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Arteriolar vasoconstrictive response: comparing the effects of arginine vasopressin and norepinephrineBarbara E Friesenecker
Division of General and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Crit Care 10:R75. 2006..It is known from patients with advanced vasodilatory shock that AVP exerts strong additional vasoconstriction when incremental dosage increases of NE have no further effect on mean arterial blood pressure (MAP)...
Employing vasopressin during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and vasodilatory shock as a lifesaving vasopressorV Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
Cardiovasc Res 51:529-41. 2001..04 to approximately 0.1 U/min) stabilised cardiocirculatory parameters, and even ensured weaning from catecholamines...
[The use of arginine vasopressin during cardiopulmonary resuscitation. An analysis of experimental and clinical experience and a view of the future]V Wenzel
Leopold Franzens Universitat, Univ Klinik für Anaesthesie und Allg Intensivmedizin, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 51:191-202. 2002..Until definitive data about AVP vs. epinephrine effects during CPR are available, the present state of knowledge should be interpreted that two vasopressors are available for use instead of one...
[Drug therapy in cardiopulmonary resuscitation]V Wenzel
Universitätsklinik für Anaesthesie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Leopold Franzens Universitat Innsbruck, Osterreich
Wien Klin Wochenschr 113:915-26. 2001..The postresuscitation phase has the goal to achieve the best possible neurological performance after return of spontaneous circulation, which requires careful optimization of organ functions...
The respiratory system during resuscitation: a review of the history, risk of infection during assisted ventilation, respiratory mechanics, and ventilation strategies for patients with an unprotected airwayV Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 49:123-34. 2001..During mouth-to-mouth ventilation, a breath over 2 s sufficient to make the chest rise clearly (a tidal volume of approximately 10 ml kg(-1) approximately 700-1000 ml in an adult) is recommended...
Optimising progress in resuscitation not optimising roadblocksVolker Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 53:243-4. 2002
[The new 2005 resuscitation guidelines of the European Resuscitation Council: comments and supplements]V Wenzel
Univ Klinik für Anaesthesie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
Anaesthesist 55:958-66, 968-72, 974-9. 2006..Despite bad prognosis, CPR in trauma patients may be successful in select cases. Any CPR training is better than nothing; simplification of contents and processes remains important...
Survival with full neurologic recovery and no cerebral pathology after prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation with vasopressin in pigsV Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
J Am Coll Cardiol 35:527-33. 2000..We sought to determine the effects of vasopressin and saline placebo in comparison with epinephrine on neurologic recovery and possible cerebral pathology in an established porcine model of prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
Effects of smaller tidal volumes during basic life support ventilation in patients with respiratory arrest: good ventilation, less risk?V Wenzel
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 43:25-9. 1999....
Vasopressin combined with epinephrine during cardiac resuscitation: a solution for the future?Volker Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Crit Care 10:125. 2006..We suggest alternating injections of 1 mg epinephrine i.v. and 40 IU vasopressin i.v. every 3-5 minutes during CPR until spontaneous circulation can be achieved or CPR efforts are terminated...
Effects of intravenous arginine vasopressin on epicardial coronary artery cross sectional area in a swine resuscitation modelVolker Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 64:219-26. 2005....
Vasopressin combined with nitroglycerin increases endocardial perfusion during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigsV Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ulm, Germany
Resuscitation 38:13-7. 1998..We conclude that, when compared with vasopressin therapy alone, combined vasopressin and nitroglycerin improved endocardial perfusion significantly immediately after drug administration during CPR...
Respiratory system compliance decreases after cardiopulmonary resuscitation and stomach inflation: impact of large and small tidal volumes on calculated peak airway pressureV Wenzel
The Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Austria
Resuscitation 38:113-8. 1998..This may have a significant impact on peak airway pressure and distribution of gas during ventilation of an unintubated patient with cardiac arrest...
Vasopressin combined with epinephrine decreases cerebral perfusion compared with vasopressin alone during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigsV Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ulm, Germany
Stroke 29:1462-7; discussion 1467-8. 1998..It is unknown whether a combination of vasopressin and epinephrine may be superior to vasopressin alone by targeting both nonadrenergic and adrenergic receptors...
Repeated administration of vasopressin but not epinephrine maintains coronary perfusion pressure after early and late administration during prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigsV Wenzel
Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
Circulation 99:1379-84. 1999....
