Commentary

From the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA. Correspondence: Richard M. Satava, MD FACS, Department of Surgery, University of Washington Medical Center, 1959 Pacific Street NE Seattle, WA 98195 (email: rsatava@u.washington. edu). The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the author(s) and are not to be construed as official, or as reflecting the views of the Departments of the Army, Navy or Air Force, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or the Department of Defense. This is a declared work of the US Government and as such is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. F ©2005 Westminster Publications, Inc., 708 Glen Cove Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545, USA. Commentary Mental Workload: A New Parameter for Objective Assessment?