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Date, Time & Location:
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Wednesday, 11/04/2015 12:10 – 1:00 p.m.
Kleberg Auditorium, Baylor College of Medicine |
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Speaker: |
Christian A. Otto, M.D., M.MSc. BCM Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine, Emergency Medicine Senior Scientist, Division of Life Sciences
Universities Space Research Association
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Lead Scientist, NASA Visual Impairment Intracranial Pressure Risk |
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Lecture Title: |
“NASA’s newest Human Spaceflight risk: The Visual Impairment Intracranial Pressure Syndrome-Epidemiology and Pathophysiology” |
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Learning Objectives: 1.
Describe the VIIP Syndrome in brief, and name the two primary precipitants of raised intracranial pressure in space. 2.
Describe how cardiovascular risk and central venous pressure impact susceptibility to the VIIP Syndrome. 3.
List three technology transfers to patients on Earth arising from investigation of the VIIP Syndrome. |
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Please contact me if you need additional information about this lecture.
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Thank you, Nancy Gibbins Center for Space Medicine Baylor College of Medicine 713-798-7639 |
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