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"ICU Patients: Percutaneous or Open Tracheostomy"
Date
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Time
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Location
Caesars Palace Hotel
3570 Las Vegas Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV, 89109
(702) 792-9222
Room
Roman Ballroom 2 & 4 – Palace Tower Promenade Level – 3rd Floor
Program
"ICU Patients: Percutaneous or Open Tracheostomy"
Frederick A. Moore, MD, FACS
Discussion on the value of tracheostomy in critically ill patients, advantages and disadvantages of open vs. percutaneous tracheostomy and cost efficacy of the two techniques.
"Percutaneous Tracheostomy: How I Do It"
Demetrios Demetriades, MD, FACS
Details of the Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy technique will be reviewed with a unique collection of animation & video clips which can make teaching the technique clearly understood.
Faculty
Demetrios Demetriades, MD, FACS
Professor of Surgery and Emergency Medicine
Director of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care Unit
LAC and USC
Los Angeles, CA
Frederick A. Moore, MD, FACS
Head, Division of Surgical Critical Care & Acute Care Surgery
Department of Surgery
The Methodist Hospital Physician Organization
Houston, Texas
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