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation during severe hypothermia in pigs: does epinephrine or vasopressin increase coronary perfusion pressure?A C Krismer
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 90:69-73. 2000..This study demonstrates that the administration of both emergency drugs results in an increased perfusion pressure in the heart...
Vasopressin-mediated adrenocorticotropin release increases plasma cortisol concentrations during cardiopulmonary resuscitationE Kornberger
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Crit Care Med 28:3517-21. 2000..The aim of this study was to compare plasma concentrations of ACTH, cortisol, and endothelin-1 after epinephrine or vasopressin administration in an experimental animal model of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
[Comments on the 2010 guidelines on cardiopulmonary resuscitation of the European Resuscitation Council]V Wenzel
Univ Klinik für Anaesthesie und Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Anichstr 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 59:1105-23. 2010..TRAINING: Any CPR training is better than nothing; simplification of contents and processes is the main aim...
The efficacy of epinephrine or vasopressin for resuscitation during epidural anesthesiaA C Krismer
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 93:734-42. 2001..We conclude that vasopressin may be a more desirable vasopressor for resuscitation during epidural block because the response to a single dose is longer lasting, and acidosis after multiple doses is less severe compared with epinephrine...
Effect of small-dose dopamine on mesenteric blood flow and renal function in a pig model of cardiopulmonary resuscitation with vasopressinW G Voelckel
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 89:1430-6. 1999..In this regard, small-dose dopamine improved postresuscitation blood flow to the mesenteric bed when vasopressin was used as an alternative vasopressor in an animal model of cardiac arrest...
Effects of epinephrine in a pig model of hypothermic cardiac arrest and closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation combined with active rewarmingE Kornberger
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Anichstrasse 35, A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 50:301-8. 2001....
Analysing ventricular fibrillation ECG-signals and predicting defibrillation success during cardiopulmonary resuscitation employing N(alpha)-histogramsA Amann
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The Leopold Franzens University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 50:77-85. 2001..We conclude, that N(alpha)-analysis was superior to mean fibrillation frequency analysis during CPR in predicting defibrillation success, and distinction between vasopressin versus epinephrine effects...
The beneficial effect of basic life support on ventricular fibrillation mean frequency and coronary perfusion pressureU Achleitner
Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 51:151-8. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: In this porcine laboratory model, 90 s and 3 min of CPR improved ventricular fibrillation mean frequency, which correlated positively with coronary perfusion pressure, and mean arterial pressure...
Developing a vasopressor combination in a pig model of adult asphyxial cardiac arrestV D Mayr
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Circulation 104:1651-6. 2001..The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of vasopressin versus epinephrine, and both drugs combined, in a porcine model of simulated adult asphyxial cardiac arrest...
The effects of endogenous and exogenous vasopressin during experimental cardiopulmonary resuscitationA C Krismer
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 92:1499-504. 2001..We conclude that endogenous vasopressin is an adjunct vasopressor to epinephrine and may serve as a back-up regulator to maintain cardiocirculatory homeostasis...
Vasopressin as adjunct vasopressor for vasodilatory shock due to non-occlusive mesenteric ischemiaG Luckner
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria Guenter Luck n
Anaesthesist 55:283-6. 2006..In conclusion, after reperfusion of NOMI in this patient, adjunct AVP therapy combined with local vasodilator infusion was beneficial as a potentially life-saving vasopressor...
[Fatalities due to nitrous oxide. Complications from mistakes in nitrous oxide supply]H Herff
Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Anichstr 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 57:1006-10. 2008..Measures for a better "error culture" could include data exchange between different critical incident reporting systems, analysis of closed claims, and integration of medical experts in examination of recent catastrophes...
Inhibition of nitric oxide improves coronary perfusion pressure and return of spontaneous circulation in a porcine cardiopulmonary resuscitation modelA C Krismer
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Crit Care Med 29:482-6. 2001....
Optimising the unprotected airway with a prototype Jaw-Thrust-Device--a prospective randomised cross-over studyA von Goedecke
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, County Hospital Steyr, Steyr, Austria
Anaesthesia 64:1236-40. 2009....
Neither vasopressin nor amiodarone improve CPR outcome in an animal model of hypothermic cardiac arrestB Schwarz
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 47:1114-8. 2003..Aim of this experimental animal study was to investigate the influence of vasopressin and amiodarone on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) outcome in a pig model of hypothermic cardiac arrest...
