S G Sakka

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi [Anesthesiological management of patients with an acute abdomen]
    Samir G Sakka
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim
    Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 43:734-43; quiz 744. 2008
  2. ncbi Resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock with normal saline versus lactated Ringer's: effects on oxygenation, extravascular lung water, and hemodynamics
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Center Cologne Merheim, University of Witten Herdecke, Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany
    Crit Care 13:128. 2009
  3. ncbi Effects of changes in blood pressure and airway pressures on parameters of fluid responsiveness
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Witten Herdecke, Medical Center Cologne Merheim, Cologne, Germany
    Eur J Anaesthesiol 26:322-7. 2009
  4. ncbi [Intoxication with a tricyclic antidepressant]
    S G Sakka
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim, Ostmerheimerstr 200, 51109 Köln
    Anaesthesist 56:581-6. 2007
  5. ncbi Measurement of cardiac output: a comparison between transpulmonary thermodilution and uncalibrated pulse contour analysis
    S G Sakka
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Center Cologne Merheim, Cologne, Germany
    Br J Anaesth 99:337-42. 2007
  6. ncbi [Case report: severe thrombocytopenia]
    Samir G Sakka
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim
    Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 44:242-5. 2009
  7. ncbi [Intrapulmonary misplacement of a central venous catheter reaching a pulmonary vein]
    Samir G Sakka
    Klinikfür Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim
    Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 44:96-8. 2009
  8. ncbi The influence of venovenous renal replacement therapy on measurements by the transpulmonary thermodilution technique
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Witten Herdecke Medical Center Cologne Merheim, Germany
    Anesth Analg 105:1079-82, table of contents. 2007
  9. ncbi Positive end-expiratory pressure does not affect indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate or gastric mucosal perfusion after cardiac surgery
    A Holland
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D 07747 Jena, Germany
    Eur J Anaesthesiol 24:141-7. 2007
  10. ncbi Does the optimization of cardiac output by fluid loading increase splanchnic blood flow?
    S G Sakka
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany
    Br J Anaesth 86:657-62. 2001

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Publications37

  1. ncbi [Anesthesiological management of patients with an acute abdomen]
    Samir G Sakka
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim
    Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 43:734-43; quiz 744. 2008
    ..This article gives an overview on the major aspects in the different fields in the anesthesiological management of patients with an acute abdomen...
  2. ncbi Resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock with normal saline versus lactated Ringer's: effects on oxygenation, extravascular lung water, and hemodynamics
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Center Cologne Merheim, University of Witten Herdecke, Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Cologne, Germany
    Crit Care 13:128. 2009
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  3. ncbi Effects of changes in blood pressure and airway pressures on parameters of fluid responsiveness
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Witten Herdecke, Medical Center Cologne Merheim, Cologne, Germany
    Eur J Anaesthesiol 26:322-7. 2009
    ..In this clinical study, we analysed SPV and SVV in comparison with static preload parameters during an increase in arterial blood pressure (BP) and airway pressure...
  4. ncbi [Intoxication with a tricyclic antidepressant]
    S G Sakka
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim, Ostmerheimerstr 200, 51109 Köln
    Anaesthesist 56:581-6. 2007
    ..This case report questions the efficacy of hemoperfusion during acute doxepin intoxication in the given constellation of a non-life-threatening arrhythmia...
  5. ncbi Measurement of cardiac output: a comparison between transpulmonary thermodilution and uncalibrated pulse contour analysis
    S G Sakka
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Center Cologne Merheim, Cologne, Germany
    Br J Anaesth 99:337-42. 2007
    ..In this clinical study, we evaluated the accuracy of this system by comparing it with the transpulmonary thermodilution technique (TPID) in septic patients...
  6. ncbi [Case report: severe thrombocytopenia]
    Samir G Sakka
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim
    Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 44:242-5. 2009
    ..The major adverse effects of linezolid are diarrhoea, nausea, and headache. Furthermore, abnormalities in blood count, i.e. leukocytopenia, thrombocytopenia and anaemia, have been reported...
  7. ncbi [Intrapulmonary misplacement of a central venous catheter reaching a pulmonary vein]
    Samir G Sakka
    Klinikfür Anästhesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Krankenhaus Köln Merheim
    Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 44:96-8. 2009
    ..Adequate antibiotic therapy led to resolution of the pneumonia, and the patient was transferred to the normal ward one week after surgery. The further course was uneventful and the patient was discharged home on day 14...
  8. ncbi The influence of venovenous renal replacement therapy on measurements by the transpulmonary thermodilution technique
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Witten Herdecke Medical Center Cologne Merheim, Germany
    Anesth Analg 105:1079-82, table of contents. 2007
    ..Therefore, we analyzed the influence of venovenous RRT on measurement of cardiac index (CI), intrathoracic blood volume index (ITBVI), and extravascular lung water index (EVLWI)...
