Michael Frass

Summary

Country: Austria

Publications

  1. ncbi Adjunctive homeopathic treatment in patients with severe sepsis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in an intensive care unit
    M Frass
    Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homeopathy, Graz, Austria
    Homeopathy 94:75-80. 2005
  2. ncbi Influence of potassium dichromate on tracheal secretions in critically ill patients
    Michael Frass
    Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homeopathy, Duerergasse 4, A 8010 Graz, Austria
    Chest 127:936-41. 2005
  3. ncbi Should there be a change in the teaching of airway management in the medical school curriculum?
    Werner Rabitsch
    Resuscitation 66:245-6. 2005
  4. ncbi Respiratory failure after stem cell transplantation: improved outcome with non-invasive ventilation
    Werner Rabitsch
    Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Leuk Lymphoma 46:1151-7. 2005
  5. ncbi Bias in the trial and reporting of trials of homeopathy: a fundamental breakdown in peer review and standards?
    Michael Frass
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homoeopathy, Vienna, Austria
    J Altern Complement Med 11:780-2. 2005
  6. ncbi Homeopathic research after the Lancet meta analysis--a moment for introspection
    Menachem Oberbaum
    Complement Ther Med 13:303-5. 2005
  7. ncbi Asymmetry in The Lancet meta-analysis
    Michael Frass
    Homeopathy 95:52-3. 2006
  8. ncbi Comparison of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and Combitube ventilation in a bench model
    Camillo Sherif
    Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Wien Klin Wochenschr 117:769-75. 2005
  9. ncbi Homeopathy in emergency medicine
    Menachem Oberbaum
    Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    Wien Med Wochenschr 155:491-7. 2005
  10. ncbi Treatment of adult patients with sepsis-induced coagulopathy and purpura fulminans using a plasma-derived protein C concentrate (Ceprotin)
    Peter Schellongowski
    Department of Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit 13i2, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Vox Sang 90:294-301. 2006

Collaborators

  • Max Haidvogl
  • M Oberbaum
  • Jonathan L Benumof
  • R M Levitan
  • U Holzinger
  • Thomas Lang
  • Werner Rabitsch
  • Thomas Staudinger
  • Peter Schellongowski
  • Gottfried J Locker
  • Peter Krafft
  • James M Rich
  • Ernst Schuster
  • Klaus Laczika
  • Heinz Burgmann
  • Camillo Sherif
  • Roland Hofbauer
  • Catharina Wenzel
  • Beatrix Wulkersdorfer
  • Peter Quehenberger
  • Herbert Ulrich-Pur
  • Peter Schenk
  • Heidrun Losert
  • Konstantin Zedtwitz-Liebenstein
  • Ricardo M Urtubia
  • Nikolaus Schaumann
  • Andrew M Mason
  • Tareg A Bey
  • Brigitte Stoiser
  • Julia Kofler
  • Alexandra Schmid
  • Felice Agro
  • Andja Bojic
  • Edith Bauer
  • Helmut Friehs
  • Andreas Thierbach
  • Franz Hrska
  • Doris Moser
  • Brigitte Meyer
  • Michelle R Inzunza
  • Monika Niedermayr
  • Johanna Boltuch
  • Petra Apfalter
  • Branko Pikula
  • Michael Sohm
  • Valentin Fuhrmann
  • Wolfgang Graninger
  • Hildegard T Greinix
  • Peter Kalhs
  • Wolfgang J Koestler
  • Wolfgang J Kostler
  • Veit Lorenz
  • Ricardo Urtubia
  • Felix Keil
  • Paul Knoebl
  • Karl Schebesta
  • Peter Kraft
  • Ajsa Nikolic
  • Walter Koller
  • Christoph Dielacher
  • Wolfgang Fiebiger
  • Michael Benesch
  • Franz X Lackner
  • Claus G Krenn
  • Christian Zauner
  • Edith Seper
  • Reinhard Frenzer
  • Rainer Thell
  • Harald Raab
  • Viktor Dufek
  • Bettina Eder
  • Paul Sporn
  • Heinz Schneider
  • Karl-Heinz Smolle
  • Stylianos Kapiotis
  • Wolfgang Koller
  • Astrid Adlof
  • Wolfgang Schobersberger
  • Ingrid Pabinger