Effect of decreased inspiratory times on tidal volume. Bench model simulating cardiopulmonary resuscitationH Herff
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 58:686-90. 2009..3-0.5 s and it is unclear which tidal volumes could be delivered in such a short time...
Arginine vasopressin during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and vasodilatory shock: current experience and future perspectivesA C Krismer
Leopold Franzens University, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Anichstr 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Curr Opin Crit Care 7:157-69. 2001..04-0.10 U/min) stabilized cardiocirculatory parameters and even ensured weaning from catecholamines...
Endobronchial vasopressin improves survival during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigsV Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Ulm, Germany
Anesthesiology 86:1375-81. 1997..Intravenous administration of vasopressin during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) has been shown to be more effective than optimal doses of epinephrine. This study evaluated the effect of endobronchial vasopressin during CPR...
A comparison of the combination of epinephrine and vasopressin with lipid emulsion in a porcine model of asphyxial cardiac arrest after intravenous injection of bupivacaineViktoria D Mayr
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 106:1566-71, table of contents. 2008..In a porcine model, we compared the effect of the combination of vasopressin/epinephrine with that of a lipid emulsion on survival after bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest...
Employing vasopressin as an adjunct vasopressor in uncontrolled traumatic hemorrhagic shock. Three cases and a brief analysis of the literatureA C Krismer
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Anaesthesist 54:220-4. 2005..The patient underwent multiple surgical procedures, developed multi-organ failure, but was finally discharged from the critical care unit without neurological damage...
[Decreased inspiratory time during ventilation of an unprotected airway. Effect on stomach inflation and lung ventilation in a bench model]A von Goedecke
Univ Klinik für Anaesthesie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 54:117-22. 2005....
Excellent coronary perfusion pressure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is not good enough to ensure long-term survival with good neurologic outcome: a porcine case reportB Enna
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 47:41-9. 2000..To report a case of cerebral ischemia confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) complicated by acute respiratory injury...
[Ventilation of an unprotected airway: evaluation of a new peak-inspiratory-flow and airway-pressure-limiting bag-valve-mask]A von Goedecke
Univ Klinik für Anaesthesie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Anaesthesist 55:629-34. 2006..Time could be gained for chest compressions when reducing inspiratory time from 2 s to 1 s, however, stomach inflation may increase as well...
[Vasopressin for therapy of persistent traumatic hemorrhagic shock: The VITRIS.at study]H G Lienhart
Univ Klinik für Anästhesie und Allg Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 56:145-8, 150. 2007..Primary study end-point is the hospital admission rate, secondary end-points are hemodynamic variables, fluid resuscitation requirements and hospital discharge rate...
[Drug therapy during CPR]C A Schmittinger
, , Innsbruck, Austria
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 38:651-72; quiz 673-5. 2003
Temporary extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the treatment of acute traumatic lung injuryW Voelckel
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck, Austria
Can J Anaesth 45:1097-102. 1998..To report two cases of acute life-threatening traumatic lung injury, who required temporary extracorporeal veno-venous membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and airlifting to a level I trauma centre...
Effects of the specific bradycardic agent zatebradine on hemodynamic variables and myocardial blood flow during the early postresuscitation phase in pigsH U Strohmenger
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 42:211-20. 1999....
[Advanced vasodilatory shock. One-year survival after arginine vasopressin therapy]G Luckner
Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Anichstr 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 58:144-8. 2009..There are currently no data available on long-term survival...
The predictive value of ventricular fibrillation electrocardiogram signal frequency and amplitude variables in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrestH U Strohmenger
Department of Anesthesiology, Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 93:1428-33, table of contents. 2001..At 73% sensitivity, a specificity of 67% was obtained with this variable...
Does arginine vasopressin influence the coagulation system in advanced vasodilatory shock with severe multiorgan dysfunction syndrome?Martin W Dunser
Division of General and Surgical Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 99:201-6. 2004..Global coagulation, assessed by modified thrombelastography, is not different from patients receiving NE infusion alone...
