Stefan Wirz

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Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi [Laxative use and efficacy in palliative care of patients with cancer pain and morphine therapy. A retrospective study with special regard to polyethylene glycol]
    S Wirz
    Klinik und Poliklinik fur Anasthesiologie und spezielle Intensivmedizin, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn
    Schmerz 17:233-9. 2003
  2. ncbi [Superior cervical ganglion: an anatomical variant. Are variations of the cranial carotid artery a risk factor for accidental intravascular injection?]
    S Wirz
    Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat, Bonn, Deutschland
    Anaesthesist 57:689-92. 2008
  3. ncbi Less nausea, emesis, and constipation comparing hydromorphone and morphine? A prospective open-labeled investigation on cancer pain
    S Wirz
    Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Pain Clinic Department, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn, Germany
    Support Care Cancer 16:999-1009. 2008
  4. ncbi Managing cancer pain and symptoms of outpatients by rotation to sustained-release hydromorphone: a prospective clinical trial
    Stefan Wirz
    Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Pain Clinic Department, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
    Clin J Pain 22:770-5. 2006
  5. ncbi Pain management procedures used by dental and maxillofacial surgeons: an investigation with special regard to odontalgia
    Stefan Wirz
    Outpatients Pain Clinic Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str, 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
    Head Face Med 1:14. 2005
  6. ncbi [Managing patients with chronic orofacial pain in the outpatient departments of dental and maxillofacial surgeons. Results of a survey]
    S Wirz
    Klinik und Poliklinik fur Anasthesiologie und spezielle Intensivmedizin, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn
    Schmerz 17:325-31. 2003
  7. ncbi Gastrointestinal symptoms under opioid therapy: a prospective comparison of oral sustained-release hydromorphone, transdermal fentanyl, and transdermal buprenorphine
    Stefan Wirz
    Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Pain Clinic, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
    Eur J Pain 13:737-43. 2009
  8. ncbi Management of constipation in palliative care patients undergoing opioid therapy: is polyethylene glycol an option?
    Stefan Wirz
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Outpatient Pain Clinic, University of Bonn, Germany
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 22:375-81. 2005
  9. ncbi The effects of fentanyl-like opioids and hydromorphone on human 5-HT3A receptors
    Maria Wittmann
    Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Universitatskliniken Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Anesth Analg 107:107-12. 2008
  10. ncbi Sudden sensorineural hearing loss after heroin injection
    Andreas Schrock
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, Bonn, Germany
    Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 265:603-6. 2008

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi [Laxative use and efficacy in palliative care of patients with cancer pain and morphine therapy. A retrospective study with special regard to polyethylene glycol]
    S Wirz
    Klinik und Poliklinik fur Anasthesiologie und spezielle Intensivmedizin, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn
    Schmerz 17:233-9. 2003
    ..Goal of this study was the assessment of the frequency of constipation in patients of palliative care medicine and the efficacy of the use of laxatives...
  2. ncbi [Superior cervical ganglion: an anatomical variant. Are variations of the cranial carotid artery a risk factor for accidental intravascular injection?]
    S Wirz
    Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat, Bonn, Deutschland
    Anaesthesist 57:689-92. 2008
    ..With an incidence of 25%, an aberrant carotid artery could possibly facilitate an accidental intravascular injection during ganglionic local opioid application at the superior cervical ganglion...
  3. ncbi Less nausea, emesis, and constipation comparing hydromorphone and morphine? A prospective open-labeled investigation on cancer pain
    S Wirz
    Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Pain Clinic Department, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, Bonn, Germany
    Support Care Cancer 16:999-1009. 2008
    ..The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the effect of long-term treatment with either oral sustained-release hydromorphone (HM) or morphine (M) on nausea, emesis, and constipation...
  4. ncbi Managing cancer pain and symptoms of outpatients by rotation to sustained-release hydromorphone: a prospective clinical trial
    Stefan Wirz
    Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Pain Clinic Department, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
    Clin J Pain 22:770-5. 2006
    ..In this prospective clinical trial we examined the technique of opioid rotation to oral sustained-release hydromorphone for controlling pain and symptoms in outpatients with cancer pain...
  5. ncbi Pain management procedures used by dental and maxillofacial surgeons: an investigation with special regard to odontalgia
    Stefan Wirz
    Outpatients Pain Clinic Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str, 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
    Head Face Med 1:14. 2005
    ..Little is known about the procedures used by German dental and maxillofacial surgeons treating patients suffering from chronic orofacial pain (COP). This study aimed to evaluate the ambulatory management of COP...
  6. ncbi [Managing patients with chronic orofacial pain in the outpatient departments of dental and maxillofacial surgeons. Results of a survey]
    S Wirz
    Klinik und Poliklinik fur Anasthesiologie und spezielle Intensivmedizin, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn
    Schmerz 17:325-31. 2003
    ..The aim of this study was to evaluate the significance attributed by dental and maxillofacial surgeons to the ambulatory management of chronic orofacial pain syndromes...
  7. ncbi Gastrointestinal symptoms under opioid therapy: a prospective comparison of oral sustained-release hydromorphone, transdermal fentanyl, and transdermal buprenorphine
    Stefan Wirz
    Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Pain Clinic, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, D 53105 Bonn, Germany
    Eur J Pain 13:737-43. 2009
    ..The purpose of this trial was to evaluate the effect of long-term treatment with oral sustained-release hydromorphone, transdermal fentanyl, and transdermal buprenorphine on nausea, emesis and constipation...
  8. ncbi Management of constipation in palliative care patients undergoing opioid therapy: is polyethylene glycol an option?
    Stefan Wirz
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Outpatient Pain Clinic, University of Bonn, Germany
    Am J Hosp Palliat Care 22:375-81. 2005
    ..Early use of PEG-ES using a step scheme holds promise for treatment of opioid-related constipation in palliative care patients, although further investigation is warranted...
  9. ncbi The effects of fentanyl-like opioids and hydromorphone on human 5-HT3A receptors
    Maria Wittmann
    Klinik und Poliklinik für Anästhesiologie und operative Intensivmedizin, Universitatskliniken Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Anesth Analg 107:107-12. 2008
    ..Therefore, another morphine (phenanthrene-type) derivative, hydromorphone, and fentanyl including its (4-anilinopiperidine-type) derivatives were tested...
  10. ncbi Sudden sensorineural hearing loss after heroin injection
    Andreas Schrock
    Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Bonn, Sigmund Freud Str 25, Bonn, Germany
    Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 265:603-6. 2008
    ..We report a case of sudden bilateral deafness after intravenous heroin abuse. The putative pathophysiological mechanisms are discussed...
  11. ncbi Parkinson's disease influences the perioperative risk profile in surgery
    Marcus C Mueller
    Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital of Bonn Medical Center, Sigmund Freud Strasse 25, 53105, Bonn, Germany
    Langenbecks Arch Surg 394:511-5. 2009
    ..Aim of this study was to define the perioperative risk profile in surgery of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease (PD) in order to improve treatment options in these patients...
  12. ncbi Perioperative glycine treatment attenuates ischemia/reperfusion injury and ameliorates smooth muscle dysfunction in intestinal transplantation
    Nico Schaefer
    Department of Surgery, Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat Bonn, Bonn, Germany
    Transplantation 85:1300-10. 2008
    ..We hypothesized that immunomodulatory perioperative treatment with glycine attenuates the proinflammatory cascade and improves smooth muscle dysfunction of small bowel grafts...