Abstract Submission Deadline  December 15, 2009

Preparation of Abstract:  We recommend that you use Microsoft Word to prepare your final abstract.  You may then cut and paste it into the main body of the abstract box.

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5th Annual Perioperative Medicine Summit 2010

Welcome to the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Perioperative Medicine Summit online abstract submission.

Abstracts are invited for presentation at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Perioperative Medicine Summit being held in conjunction with the Society of Perioperative Medicine and Quality Improvement (SPAQI).

SUBMISSION DEADLINE
Abstract submissions must be received no later than December 15, 2009. Submitters will be notified of acceptance or rejection by January 15, 2010.

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
We welcome abstracts in the following topical categories:

• Research in Perioperative Care
  Submissions can report clinical and/or laboratory-based research or consist of a systematic review of a clinical problem. Research abstracts concerned with efficiency, cost, or method of health care delivery, quality of care, and medical decision-making are also encouraged.
   
• Innovations in Perioperative Medicine
  Authors who wish to describe an innovative program in perioperative medicine are encouraged to submit to this category. Innovations will primarily be descriptive, but they may also include preliminary data. A more rigorous evaluation of an innovative program should be submitted as a research abstract, rather than an innovation. For example, an innovation may describe a novel strategy for disseminating practice guidelines, whereas a research abstract may analyze its impact on length of stay or postoperative morbidity and mortality.
   
• Perioperative Clinical Vignettes
  A clinical vignette is a report of one or more cases that illustrates a new disease entity or a prominent or unusual clinical feature of an established disease, highlights an area of clinical controversy in perioperative medicine, or illustrates a unique patient safety issue. It may include a summary of pertinent patient history, physical findings, laboratory data, or management description. It should be clear from the discussion portion of the abstract why the vignette is most appropriate for a perioperative medicine (versus general internal medicine, hospital medicine, or anesthesiology) competition. Clinical vignettes will be judged on originality, organization, writing ability, and relevance to perioperative medicine.