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| Andrea LassniggSummaryAffiliation: University of Vienna Country: Austria Publications
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Diltiazem versus nitroglycerin for myocardial protection following coronary artery bypass grafting as assessed by dobutamine stress echocardiographyA Lassnigg
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Vienna General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Wien Klin Wochenschr 113:439-45. 2001..We assessed the perioperative anti-ischemic effects of diltiazem and nitroglycerin during hemodynamic stress using DSE...
Minimal changes of serum creatinine predict prognosis in patients after cardiothoracic surgery: a prospective cohort studyAndrea Lassnigg
Department of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Vienna, Waehrihger Guertel 18 20, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
J Am Soc Nephrol 15:1597-605. 2004..Any even minimal increase or profound decrease of serum creatinine was associated with a substantial decrease in survival...
Influence of intravenous vitamin E supplementation in cardiac surgery on oxidative stress: a double-blinded, randomized, controlled studyA Lassnigg
Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, A 1090 Wien, Austria
Br J Anaesth 90:148-54. 2003..I.V. infusions of vitamin E emulsion (all-rac-alpha-tocopherol) may reduce ischaemia-reperfusion injury after elective cardiac surgery...
Impact of minimal increases in serum creatinine on outcome in patients after cardiothoracic surgery: do we have to revise current definitions of acute renal failure?Andrea Lassnigg
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Vienna, A 1090 Vienna, Austria
Crit Care Med 36:1129-37. 2008....
Biofilm formation of Candida spp. isolates from patients at a cardiothoracic intensive care unitSelma Tobudic
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Int J Artif Organs 34:818-23. 2011..2% in the bloodstream isolates (%Tbloc vs.%Tbloc not significant). However, high biofilm production (%Tbloc, ≥35) was more frequent among the non-invasive isolates compared to the bloodstream isolates (78.1 vs. 72.5, p<0.001)...
Antifungal susceptibility of Candida albicans in biofilmsSelma Tobudic
Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Mycoses 55:199-204. 2012..This review discusses the factors affecting antifungal resistance as well as activity of mono- and combination therapy of different antifungal classes and antifungal activity in vitro and in vivo against C. albicans biofilms...
Design and use of Candida scores at the intensive care unitChristina Kratzer
Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Mycoses 54:467-74. 2011....
Intensive care-acquired hypernatremia after major cardiothoracic surgery is associated with increased mortalityGregor Lindner
Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Management, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Intensive Care Med 36:1718-23. 2010..Therefore, we wanted to determine the incidence of hypernatremia in a surgical ICU and its association with outcomes of critically ill surgical patients...
Perfusion temperature during cardiopulmonary bypass does not affect serum S-100beta releaseM Dworschak
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, General Hospital Vienna, Austria
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 52:29-33. 2004..The potentially harmful effects of normothermia on neurological outcome during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) are controversial...
Systemic blood pressure and cerebral blood flow velocity during carotid surgeryG Grubhofer
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital, Vienna, Austria
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 47:381-5. 1999..To evaluate the effect of mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) on cerebral perfusion during carotid surgery, we investigated blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral (Vs,mca) using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD)...
Comparing Doppler ultrasonography and cerebral oximetry as indicators for shunting in carotid endarterectomyG Grubhofer
Departments of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Anesth Analg 91:1339-44. 2000..Relying on RSO2 alone would increase the number of unnecessary shunts because of the low specificity. Accepting higher decreases in RSO2 does not appear reasonable because it bears the risk of a low sensitivity...
Pulsatility does not change cerebral oxygenation during cardiopulmonary bypassG Grubhofer
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Clinic of Vienna, Austria
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 44:586-91. 2000....
Significance of right bundle branch block in the diagnosis of myocardial ischemia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graftingR Seitelberger
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, AKH Vienna, Währingergürtel 18 20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 18:187-93. 2000....
Efficacy and safety of hydroxyethyl starch 6% 130/0.4 in a balanced electrolyte solution (Volulyte) during cardiac surgeryEva M Base
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University, Vienna, Austria
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 25:407-14. 2011..The equivalence of 2 hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solutions and the influence on chloride levels and acid-base status by selectively changing the carrier of rapidly degradable modern 6% HES 130/0.4 were studied in cardiac surgery patients...
Role of amiodarone on the systemic inflammatory response induced by cardiac surgery: proinflammatory actionsGeorg Delle Karth
Universitaetsklinik fuer Innere Medizin II Kardiologie, Medizinische Universitaet, Wien, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, 1090 Wien, Austria
Can J Anaesth 54:262-8. 2007..The present study investigated the immunomodulatory properties of AMIO in the inflammatory response induced by cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)...
Invasive fungal infections and (1,3)-beta-D-glucan serum concentrations in long-term intensive care patientsElisabeth Presterl
Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Vienna Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Waehringer Guertel 18 20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Int J Infect Dis 13:707-12. 2009..This study was performed to assess the epidemiology of fungal infections and to determine (1,3)-beta-D-glucan serum concentrations in patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs)...
Late aortic dissection in a patient with a left ventricular assist deviceM Dworschak
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 49:395-7. 2001..The dissection of the aorta initially presented as an embolic peripheral ischemia. Early complete echocardiography is thus warranted to rule out dissection...
High serum laminin concentrations in patients with Candida sepsisE Presterl
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Eur J Clin Invest 29:992-6. 1999..Laminin, a major component of the basement membrane, plays a critical role in normal cell adhesion and also during tissue invasion of pathogenic microorganisms...
Effect of centre-, patient- and procedure-related factors on intensive care resource utilisation after cardiac surgeryAndrea Lassnigg
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, General Hospital Vienna, , 1090 Vienna, Austria
Intensive Care Med 28:1453-61. 2002..Up to two thirds more patients could be treated with current ICU resources if the most efficient strategies and structures were applied across all centres...
Propofol 2% in two different oil-in-water emulsions: a randomized, double-blind studyAndrea Lassnigg
Can J Anaesth 50:964-5. 2003