[Mask ventilation as an exit strategy of endotracheal intubation]A von Goedecke
Univ Klinik für Anaesthesie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat, Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 55:70-9. 2006..Careful ventilation can be performed with low inspiratory pressure and flow, and subsequently with a low tidal volume at a high inspiratory fraction of oxygen. This could be a strategy to achieve more patient safety...
The effects of different mouth-to-mouth ventilation tidal volumes on gas exchange during simulated rescue breathingA Stallinger
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 93:1265-9. 2001..IMPLICATIONS: To provide efficient mouth-to-mouth ventilation, it is important to administer tidal volumes of 1000 mL; tidal volumes of 500 mL were not adequate...
Arginine vasopressin, but not epinephrine, improves survival in uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock after liver trauma in pigsWolfgang G Voelckel
Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria
Crit Care Med 31:1160-5. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Vasopressin, but not epinephrine or saline placebo, improved short-term survival in a porcine model of uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock after liver injury when surgical intervention and fluid replacement was delayed...
A comparison of vasopressin and epinephrine for out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitationVolker Wenzel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
N Engl J Med 350:105-13. 2004..Vasopressin followed by epinephrine may be more effective than epinephrine alone in the treatment of refractory cardiac arrest...
Brain metabolism during cardiopulmonary resuscitation assessed with microdialysisLudger Bahlmann
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D 23538 Lubeck, Germany
Resuscitation 59:255-60. 2003..standard CPR on cerebral metabolism measured with microdialysis...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation after near drowning and hypothermia: restoration of spontaneous circulation after vasopressinG Sumann
Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 47:363-5. 2003....
Influence of negative expiratory pressure ventilation on hemodynamic variables during severe hemorrhagic shockAnette C Krismer
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Crit Care Med 34:2175-81. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: When compared with pigs ventilated with either 0 PEEP or 5 PEEP, negative expiratory pressure ventilation during severe hemorrhagic shock improved mean arterial blood pressure and cardiac output...
Pulmonary gas exchange after cardiopulmonary resuscitation with either vasopressin or epinephrineAlex Loeckinger
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Crit Care Med 30:2059-62. 2002..127 +/- 10 torr, p<.05). CONCLUSION: Vasopressin compared with epinephrine for cardiopulmonary resuscitation resulted in better gas exchange variables in the early postresuscitation phase...
Effects of combined administration of vasopressin, epinephrine, and norepinephrine during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigsAndreas W Prengel
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Therapy, University Clinic Langendreer, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Crit Care Med 33:2587-91. 2005....
Fatal errors in nitrous oxide deliveryH Herff
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Anaesthesia 62:1202-6. 2007..Searching non-scientific data bases demonstrates that severe incidents involving oxygen supply lines occurred after 1990, and may be much more frequent than previously thought...
Course of vasopressin and copeptin plasma concentrations in a patient with severe septic shockS Jochberger
Department of Anesthesiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Anaesth Intensive Care 34:498-500. 2006..In contrast, the decrease in arginine vasopressin and copeptin can be at least partly explained by an improvement of cardiovascular function...
Retention of mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask and mouth-to-face shield ventilationP Paal
Dr P Paal, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Emerg Med J 25:42-5. 2008..Retention of mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask and mouth-to-face shield ventilation techniques is poorly understood...
Effects of face mask ventilation in apneic patients with a resuscitation ventilator in comparison with a bag-valve-maskAchim von Goedecke
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
J Emerg Med 30:63-7. 2006..We conclude that the resuscitation ventilator is at least as effective as traditional bag-valve-mask or face mask resuscitation in this population of very controlled elective surgery patients...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation of a near-drowned child with a combination of epinephrine and vasopressinHannes G Lienhart
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:486-8. 2005....
The vasopressin and copeptin response in patients with vasodilatory shock after cardiac surgery: a prospective, controlled studyStefan Jochberger
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Intensive Care Med 35:489-97. 2009..To evaluate arginine vasopressin (AVP) and copeptin plasma concentrations in patients with vasodilatory shock after cardiac surgery...
Comparing two different arginine vasopressin doses in advanced vasodilatory shock: a randomized, controlled, open-label trialChristian Torgersen
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Intensive Care Med 36:57-65. 2010..To compare the effects of two arginine vasopressin (AVP) dose regimens on the hemodynamic response, catecholamine requirements, AVP plasma concentrations, organ function and adverse events in advanced vasodilatory shock...
