U Kalus

Summary

Affiliation: Humboldt University
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Cistus incanus (CYSTUS052) for treating patients with infection of the upper respiratory tract. A prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical study
    Ulrich Kalus
    Institut fur Transfusionsmedizin, Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charite Mitte, D 10098 Berlin, Germany
    Antiviral Res 84:267-71. 2009
  2. ncbi Noninfectious transfusion of platelets donated before detection of human immunodeficiency virus RNA in plasma
    Ulrich Kalus
    Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 49:435-9. 2009
  3. ncbi Influence of blood donation on levels of water-soluble vitamins
    U Kalus
    Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Transfus Med 18:360-5. 2008
  4. ncbi Evaluation of vardenafil for the treatment of subjective tinnitus: a controlled pilot study
    Birgit Mazurek
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tinnitus Centre and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    J Negat Results Biomed 8:3. 2009
  5. ncbi Effect of CYSTUS052 and green tea on subjective symptoms in patients with infection of the upper respiratory tract
    Ulrich Kalus
    Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Phytother Res 24:96-100. 2010
  6. ncbi Patients with malignant lymphomas experience a higher rate of documented infections than patients with breast cancer after high-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation
    O Sezer
    Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology, Universitatsklinikum Charite, Humboldt Universitat, Berlin, Germany
    Ann Hematol 79:627-30. 2000
  7. ncbi [Perioperative antithrombotic prophylaxis in varicose vein surgery]
    B Baumann-Baretti
    Institut fur Transfusionsmedizin, Charite Berlin
    Zentralbl Chir 127:752-4. 2002
  8. ncbi Evaluation of immunohematologic routine methods using the new erythrocyte-magnetized technology on the QWALYS 2 system
    Helge Schoenfeld
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 49:1347-52. 2009
  9. ncbi Validation of a hospital-laboratory workstation for immunohematologic methods
    Helge Schoenfeld
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 50:26-31. 2010
  10. ncbi Massive platelet transfusion is a rapidly effective emergency treatment in patients with refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia
    Abdulgabar Salama
    Institut fur Transfusionsmedizin, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D 13353 Berlin, Germany
    Thromb Haemost 100:762-5. 2008

