AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EXTRACORPOREAL TECHNOLOGY

The National Society of Perfusionists

About the Society
Best Practice 2008 Meeting

Selected presentations and abstracts are available and can be downloaded as PDF.

To see the full program of this meeting, click here.

Opening Remarks
Donald S. Likosky PhD

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Session I: Performance Improvement

Context Knowledge and Generalizable Knowledge: The Underpinnings for Intelligent Action
Robert C. Groom MS CCP

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Robert Groom generously provided an explanatory document

Cardiac Surgery Performance Improvement: Where Clinicians Meet Processes
Kenneth G. Shann CCP

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Blood Management Among Pediatric Jehovah’s Witnesses
Daniel Gomez MT CCP

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Pressure on Bypass – A Potential Quality Marker of Perfusion, A Concept
Michael Poullis BSc(Hons) MBBS MD FRCS(CTh)

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Simplified Perfusion Process Control: A Ten Year Profile
Basil M. Henrick BSc FCCP

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National Performance Measurement Strategy
Dirck A. Rilla LP CCP

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Monitoring Microemboli During Cardiopulmonary Bypass with the EDAC® QUANTIFIER
Ted Lynch PhD

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Session II: Guideline Development

Developing Guidelines: Much Harder than it Seems
Robert A. Baker PhD CCP(Aust)

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Working with the Systemic Inflammatory Response: Remembering the Complexities!
R. Clive Landis PhD

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Current Guideline Development
Robert A. Baker PhD CCP(Aust) - R. Clive Landis PhD - Donald S. Likosky PhD

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Should the ICEBP Review and Endorse the Shann Guidelines?
Donald S. Likosky PhD (Pro), Robert C. Groom MS CCP (Con)

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Perfusion Data in Scientific Journals: Perfusion Standards of Reporting Trials (PERFSORT)
Michael Poullis BSc(Hons) MBBS FRCS(CTh)

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Published and Developing Guidelines: Are they Worth the Paper?
Donald S. Likosky PhD, Jane Ottens CCP(Aust), Robert A. Baker PhD CCP(Aust)

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Session III: Safety & Simulation

Understanding the Concept of Crew Resource Management
Ann Marie Mellas, First Officer B757/ 767 United Airlines

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Applying the Principles of Crew Resource Management to Cardiac Surgery
Nicholas B. Mellas CCP

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The Use of High Fidelity Simulation in Cardiovascular Perfusion Education: A Canadian Perspective
K. S. Bandali PhD

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Perfusion Simulation: Experience with the Orpheus Simulator
Jane Ottens CCP(Aust)

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Session IV: Registries

Registries and Databases for Cardiac Surgery: A Review of the History and Current State of the Art
Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey P. Jacobs MD FACS FACC FCCP

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Interactive Session – International Perfusion Registry
Donald S. Likosky PhD

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Normothermic Bypass in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Experience with 1200 Cases
Mohamed Ly MD

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Perfusionists and Registries
Kenneth G. Shann CCP

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Industry and Registries
Owen White BS

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Researchers and Registries
Donald S. Likosky PhD

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Session V: Synthesizing & Reviewing Evidence

Japan Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology (JaSECT) - Overview and Current Activities
Atsushi Sekiguchi

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Patient Safety and AmSECT
Carla R. Maul LP CCP PBMT

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Synthesizing And Reviewing Evidence
Peter A. Beaulieu, MPH

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