr
    West Virginia University
  3. Proposed Strategy for the Integration of ICU Services in the WWAMI Region
    Satish Bhagwanjee
    University of Washington Medical Center
  4. Hypotension as a Risk Factor for Acute Renal Failure in Surgical Patients Admitted to the ICU with Previously Normal Renal Function
    James Blum
    University of Michigan
  5. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Genotype-Specific Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) of Pain Treatment in a Burn Population
    Bruce Cairns
    University of North Carolina
  6. Impact of a Simplified ST-elevation Assessment Triage Tool (STat) on Time to Diagnosis and Treatment of ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction and Acute Coronary Syndrome
    Charles Cairns
    University of North Carolina
  7. Variability in Management of Acute Airway Disease in Emergency and Critical Care
    Charles Cairns
    University of North Carolina
  8. Therapeutic Hypothermia for Control of Elevated Intracranial Pressure in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
    Mark Cipolle
    Christiana Care Health System
  9. Intraoperative Alerts for the Management of Patients with Preexisting Hypoxia and Potential Acute Lung Injury
    Jesse Ehrenfeld
    Vanderbilt University
  10. Effects of a Systematic Team Approach to Guide Early Mobilization in Surgical ICU Patients
    Matthias Eikermann
    Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
  11. Association of Vitamin D Deficiency with Increased Severity of Respiratory Infection in Hospitalized Emergency Department Patients
    Larry Glickman
    University of North Carolina
  12. Clinical and Molecular Prognostic Factors for Severity of Influenza Infection in the Emergency Department
    Seth Glickman
    University of North Carolina
  13. Inpatient Consults for the Critically Ill: a Four-Institution Project Proposal to Improve Consultative Medicine
    Michael Howell
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  14. Early Propranolol after Traumatic Brain Injury Improves Immune Dysfunction and Reduces Mortality
    Eric Ley Cedars
    Sinai Medical Center
  15. Defining Valid Metrics of Error in Acute Care
    John Litell
    Mayo Clinic
  16. Perioperative Risk Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Surgical Patients
    Jahan Porhomayon
    VA Medical Center
  17. Multi-center, International Validation Of An Out-of-hospital Triage Model for Critical Illness
    Christopher Seymour
    University of Washington

2010 Clinical Proposal Updates

  1. Progress and Challenges in Creating the Critical Illness and Injury Perioperative Acute and Sustained Kidney Injury Collaborative
    George Frendl, MD, PhD
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
  2. Utility of Bedside Cardiac Ultrasound During Emergency Department and In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Identification of Futile Resuscitative Efforts
    Romolo Gaspari, MD
    University of Massachusetts
  3. Critical Illness Outcomes Study (USCIITG-CIOS)
    Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc
    Emory University
    Jonathan Sevransky, MD, MHS
    Johns Hopkins University