Detail Information

Publications32

  1. ncbi Adjunctive homeopathic treatment in patients with severe sepsis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in an intensive care unit
    M Frass
    Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homeopathy, Graz, Austria
    Homeopathy 94:75-80. 2005
    ..The aim of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was to evaluate whether homeopathy is able to influence long-term outcome in critically ill patients suffering from severe sepsis...
  2. ncbi Influence of potassium dichromate on tracheal secretions in critically ill patients
    Michael Frass
    Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homeopathy, Duerergasse 4, A 8010 Graz, Austria
    Chest 127:936-41. 2005
    ....
  3. ncbi Should there be a change in the teaching of airway management in the medical school curriculum?
    Werner Rabitsch
    Resuscitation 66:245-6. 2005
  4. ncbi Respiratory failure after stem cell transplantation: improved outcome with non-invasive ventilation
    Werner Rabitsch
    Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Leuk Lymphoma 46:1151-7. 2005
    ..In non-survivors, PaO2 improved in only 4 of 28 patients (17%) (P<0.0001). Non-invasive ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure after SCT could improve prognosis in a carefully selected group of patients...
  5. ncbi Bias in the trial and reporting of trials of homeopathy: a fundamental breakdown in peer review and standards?
    Michael Frass
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, and Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Homoeopathy, Vienna, Austria
    J Altern Complement Med 11:780-2. 2005
  6. ncbi Homeopathic research after the Lancet meta analysis--a moment for introspection
    Menachem Oberbaum
    Complement Ther Med 13:303-5. 2005
  7. ncbi Asymmetry in The Lancet meta-analysis
    Michael Frass
    Homeopathy 95:52-3. 2006
  8. ncbi Comparison of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and Combitube ventilation in a bench model
    Camillo Sherif
    Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Wien Klin Wochenschr 117:769-75. 2005
    ..Regardless of the ventilation technique or device, we believe that subsequent retraining of ventilation skills is very important...
  9. ncbi Homeopathy in emergency medicine
    Menachem Oberbaum
    Center for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    Wien Med Wochenschr 155:491-7. 2005
    ..We describe our experience treating such patients homeopathically in the emergency room, on the wards, and in the intensive care unit of conventional hospitals in Austria and Israel...
  10. ncbi Treatment of adult patients with sepsis-induced coagulopathy and purpura fulminans using a plasma-derived protein C concentrate (Ceprotin)
    Peter Schellongowski
    Department of Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit 13i2, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Vox Sang 90:294-301. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that treatment with a plasma-derived protein C zymogen concentrate might be a useful support in adult patients with purpura fulminans...
  11. ncbi Comparison of mucosal pressures induced by cuffs of different airway devices
    Herbert Ulrich-Pur
    Intensive Care Unit 13i2, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Austria
    Anesthesiology 104:933-8. 2006
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  12. ncbi The Combitube, self-inflating bulb, and colorimetric carbon dioxide detector to advance airway management in the first echelon of the battlefield
    James M Rich
    Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75246, USA
    Mil Med 171:389-95. 2006
    ..Improved airway management, in conjunction with other lifesaving measures, could potentially improve survival rates for combat casualties and assist in stabilizing them for evacuation to higher echelons of combat medical care...
  13. ncbi Airway management with endotracheal tube versus Combitube during parabolic flights
    Werner Rabitsch
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
    Anesthesiology 105:696-702. 2006
    ..Because the ETC airway requires less training and is easier to insert than an ETT, it is recommended for further study as an alternative airway to what is currently on the shuttle...
  14. ncbi Prolonged lateral steep position impairs respiratory mechanics during continuous lateral rotation therapy in respiratory failure
    Peter Schellongowski
    Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
    Intensive Care Med 33:625-31. 2007
    ..To establish whether prolonged lateral steep position during continuous rotation therapy leads to improvement on pulmonary gas exchange, respiratory mechanics and hemodynamics...
  15. ncbi Frequent development of lupus anticoagulants in critically ill patients treated under intensive care conditions
    Catharina Wenzel
    Department of Medicine 1, Intensive Care Unit, University of Vienna, Austria
    Crit Care Med 30:763-70. 2002
    ....
  16. ncbi Recommendation of the minimal volume technique to avoid tongue engorgement with prolonged use of the esophageal-tracheal combitube
    Werner Rabitsch
    Ann Emerg Med 45:565-6; author reply 566. 2005
