ANESTHESIA & ANALGESIA Journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, the International Society for Anaesthetic Pharmacology, and the Society for Technology in Anesthesia Abstracts of Posters Presented at the International Anesthesia Research Society 78th Clinical and Scientific Congress Tampa, FL March 27-31, 2004 This Supplement will Appear On-Line Only ISSN 0003-2999 Volume 98, Number 2S, February 2004 Supplement to Anesthesia & Analgesia ANESTHESIA & ANALGESIA® Journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society®, the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia, the International Society for Anaesthetic Pharmacology, and the Society for Technology in Anesthesia Abstracts of Posters Presented at the International Anesthesia Research Society 78th Clinical and Scientific Congress Tampa, FL March 27-31, 2004 Abstracts (by category): Ambulatory Anesthesia S-1 – S-14 Circulation - Basic Science S-15 – S-29 Circulation - Clinical S-30 – S-42 Critical Care and Trauma S-43 – S-55 Economics; Education and Patient Safety S-56 – S-83 Equipment/Monitoring S-84 – S-126 Liver S-127 – S-134 Neuroanesthesia S-135 – S-144 Obstetric Anesthesia S-145 – S-154 Pain - Basic Science S-155 – S-167 Pain - Clinical, Acute S-168 – S-192 Pain - Clinical, Chronic S-193 – S-202 Pediatric Anesthesia S-203 – S-223 Pharmacology - Basic Science S-224 – S-243 Pharmacology - Clinical S-244 – S-270 Regional S-271 – S-282 Author Index: S-283 – S-292 Subject Index: S-293 – S-302 Authors submitting abstracts have certified that if human research is reported, approval by an institutional human research committee has been obtained, or if animal research is reported, the usual standards and guidelines for animal care have been followed. Material pub- lished in this supplement has not undergone review by the Editorial Board of Anesthesia and Analgesia. Any of the abstracts in this sup- plement may have been transmitted by the author to IARS in various forms of electronic medium. IARS has used its best efforts to receive and format electronic submissions for publication in this supplement but has not reviewed each abstract for the purpose of textual error correction and is not liable in any way for any formatting, textual or grammatical error or inaccuracy. ©2004 by the International Anesthesia Research Society IARS 78th Clinical and Scientific Congress Abstract Presenter Presentation Schedule Ambulatory Anesthesia Critical Care and Trauma (S-1) Hamza, M.A., Monday 8:00 (S-43) Wahlander, S., Monday 8:00 (S-2) Kranke, P., Monday 8:00 (S-44) Urban, M.K., Monday 8:00 (S-3) Bekker, A., Monday 8:00 (S-45) Huang, Z., Monday 8:00 (S-4) Serban, S.I., Monday 8:00 (S-46) Westphal, M., Monday 8:00 (S-5) Nicolcescu, P.P., Monday 8:00 (S-47) Agarwal, A., Monday 8:00 (S-6) Larijani, G.E., Monday 8:00 (S-48) Johnson, K., Monday 8:00 (S-7) Larijani, G.E., Monday 8:00 (S-49) Driessen, B., Monday 8:00 (S-8) Kamel, H.H., Monday 8:00 (S-50) MacKenzie, C., Monday 8:00 (S-9) Tang, J., Monday 8:00 (S-51) Shang, Y., Monday 8:00 (S-10) Iohom, G., Monday 8:00 (S-52) Rollins, M.D., Monday 8:00 (S-11) Kaminoh, Y., Monday 