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi Cistus incanus (CYSTUS052) for treating patients with infection of the upper respiratory tract. A prospective, randomised, placebo-controlled clinical study
    Ulrich Kalus
    Institut fur Transfusionsmedizin, Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charite Mitte, D 10098 Berlin, Germany
    Antiviral Res 84:267-71. 2009
    ..Among the inflammatory markers investigated, the C-reactive protein was mostly affected by Cistus and decreased significantly in the treatment group...
  2. ncbi Noninfectious transfusion of platelets donated before detection of human immunodeficiency virus RNA in plasma
    Ulrich Kalus
    Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 49:435-9. 2009
    ..It is unknown whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be transmitted via blood products donated after primary HIV-1 infection before the detection of viral RNA in plasma...
  3. ncbi Influence of blood donation on levels of water-soluble vitamins
    U Kalus
    Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Transfus Med 18:360-5. 2008
    ..Blood donation does not decrease the level of water-soluble vitamins. Vitamin deficiencies occur in apparently healthy first-time as well as in repeat blood donors and can be prevented by vitamin supplementation...
  4. ncbi Evaluation of vardenafil for the treatment of subjective tinnitus: a controlled pilot study
    Birgit Mazurek
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tinnitus Centre and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    J Negat Results Biomed 8:3. 2009
    ..This pilot study was conducted to specifically assess the effect of vardenafil in patients with chronic tinnitus...
  5. ncbi Effect of CYSTUS052 and green tea on subjective symptoms in patients with infection of the upper respiratory tract
    Ulrich Kalus
    Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Phytother Res 24:96-100. 2010
    ..CYSTUS052 therefore proved to be an effective adjuvant for the treatment of respiratory infections...
  6. ncbi Patients with malignant lymphomas experience a higher rate of documented infections than patients with breast cancer after high-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation
    O Sezer
    Department of Internal Medicine, Hematology Oncology, Universitatsklinikum Charite, Humboldt Universitat, Berlin, Germany
    Ann Hematol 79:627-30. 2000
    ..This is especially important for lymphoma patients, who can be regarded as a high-risk group concerning gram-positive bacteremia...
  7. ncbi [Perioperative antithrombotic prophylaxis in varicose vein surgery]
    B Baumann-Baretti
    Institut fur Transfusionsmedizin, Charite Berlin
    Zentralbl Chir 127:752-4. 2002
    ..In case of other acquired or hereditary risk factors antithrombotic prophylaxis in varicose vein surgery with low molecular weight heparin should be used. Compression elastic stockings are obligatory...
  8. ncbi Evaluation of immunohematologic routine methods using the new erythrocyte-magnetized technology on the QWALYS 2 system
    Helge Schoenfeld
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 49:1347-52. 2009
    ..Its new erythrocyte-magnetized technology (EMT) is based on the use of magnetic nanoparticles and avoids centrifugation and washing steps...
  9. ncbi Validation of a hospital-laboratory workstation for immunohematologic methods
    Helge Schoenfeld
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and the Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 50:26-31. 2010
    ..The principle of EMT is based on magnetization of red blood cells and avoids centrifugation and washing steps...
  10. ncbi Massive platelet transfusion is a rapidly effective emergency treatment in patients with refractory autoimmune thrombocytopenia
    Abdulgabar Salama
    Institut fur Transfusionsmedizin, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D 13353 Berlin, Germany
    Thromb Haemost 100:762-5. 2008
    ..These findings indicate that consecutive platelet transfusion using APCs is a rapidly effective emergency treatment in patients with refractory ITP...
  11. ncbi No influence of collagenous proteins of Achilles tendon, skin and cartilage on the virus-inactivating efficacy of peracetic acid-ethanol
    Sven Scheffler
    Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
    Biologicals 35:355-9. 2007
    ..PAA-ethanol used in the production process at the Charité tissue bank can therefore be recommended for treatment of non-osseous musculoskeletal tissues...
  12. ncbi Thawing procedures and the time course of clotting factor activity in fresh-frozen plasma: a controlled laboratory investigation
    Christian von Heymann
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite University Hospital Berlin, Charite Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Anesth Analg 103:969-74. 2006
    ..In an experimental procedure, FFP was thawed under running warm water at 42 degrees C...
  13. ncbi Hemoglobin screening in prospective blood donors: comparison of different blood samples and different quantitative methods
    Hartmut Radtke
    Charite University Medicine Berlin, Institute of Transfusion Medicine, 10098 Berlin, Germany
    Transfus Apher Sci 33:31-5. 2005
    ..The deviation exceeded the limit of +/-10g l(-1) in 9% of samples tested by HemoCue and in 20% of those investigated by Biotest. The use of earstick samples led to considerable overestimation of the actual hemoglobin concentration...
  14. ncbi A method for the determination of the residual chloroform in defatted cancellous bone transplants
    Ulrich Kalus
    Institute for Transfusion Medicine Tissue Bank, University Hospital Charite, Berlin, Germany
    Cell Tissue Bank 6:71-5. 2005
    ..For the necessary routine quality checks on the production process, a gas chromatography method has been developed that determines the level of chloroform in cancellous bone, for which the detection limit is 0.003 ppm...
  15. ncbi Rapid identification of iron deficiency in blood donors with red cell indexes provided by Advia 120
    Hartmut Radtke
    Institute of Transfusion Medicine, Charite University Medicine Berlin, and Laboratory 28, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 45:5-10. 2005
    ..These indexes have not yet been validated as measures for the detection of iron deficiency in blood donors...
  16. ncbi A new strategy for the prevention of IgA anaphylactic transfusion reactions
    Abdulgabar Salama
    Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Internal Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, University Clinic Charite, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 44:509-11. 2004
    ..Management of patients with clinically significant anti-IgA is difficult and unsatisfactory in many aspects...
  17. ncbi Universal leukodepletion of blood components results in a significant reduction of febrile non-hemolytic but not allergic transfusion reactions
    Axel Pruss
    Institute for Transfusion Medicine Tissue Bank, University Hospital Charite, Campus Charite Mitte, Schumannstrasse 20 21, D 10117 Berlin, Germany
    Transfus Apher Sci 30:41-6. 2004
    ..Universal leukodepletion of blood components to prevent acute non-hemolytic transfusion reactions (NHTRs) is still a subject of debate...
  18. ncbi Improvement of an ultrasensitive human immunodeficiency virus type 1 real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction targeting the long terminal repeat region
    Anke Edelmann
    Institute of Virology Helmut Ruska Haus, Charite University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Transfusion 50:685-92. 2010
    ..Their hybridization can be limited or abolished by genetic polymorphisms occurring in the target sequence...
  19. ncbi Improvement of cutaneous microcirculation and oxygen supply in patients with chronic venous insufficiency by orally administered extract of red vine leaves AS 195: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study
    Ulrich Kalus
    Institute for Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Charit, Berlin, Germany
    Drugs R D 5:63-71. 2004
    ..39 +/- 0.09cm versus +0.29 +/- 0.09cm; p < 0.0001; calf level: by -0.54 +/- 0.05cm versus +0.14 +/- 0.05cm; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: The administration of AS 195 improved objective symptoms of CVI and may prevent CVI deterioration...
  20. ncbi Effect of Nigella sativa (black seed) on subjective feeling in patients with allergic diseases
    Ulrich Kalus
    Humboldt University, Berlin, School of Medicine, Institute for Transfusion Medicine, , Berlin, Germany
    Phytother Res 17:1209-14. 2003
    ..Black seed oil therefore proved to be an effective adjuvant for the treatment of allergic diseases...