Gary Johnson's Day:   About GJ Day Winners:   1st place   2nd place   3rd place

2009 Gary Johnson Research Day was another success with many residents presenting great research.

Programme -  notice and list of presenters.

Following is a list of presentations (in order of the day):

The ASA guidelines for managing patients with OSA have little application in children. Leilani Doyle, MD (PGY5)

Second Place Winner - Do the ASA Guidelines for OSA correlate with polysomnography in children? - Naveen Eipe, MD (Fellow)

Does every female patient presenting for outpatient laparoscopic gynecological surgery receive dual antiemetic prophylaxis as recommended by best current evidence? Behrooz Yaghchi, MD (PGY5)

Is the perioperative administration of pregabalin a risk factor - for excessive sedation and respiratory depression and does this contribute to delayed discharge from the recovery room? Lesley Silver, MD (PGY5)

First Place Winner - Effect of intravenous lidocaine infusion on discharge rate, functional recovery, opioid use, following abdominal hysterectomy. Gregory Krolczyk, MD (PGY3)

Inadvertent dural puncture during labor epidural placement. Susan Fossey, MD (PGY2)

Left ventricular end diastolic volume as a perioperative cardiac risk factor. Firas Al Qadhi, MD (PGY4)

Third Place Winner - Transfusion practices at the Ottawa Hospital for Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Daniel Power, MD (PGY4)

Seeing beyond the surface - Ultrasound use for central vein catheterization. Jennifer Chow, MD (PGY5)

Ultrasound Application in Anesthesia, Vincent W.S. Chan, MDCM, FRCPC (Visiting Professor), Professor, Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Head of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management, Department of Anesthesia, University Health Network