  9. ncbi Positive end-expiratory pressure does not affect indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate or gastric mucosal perfusion after cardiac surgery
    A Holland
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, D 07747 Jena, Germany
    Eur J Anaesthesiol 24:141-7. 2007
    ..We studied whether a PEEP of 10 mbar may negatively influence flow-dependent liver function (indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate, ICG-PDR) and splanchnic microcirculation as estimated by gastric mucosal PCO2 (PRCO2)...
  10. ncbi Does the optimization of cardiac output by fluid loading increase splanchnic blood flow?
    S G Sakka
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany
    Br J Anaesth 86:657-62. 2001
    ..2 (2.7) to 3.4 (3.1) kPa. Thus, an increase in cardiac output as a result of fluid loading is not necessarily associated with an increase in splanchnic blood flow in patients with stabilized septic shock...
  11. ncbi Variability of splanchnic blood flow in patients with sepsis
    S G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Bachstrasse 18, 07740 Jena, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 27:1281-7. 2001
    ..1%) as well as for average values at 2-h intervals (25.6%). CONCLUSION: Stable global hemodynamics during a 4-h period in septic patients does not exclude marked changes in splanchnic blood measured by a hepatic venous catheter technique...
  12. ncbi Influence of an acute increase in systemic vascular resistance on transpulmonary thermodilution-derived parameters in critically ill patients
    Jan Kozieras
    Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jena, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 33:1619-23. 2007
    ..In this study, we analyzed the robustness of this technique during an acute increase in systemic vascular resistance (SVR)...
  13. ncbi Influence of systolic-pressure-variation-guided intraoperative fluid management on organ function and oxygen transport
    M Buettner
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital Worms, Germany
    Br J Anaesth 101:194-9. 2008
    ..We analysed the effects of SPV-guided intraoperative fluid management on organ function and perfusion when compared with routine care...
  14. ncbi Influence of prone positioning on the measurement of transpulmonary thermodilution-derived variables in critically ill patients
    U Brücken
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Witten Herdecke, Koln, Germany
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 55:1061-7. 2011
    ..However, it remains unclear whether the measurement of TPTD-derived variables is influenced by PP. We investigated the effects of 135° PP on the accuracy of TPTD-derived variables and their changes over an 8-10 h period of time...
  15. ncbi Atropine test and circulatory arrest in the fossa posterior assessed by transcranial Doppler
    E Huttemann
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 26:422-5. 2000
    ..e., increase in heart rate of less than 3% after intravenous administration of 3 mg atropine) correctly predicts circulatory arrest in the fossa posterior during craniocaudal herniation in patients with primary supratentorial lesions...
  16. ncbi Increasing cardiac output by fluid loading: effects on indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate and splanchnic microcirculation
    D Hofmann
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Jena, Germany
    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 49:1280-6. 2005
    ..8 to 5.5 +/- 1.1 kPa and from 0.9 +/- 0.5 to 1.0 +/- 0.7 kPa, respectively. CONCLUSION: Increasing cardiac output to supranormal values by fluid loading is not associated with a significant change in ICG-PDR or gastric mucosal PRco2...
  17. ncbi [Intra-arterial ECG leads of a positive P-wave potential during central venous catheterization]
    Tobias Urban
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Merheim, Universitat Witten Herdecke
    Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 46:94-7. 2011
    ..These findings emphasize the P-wave potential in the ECG feeder does not correlate with the transition from the superior vena cava to the right atrium. Consequently, this does not preclude an intra-arterial malposition...
  18. ncbi Comparison of cardiac output and circulatory blood volumes by transpulmonary thermo-dye dilution and transcutaneous indocyanine green measurement in critically ill patients
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
    Chest 121:559-65. 2002
    ..We prospectively studied the agreement between transpulmonary aortic fiberoptic-based and pulse dye densitometry (PDD) measurements of cardiac output and circulatory blood volumes...
  19. ncbi Unexpected effects on arterial oxygenation during reduction in oxygen flow via a pumpless lung assist system
    J Lange
    Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital of Witten Herdecke, Medical Center Cologne Merheim, Germany
    Minerva Anestesiol 77:375-7. 2011
    ..The authors describe the effect of marked increase in PaO2 in a patient with acute respiratory distress syndrome and treatment by a pumpless extracorporeal lung assist following reduction in oxygen sweep flow...
  20. ncbi [Fulminant pulmonary artery embolism in the early postoperative phase. Use of transesophageal echocardiography in acute diagnostics]
    A Hohn
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Merheim, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Klinikum der Privaten Universität Witten Herdecke, Ostmerheimerstrasse 200, 51109 Köln
    Anaesthesist 59:812-7. 2010
    ..Persistent life-threatening hemodynamic instability required thrombolysis with 100 mg recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA). The patient survived this critical situation but sustained permanent paraparesis...
