For the first time, a continuous, noninvasive means of assessing tissue oxygenation and monitoring it during resuscitation The InSpectra™ StO2 Tissue Oxygenation Monitor.
News

JANuary 2010
Society of Critical Care Medicine's 39th Critical Care Congress
Tom Ahrens and Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz to Present in HTI Booth #620
 
The Society of Critical Care Medicine's 39th Critical Care Congress will be held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, FL on January 9-13, 2010. Below is a schedule of the presentations:
Blood, Fluids and Pressors
Tom Ahrens, DNS RN CCNS FAAN
Research Scientist, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Sunday, Jan. 10, 10:00am & 2:45pm
Monday, Jan. 11, 12:15pm
 
Assessing Tissue Perfusion in Critically Ill Cardiac Patients
Ricardo Martinez-Ruiz, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
University of Miami, Miami, FL
Sunday, Jan. 10, 12:45pm
Monday, Jan. 11, 9:30am & 2:30pm
 
NOVEMBER 2009
Second Annual StO2 Shock Conference
 
The Second Annual StO2 Shock Conference was held in Vienna, Austria on 10 October 2009. The conference was chaired by Didier Payen MD PhD, Jan Bakker MD PhD, Can Ince PhD and Michael Pinsky Md Dr hc. Summary lectures and presentations of new research results focused on tissue oxygenation (StO2) measurements and assessments in healthy volunteers and critically-ill patients. Preparations are already underway for the 2010 StO2 Shock Conference in Barcelona; stay tuned!
 
Click here to view the full conference program.
 
Webinars

OctoBer 2009
Monitoring Tissue Oxygenation (StO2) in Sepsis Patients
On October 27, Laura Moore MD hosted a live webinar on Monitoring Tissue Oxygenation (StO2) in Sepsis Patients.   Dr. Moore's presentation provided a brief overview of: pathophysiology sepsis and physiology StO2; challenges in treating sepsis patients; interventions (blood, vasoactive meds, fluids); case studies and protocols that incorporated use of StO2.
 
To view the recorded session, please click here.

Recent Studies

August 2009
Oxygen tissue saturation is lower in nonsurvivors than in survivors after early resuscitation of septic shock
Leone M, Blidi S, Antonini F, Meyssignac B, Bordon S, Garcin F, Charvet A, Blasco V, Albanese J, Martin C. Anesthesiology. 2009;111:366-371.

July 2009
Transfusion of aged red blood cells results in decreased tissue oxygenation in critically injured trauma patients
Kiraly LN, Underwood S, Differding JA, Schreiber MA. J Trauma. 2009;67(1):29-32.

May 2009
Early hypothermia in severely injured trauma patients is a significant risk factor for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome but not mortality
Beilman GJ, Blondet JJ, Nelson TR, Nathens AB, Moore FA, Rhee P, Puyana JC, Moore EE, Cohn SM. Ann Surg. 2009;249(5):845-850.

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The InSpectra™ StO2 Tissue Oxygenation Monitor provides a noninvasive, continuous, real-time, and direct measurement of hemoglobin oxygen saturation in tissue (StO2), providing trauma teams the ability to measure tissue oxygen saturation and monitor it during resuscitation. It is the only perfusion status monitor designed for trauma environments. The InSpectra StO2 Tissue Oxygenation Monitor uses near infrared light to illuminate tissue, and then analyzes the returned light to produce a quantitative measurement of oxygen saturation in the tissue's microcirculation.

The StO2 Trauma Study researched the role that tissue oxygen saturation monitoring could play in hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation. Study results demonstrate that StO2 measurements less than 75% may indicate serious hypoperfusion in trauma patients and that StO2 functions as well as base deficit in indicating hypoperfusion in trauma patients.