Serum vasopressin concentrations in critically ill patientsStefan Jochberger
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University
Crit Care Med 34:293-9. 2006..Relative and absolute AVP deficiency may be infrequent entities during acute surgical critical illness, mostly remaining without significant effects on cardiovascular function...
The effects of nifedipine on ventricular fibrillation mean frequency in a porcine model of prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitationKarl H Stadlbauer
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 97:226-30, table of contents. 2003....
Arginine vasopressin reduces intestinal oxygen supply and mucosal tissue oxygen tensionH Knotzer
Dept of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical Univ, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 289:H168-73. 2005....
A comparison of the suction laryngoscope and the Macintosh laryngoscope in emergency medical technicians: a manikin model of severe airway haemorrhageT Mitterlechner
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Emerg Med J 29:54-5. 2012..021) and the time taken to intubation was shorter (mean (SD) 50 (15) vs 58 (27) s; p=0.041). In cases of airway haemorrhage, the use of the suction laryngoscope might be beneficial...
[Analgesia with remifentanil in spontaneously breathing patients undergoing brief but painful radiological procedures]B Moser
Univ Klinik für Anästhesie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat, Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 54:1089-93. 2005..Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) and stenting are very painful procedures in interventional radiology and require potent analgesia; employing remifentanil in spontaneously breathing patients may be one possible strategy...
Effect of fibrinogen on reversal of dilutional coagulopathy: a porcine modelD Fries
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
Br J Anaesth 95:172-7. 2005..This study was conducted to determine whether replacement of fibrinogen is useful in reversing dilutional coagulopathy following severe haemorrhage and administration of colloids...
Influence of ventilation strategies on survival in severe controlled hemorrhagic shockHolger Herff
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
Crit Care Med 36:2613-20. 2008..To investigate the effect of different ventilation settings on hemodynamic stability in severe controlled hemorrhagic shock...
Effects of stomach inflation on haemodynamic and pulmonary function during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pigsPeter Paal
Department of Anesthesiology and General Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 80:365-71. 2009..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of clinically realistic stomach inflation on haemodynamic and pulmonary function during CPR in a porcine model...
Comparison of mechanical characteristics of the human and porcine chest during cardiopulmonary resuscitationAndreas Neurauter
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 80:463-9. 2009..The purpose of this study was to identify differences between mechanical characteristics of the human and porcine chest during CPR...
Vasopressin improves survival in a porcine model of abdominal vascular injuryKarl H Stadlbauer
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Crit Care 11:R81. 2007..We sought to determine and compare the effects of vasopressin, fluid resuscitation and saline placebo on haemodynamic variables and short-term survival in an abdominal vascular injury model with uncontrolled haemorrhagic shock in pigs...
The mouth-to-bag resuscitator during standard anaesthesia induction in apnoeic patientsHolger Herff
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 80:1142-6. 2009..This concept has been compared to standard adult bag-valve devices earlier in bench models but not in patients...
A prediction model for out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitationIris R Pircher
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 109:1196-201. 2009..We created a prediction model to be used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) attempts as a decision tool to omit futile CPR attempts and to save resources...
Head-position angles in children for opening the upper airwayPeter Paal
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse, Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 81:676-8. 2010..Thus, we compared effects of neutral head position and extension, measuring head-position angles and ventilation parameters...
Anesthesia in prehospital emergencies and in the emergency departmentPatrick Braun
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 23:500-6. 2010..Recently, notable progress has been made in the field of anesthesia drugs and airway management...
Ventilation strategies in the obstructed airway in a bench model simulating a nonintubated respiratory arrest patientHolger Herff
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 108:1585-8. 2009..The Smart Bag MO(R) is an adult flow-limited bag-valve device designed to reduce the risk of stomach inflation in an unprotected airway. Its properties in severe airway obstruction are as yet unknown...
[Successful resuscitation after rapid defibrillation by ski slope maintenance personnel. A case report]H Lienhart
, , Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 55:41-4. 2006..A review of possibilities for improved emergency medical care in mountainous regions is also given...
One night in a snowbank: a case report of severe hypothermia and cardiac arrestB Moser
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 65:365-8. 2005..Frostbite was limited to both hands and all toes only; although the entire upper and lower extremity appeared to be deeply frozen on admission, amputation of both hands was inevitable and resulted in permanent disability...