  21. ncbi [Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Occurrence in a non-neutropenic female patient with abdominal sepsis]
    D Knüttgen
    Klinik fur Anasthesiologie und Operative Intensivmedizin, Krankenhaus Merheim, Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH, Lehrstuhl für Anästhesiologie II der Privaten Universität Witten Herdecke, Koln
    Anaesthesist 58:262-7. 2009
    ..However, application of caspofungin, intensive kinetic therapy (including prone position) and airway management by interventional bronchoscopy enabled successful treatment of this severe complication...
  22. ncbi Therapeutic options for the treatment of impaired gut function
    A Meier-Hellmann
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
    J Am Soc Nephrol 12:S65-9. 2001
    ..It has been suggested that dopexamine can improve splanchnic perfusion, but because these effects remain somewhat controversial, a general recommendation for dopexamine to improve gut perfusion is not justified...
  23. ncbi Late cardiac arrhythmias after blunt chest trauma
    S G Sakka
    Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 26:792-5. 2000
    ..Case reports of two patients who developed fatal cardiac arrhythmias several days after blunt chest trauma...
  24. ncbi Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of continuous versus short-term infusion of imipenem-cilastatin in critically ill patients in a randomized, controlled trial
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
    Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:3304-10. 2007
    ..Larger clinical trials are warranted for evaluation of continuous infusions at a reduced dose of imipenem for critically ill patients...
  25. ncbi Increasing cardiac output by epinephrine after cardiac surgery: effects on indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate and splanchnic microcirculation
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 21:351-6. 2007
    ..The effects of increasing cardiac output by epinephrine on indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate (ICG-PDR) and gastric mucosal PCO(2) (P(R)CO(2)) were studied as indicators of splanchnic microcirculation...
  26. ncbi Prognostic value of extravascular lung water in critically ill patients
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Bachstrasse 18, D 07740 Jena, Germany
    Chest 122:2080-6. 2002
    ..In this study, we analyzed the prognostic value of EVLW in critically ill patients...
  27. ncbi Prognostic value of the indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate in critically ill patients
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
    Chest 122:1715-20. 2002
    ..In this study, we analyzed the prognostic value of the ICG-PDR in critically ill patients...
  28. ncbi Effects of propofol vs methohexital on neutrophil function and immune status in critically ill patients
    Egbert Huettemann
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Erlanger Allee 101, D-07747 Jena, Germany
    J Anesth 20:86-91. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: Methohexital and propofol exhibited no significant effects on neutrophil function and immune status in patients with severe brain injury requiring long-term sedation...
  29. ncbi Relation between indocyanine green (ICG) plasma disappearance rate and ICG blood clearance in critically ill patients
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07740, Jena, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 32:766-9. 2006
    ..In this study, we analyzed the relation between ICG disappearance rate and ICG blood clearance as parameters of liver function in critically patients...
  30. ncbi Prognostic value of serum myoglobin in patients after cardiac surgery
    Denis Hofmann
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
    J Anesth 21:304-10. 2007
    ..In this study, we analyzed the prognostic value of serum myoglobin in comparison to other parameters of muscle damage and renal function in patients after cardiac surgery...
  31. ncbi Influence of extravascular lung water on transpulmonary thermodilution-derived cardiac output measurement
    Thomas Pohl
    Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 34:533-7. 2008
    ....
  32. ncbi Clinical review: influence of vasoactive and other therapies on intestinal and hepatic circulations in patients with septic shock
    Pierre Asfar
    , Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
    Crit Care 8:170-9. 2004
    ....
  33. ncbi Preserved CO(2) reactivity and increase in middle cerebral arterial blood flow velocity during laparoscopic surgery in children
    Egbert Huettemann
    Departments of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Neurology, and Pediatric Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Jena, Germany
    Anesth Analg 94:255-8, table of contents. 2002
    ..Cerebral blood flow velocities increase during insufflation of the intraperitoneal cavity for minimally invasive surgery in children. The vasoreactivity as part of the cerebral autoregulation remains unaffected...
  34. ncbi High cardiac output by a continuous cardiac output pulmonary artery catheter
    Samir G Sakka
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Jena, Federal Republic of Germany
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 16:780-1. 2002
  35. ncbi Mechanical complications and malpositions of central venous cannulations by experienced operators. A prospective study of 1794 catheterizations in critically ill patients
    Wolfram Schummer
    Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747 Jena, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 33:1055-9. 2007
    ..Incidence of primary mechanical complications and malpositions associated with landmark-guided central venous access procedures (CVAP) performed by experienced operators...
  36. ncbi A persistent left superior vena cava: erroneous measurement of cardiac output
    Wolfram Schummer
    Anesth Analg 103:1340-1. 2006
  37. ncbi Continuous monitoring of ScvO(2) by a new fibre-optic technology compared with blood gas oximetry in critically ill patients: a multicentre study
    Zsolt Molnar
    Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Therapy, University of Pecs, 13 Ifjusag St, 7624, Pecs, Hungary
    Intensive Care Med 33:1767-70. 2007
    ..The aim of this study was to compare the accuracy of the CeVOX monitor measuring continuous central venous saturation (ScvO(2)) with laboratory blood gas oximetry under clinical circumstances...