8:00 (S-53) Sabharwal, V., Monday 8:00 (S-12) Hamza, M.A., Monday 8:00 (S-54) Spies, C., Monday 8:00 (S-13) Macario, A., Monday 8:00 (S-55) Cronin, A.J., Sunday 3:00 (S-14) Kredel, M., Monday 8:00 (Research Awards Panel) Circulation - Basic Science Economics, Education and Patient Safety (S-15) Naik, B., Monday 8:00 (S-56) Lewis, A., Sunday 8:00 (S-16) Willert, J., Monday 8:00 (S-57) Vohra, P.D., Sunday 8:00 (S-17) Kaye, A.D., Monday 8:00 (S-58) Weinger, M.B., Sunday 8:00 (S-18) Gupta, D.K., Monday 8:00 (S-59) Yarmush, J.M., Sunday 8:00 (S-19) Loepke, A.W., Monday 8:00 (S-60) Barach, P., Sunday 8:00 (S-20) Rashid, M., Monday 8:00 (S-61) Irita, K., Sunday 8:00 (S-21) Kold, A.E., Monday 8:00 (S-62) Overdyk, F.J., Sunday 8:00 (S-22) Kehl, F., Monday 8:00 (S-63) Hanna, M.N., Sunday 8:00 (S-23) Mueller, R.A., Monday 8:00 (S-64) Sidi, A., Sunday 8:00 (S-24) Tse, J., Monday 8:00 (S-65) Overdyk, F.J., Sunday 8:00 (S-25) Howie, M.B., Monday 8:00 (S-66) Carter, T.E., Sunday 8:00 (S-26) Damron, D.S., Monday 8:00 (S-67) O'Hara, J.F., Sunday 8:00 (S-27) Damron, D.S., Monday 8:00 (S-68) Kratz, R.D., Sunday 8:00 (S-28) Damron, D.S., Monday 8:00 (S-69) Kratz, R.D., Sunday 8:00 (S-29) Deem, S., Sunday 3:00 (S-70) Girard, T., Tuesday 8:00 (Research Awards Panel) (S-71) Gaba, V.K., Tuesday 8:00 (S-72) Monk, T.G., Tuesday 8:00 (S-73) Szenohradszky, J., Tuesday 8:00 Circulation - Clinical (S-74) Nicolcescu, P.P., Tuesday 8:00 (S-30) Nonogaki, M., Sunday 8:00 (S-75) Benarjee, A., Tuesday 8:00 (S-31) Wirtz, S.P., Sunday 8:00 (S-76) Jahan, A., Tuesday 8:00 (S-32) Isetta, C.J., Sunday 8:00 (S-77) Strum, D.P., Tuesday 8:00 (S-33) Shore-Lesserson, L., Sunday 8:00 (S-78) Strum, D.P., Tuesday 8:00 (S-34) Murphy, G.S., Sunday 8:00 (S-79) Joshi, G.P., Tuesday 8:00 (S-35) Donahue, B.S., Sunday 8:00 (S-80) Frasco, P.E., Tuesday 8:00 (S-36) Fu, E.S., Sunday 8:00 (S-81) Kranke, P., Tuesday 8:00 (S-37) Wirtz, S.P., Sunday 8:00 (S-82) Kranke, P., Tuesday 8:00 (S-38) Skubas, N., Sunday 8:00 (S-83) Apfel, C.C., Tuesday 8:00 (S-39) Danilov, S.M., Sunday 8:00 (S-40) Wang, S., Sunday 8:00 (S-41) Ito, S., Sunday 8:00 (S-42) Subramaniam, B., Sunday 8:00 IARS 78th Clinical and Scientific Congress Abstract Presenter Presentation Schedule (S-133) Yorozu, T., Tuesday 8:00 Equipment & Monitoring (S-134) Miecznikowski, R., Tuesday 8:00 (S-84) Gagnon, C.S., Sunday 8:00 (S-85) Diemunsch, P.A., Sunday 8:00 (S-86) Yamakage, M., Sunday 8:00 Neuroanesthesia (S-87) Lichtenthal, P.R., Sunday 8:00 (S-135) Patel, P., Sunday 8:00 (S-88) Glick, D.B., Sunday 8:00 (S-136) Alkire, M.T., Sunday 8:00 (S-89) Otero, P.E., Sunday 8:00 (S-137) Hare, G.M., Sunday 8:00 (S-90) Otero, P.E., Sunday 8:00 (S-138) Wendling, W.W., Sunday 8:00 (S-91) Janelle, G.M., Monday 8:00 (S-139) Sturaitis, M.K., Sunday 8:00 (S-92) Redford, D.T., Monday 8:00 (S-140) Smith, M., Tuesday 8:00 (S-93) Redford, D.T., Monday 8:00 (S-141) Hoffman, W.E., Tuesday 8:00 (S-94) Redford, D.T., Monday 8:00 (S-142) Liu, E.H., Tuesday 8:00 (S-95) Fleisher, L.A., Monday 8:00 (S-143) Kamel, I.R., Tuesday 8:00 (S-96) Dworschak, M., Monday 8:00 (S-144) Toleikis, J.R., Tuesday 8:00 (S-97) Oshiro, M., Monday 8:00 (S-98) Tong, J.L., Monday 8:00 (S-99) Lallo, A., Monday 8:00 Obstetric Anesthesia (S-100) Patel, A., Monday 8:00 (S-101) Song, D., Monday 8:00 (S-145) Euliano, T.Y., Monday 8:00 (S-146) Stack, K.E., Monday 8:00 (S-102) Lieberman, N., Monday 8:00 (S-103) Kling, J.C., Monday 8:00 (S-147) Ramanathan, S., Monday 8:00 (S-148) Goodman, E.J., Monday 8:00 (S-104) Hino, H., Monday 8:00 (S-105) O'Connor, C.J., Monday 8:00 (S-149) Ginsberg, S., Monday 8:00 (S-150) Lim, Y., Monday 8:00 (S-106) Yajima, S., Monday 8:00 (S-107) Lu, Z., Monday 8:00 (S-151) Sah, N., Monday 8:00 (S-152) Flood, P., Monday 8:00 (S-108) Soto, R.G., Monday 8:00 (S-109) Schweiger, J.W., Monday 8:00 (S-153) Cohen, S., Monday 8:00 (S-154) Ranasinghe, J., Monday 8:00 (S-110) Hamza, M.A., Monday 8:00 (S-111) Rosenbaum, A., Monday 8:00 (S-112) Rosenbaum, A., Monday 8:00 (S-113) Rosenbaum, A., Monday 8:00 Pain - Basic Science (S-114) Xuebing, X., Tuesday 8:00 (S-155) Flood, P., Sunday 8:00 (S-115) Kakinohana, M., Tuesday 8:00 (S-156) Kroin, J.S., Sunday 8:00 (S-116) Belda, J., Tuesday 8:00 (S-157) Kroin, J.S., Sunday 8:00 (S-117) Fan, Q., Tuesday 8:00 (S-158) Kroin, J.S., Sunday 8:00 (S-118) Zhang, Y., Tuesday 8:00 (S-159) Kroin, J.S., Sunday 8:00 (S-119) Liu, E.H., Tuesday 8:00 (S-160) Buvanendran, A., Sunday 8:00 (S-120) Singh, H., Tuesday 8:00 (S-161) Finkel, J.C., Sunday 8:00 (S-121) Terasako, K., Tuesday 8:00 (S-162) Lu, Y., Sunday 8:00 (S-122) Soto, R.G., Tuesday 8:00 (S-163) Nishiyama, T., Sunday 8:00 (S-123) Schraag, S., Tuesday 8:00 (S-164) Nishiyama, T., Sunday 8:00 (S-124) Tang, J., Tuesday 8:00 (S-165) Kraft, B., Sunday 8:00 (S-125) Tang, J., Tuesday 8:00 (S-166) Schumacher, M.A., Sunday 3:00 (S-126) Chan, M.T., Tuesday 8:00 (Research Awards Panel) (S-167) Schaefer, M., Sunday 3:00 (Research Awards Panel) Liver (S-127) Aggarwal, S., Tuesday 8:00 (S-128) Strum, E.M., Tuesday 8:00 Pain - Clinical, Acute (S-129) Auler, L., Tuesday 8:00 (S-168) Ellis, J.E., Monday 8:00 (S-130) Aggarwal, S., Tuesday 8:00 (S-169) Sickmann, K., Monday 8:00 (S-131) Neelakanta, G., Tuesday 8:00 (S-170) Hall, R.H., Monday 8:00 (S-132) Wang, Y.L., Tuesday 8:00 (S-171) Subramaniam, K., Monday 8:00 IARS 78th Clinical and Scientific Congress Abstract Presenter Presentation Schedule (S-172) Larijani, G.E., Monday 8:00 (S-220) Bryan, Y.F., Tuesday 8:00 (S-173) Kumagai, K., Monday 8:00 (S-221) Messieha, Z.S., Tuesday 8:00 (S-174) Maroof, M., Monday 8:00 (S-222) Sun, L.S., Tuesday 8:00 (S-175) Latasch, L., Monday 8:00 (S-223) Leyvi, G., Tuesday 8:00 (S-176) Latasch, L., Monday 8:00 (S-177) Shah, S.M., Monday 8:00 (S-178) Buvanendran, A., Monday 8:00 Pharmacology-Basic Science (S-179) Raps, F., Monday 8:00 (S-224) Novalija, E., Sunday 8:00 (S-180) Liu, W., Tuesday 8:00 (S-225) Kitamura, A., Sunday 8:00 (S-181) Buvanendran, A., Tuesday 8:00 (S-226) Archer, D.P., Sunday 8:00 (S-182) Visser, T., Tuesday 8:00 (S-227) Herroeder, S., Sunday 8:00 (S-183) Maslovsky, O.P., Tuesday 8:00 (S-228) Umeda, E., Sunday 8:00 (S-184) Aoki, T., Tuesday 8:00 (S-229) Archer, D.P., Sunday 8:00 (S-185) Chandralekha, C., Tuesday 8:00 (S-230) Whittington,