  17. ncbi Ventilator-associated pneumonia: Increased bacterial counts in bronchoalveolar lavage by using urea as an endogenous marker of dilution
    Konstantin Zedtwitz-Liebenstein
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Crit Care Med 33:756-9. 2005
    ..Using urea to determine the dilution quotient could increase the value of bacterial thresholds in the diagnosis and therapeutic decision of ventilator-associated pneumonia...
  18. ncbi Current status of the Combitube: a review of the literature
    Felice Agro
    Department of Anesthesiology, University School of Medicine Campus Bio Medico Rome, Via Longoni 69, 83 00155 Rome, Italy
    J Clin Anesth 14:307-14. 2002
    ..Contrary to the Laryngeal Mask Airway, the Combitube may help in patients with limited mouth opening. The Combitube may be of special benefit in patients with massive bleeding or regurgitation, and it minimizes the risk of aspiration...
  19. ncbi Endothelial cell activation and blood coagulation in critically ill patients with lung injury
    Catharina Wenzel
    Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Wien Klin Wochenschr 114:853-8. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that the endothelial cell disturbance and the activation of the coagulation system in patients with lung injury are related to the degree of pulmonary dysfunction...
  20. ncbi Economic burden of illness imposed by severe sepsis in Austria
    Alexandra Schmid
    HealthEcon AG, Basel, Switzerland
    Wien Klin Wochenschr 114:697-701. 2002
    ..Indirect costs of severe sepsis due to productivity losses, particularly by premature death, are considerable...
  21. ncbi Comparison of a conventional tracheal airway with the Combitube in an urban emergency medical services system run by physicians
    Werner Rabitsch
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit 13.i2, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A 1090, Vienna, Austria
    Resuscitation 57:27-32. 2003
    ..Adrenaline (epinephrine) applied via ETC with a 10-fold dosage was as effective as via the conventional ETA. To our knowledge this is the first study using physicians comparing ETC and ETA in the prehospital setting...
  22. ncbi Comparison of three severity scores for critically ill cancer patients
    Peter Schellongowski
    Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    Intensive Care Med 30:430-6. 2004
    ..776 for APACHE II, 0.825 for SAPS II and 0.698 for the ICMM. CONCLUSION: The SAPS II was superior to APACHE II and ICMM. The newly developed ICMM does not improve mortality prediction in critically ill cancer patients...
  23. ncbi Evaluation of an end-tidal portable ETCO2 colorimetric breath indicator (COLIBRI)
    Werner Rabitsch
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit, University of Vienna, Austria
    Am J Emerg Med 22:4-9. 2004
    ..Data suggest that the Colibri might serve as a valuable tool for evaluating and controlling tube position. This device is independent of power supply or electronic equipment, portable, small, and immediately ready for use...
  24. ncbi Evaluation of the oesophageal-tracheal double-lumen tube (Combitube) during general anaesthesia
    Werner Rabitsch
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
    Wien Klin Wochenschr 116:90-3. 2004
    ..CONCLUSION: Ventilation via the Combitube appears to be safe and effective during general anaesthesia. Practice in elective cases is a requirement for successful use in an emergency situation...
  25. ncbi The critical airway, rescue ventilation, and the combitube: Part 1
    James M Rich
    Department of Nurse Anesthesia, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Tex, USA
    AANA J 72:17-27. 2004
    ..How to safely exchange the ETC for a definitive airway also will be reviewed...
  26. ncbi The critical airway, rescue ventilation, and the combitube: Part 2
    James M Rich
    Department of Nurse Anesthesia, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Tex, USA
    AANA J 72:115-24. 2004
    ....
  27. ncbi The Combitube as rescue device: recommended use of the small adult size for all patients six feet tall or shorter
    Richard M Levitan
    Ann Emerg Med 44:92; author reply 92-3. 2004
  28. ncbi Closed suctioning system reduces cross-contamination between bronchial system and gastric juices
    Werner Rabitsch
    Intensive Care Unit, Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
    Anesth Analg 99:886-92, table of contents. 2004
    ..CS significantly reduced cross-contamination between bronchial system and gastric juices and reduced the incidence of VAP when compared with OS. Hypoxic phases can be reduced by the help of CS...
  29. ncbi Evaluation of Seldinger technique emergency cricothyroidotomy versus standard surgical cricothyroidotomy in 200 cadavers
    Nikolaus Schaumann
    Department of Internal Medicine I, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
    Anesthesiology 102:7-11. 2005
    ..The shorter time to first ventilation and the fact that no injuries could be observed favor the Seldinger technique...
  30. ncbi Modification of the Lipp maneuver for blind insertion of the Esophageal-Tracheal Combitube
    Ricardo M Urtubia
    Can J Anaesth 52:216-7. 2005
  31. ncbi [Securing the airway in emergencies]
    Michael Frass
    , , Wien, Austria
    Wien Klin Wochenschr 120:191-6. 2008