O13 – Hepatic High Motility Group Box-1 (HMGB1) levels are affected by invariant Natural Killer T-cells in polymicrobial sepsis

O12 – TNFR1 Level in Sepsis is Dependent on MyD88-dependent Upregulation of iNOS in Hepatocytes

Presentation Number: O12
Author(s):

Meihong Deng, Patricia Loughran, Liyong Zhang, Melanie Scott, Timothy Billiar, UPMC

Clinical; Eligible for the New Member Award and Resident Award

O11 – Cyclic adenosine monophosphate activation of protein kinase A may play a role in the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis

Presentation Number: O11
Author(s):

Catherine Hunter, Douglas Wood, Northwestern University

Basic

O10 – Screening for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: Single-Institution Analysis of 1,013 Bronchoalveolar Lavage

Presentation Number: O10
Author(s):

Fredric Pieracci, Maria Rodil, James Haenel, Robert Stovall, Clay Burlew, Jeffrey Johnson, Gregory Jurkovich, Ernest Moore, Denver Health Medical Center/University of Colorado Health Sciences Center

Clinical

O09 – Are Functional Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of Proinflammatory Cytokines Associated with the Development of Necrotizing Enterocolitis or Spontaneous Perforation in Premature Infants?

Presentation Number: O09
Author(s):

Ashanti Franklin, Mariam Said, Zoreh Tatari, Stanislav Vukmanovic, Khodayar Rais-Bahrami, Naomi Luban, Clint Cappiello, Joe Devaney, Anthony Sandler, Children’s National Medical Center

Basic; Eligible for the Resident Award

O08 – Obstructive sleep apnea: a risk factor for surgical site infection after colectomy

Presentation Number: O08
Author(s):

Spyridon Fortis, Kristin Colling, Catherine Statz, James Glover, Gregory Beilman, University of Minnesota

Clinical; Eligible for the New Member Award and Resident Award

O07 – TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-8 cytokines in relation to TNF-α-308 G/A polymorphism in postoperative sepsis

Presentation Number: O07
Author(s):

Kavita Baghel, Rajeshwar Nath Srivastava, Abhijit Chandra, Jyotsna Agrawal, Hasan Raza Kazmi, Saloni Raj, King George’s Medical University

Basic

O06 – Empiric Azoles Are Not Beneficial in Surgical Patients: A Propensity-Matched Cohort Study

Presentation Number: O06
Author(s):

Christopher Guidry, Stephen Davies, Timothy McMurry, Zachary Dietch, Rhett Willis, Robert Sawyer, University of Virginia

Clinical; Eligible for the Resident Award

O05 – Thrombin-processed Ecrg4 is chemotactic and recruits inflammatory monocytes to the injury site

Presentation Number: O05
Author(s):

Jisook Lee, Stu Knowling, Raul Coimbra, Vishal Bansal, Andrew Baird, Brian Eliceiri, Todd Costantini, University of California San Diego

Basic

O04 – A prospective randomized study to assess the optimal duration of antimicrobial prophylaxis in total gastrectomy

Presentation Number: O04
Author(s):

Ryoji Fukushima, Toshiro Konishi, Yasuhiko Mohri, Tamaki Noie, Satoshi Ono, Kenji Omura, Susumu Sueyoshi, Akinori Takagane, Masato Kusunoki, Taro Shibata, Hidetaka Mochizuki, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Teikyo University School of Medicine

Clinical