Head position for opening the upper airwayP Paal
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Anaesthesia 62:227-30. 2007..001 and p = 0.03, respectively. Maximum extension of the head in both supine men and women was 42 degrees, which could be utilised to optimise assisted ventilation of an unprotected upper airway...
[False positive death certification. Does the Lazarus phenomenon partly explain false positive death certification by rescue services in Germany, Austria and Switzerland?]H Herff
Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Osterreich
Anaesthesist 59:342-6. 2010..Delegation of death certification from emergency physicians to qualified physicians in a follow-up examination might increase both legal safety for emergency physicians in the field and patient safety...
A comparison of the endotracheal tube and the laryngeal mask airway as a route for endobronchial lidocaine administrationA W Prengel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
Anesth Analg 92:1505-9. 2001..In conclusion, the laryngeal mask airway is not a reliable route for the recommended dose of endobronchial lidocaine administration compared with the endotracheal tube...
Increased frequency of thorax injuries with ACD-CPRM Baubin
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 41:33-8. 1999..11/20; P < 0.05) In conclusion, ACD-CPR appears to cause more CPR-related injuries than does standard CPR, but as a result of a number of limitations on this study, this fact cannot be proven beyond doubt...
[Treatment of hemorrhagic shock. New therapy options]W G Voelckel
Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
Anaesthesist 53:1151-67. 2004..Finally, the ultimate vision of trauma resuscitation is the concept of "suspended animation" as a form of delayed resuscitation after protection of vital organ systems...
[Arginine-vasopressin in septic and vasodilatorial shock]Martin W Dunser
Klinik für Intensivmedizin am Inselspital Bern
Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 41:716-9. 2006..Effects of a supplementary AVP infusion in advanced vasodilatory shock on survival are currently examined in a large, prospective multicenter trial in North America and Australia...
Use of an inspiratory impedance threshold valve during chest compressions without assisted ventilation may result in hypoxaemiaHolger Herff
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 72:466-76. 2007....
An observational study of vasopressin infusion during uncontrolled haemorrhagic shock in a porcine trauma model: Effects on bowel functionKarl H Stadlbauer
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 72:145-8. 2007..In conclusion, in this small observational study of uncontrolled porcine haemorrhagic shock, a resuscitation strategy that included high dose vasopressin was associated with transient diarrhoea and good long term survival...
Arginine vasopressin during sinus rhythm: effects on haemodynamic variables, left anterior descending coronary artery cross sectional area and cardiac index, before and after inhibition of NO-synthase, in pigsViktoria D Mayr
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 74:366-71. 2007..7+/-1 versus 8.9+/-1 mm(2)), and significantly decreased cardiac index (95+/-6 versus 29+/-4 mL/min kg (-1)). IMPLICATIONS: During sinus rhythm, AVP increased MAP and LAD coronary artery cross sectional area, but decreased cardiac index...
Arginine vasopressin in advanced cardiovascular failure during the post-resuscitation phase after cardiac arrestViktoria Mayr
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 72:35-44. 2007..In this study, advanced cardiovascular failure that was unresponsive to standard therapy could be reversed successfully with supplementary AVP infusion in >90% of patients surviving cardiac arrest...
Copeptin and arginine vasopressin concentrations in critically ill patientsStefan Jochberger
Department of Anesthesiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:4381-6. 2006..Determination of arginine vasopressin (AVP) concentrations may be helpful to guide therapy in critically ill patients. A new assay analyzing copeptin, a stable peptide derived from the AVP precursor, has been introduced...
Early intensive care unit intervention for trauma care: what alters the outcome?Günther Sumann
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Curr Opin Crit Care 8:587-92. 2002..The optimization of treatment of patients with multiple trauma, including brain injury, is a multidisciplinary task...
Effects of a suction laryngoscope in a model with simulated severe airway hemorrhageThomas Mitterlechner
Innsbruck Medical University, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 106:1505-8, table of contents. 2008..2%); P = 0.004]. In conclusion, when compared with a standard Macintosh laryngoscope, using a suction laryngoscope did not result in more rapid intubation, but significantly decreased the likelihood of esophageal intubations...
Estimation of the duration of ventricular fibrillation using ECG single feature analysisAndreas Neurauter
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 73:246-52. 2007..No significant correlation (p<.05) between any of the VF ECG features and downtime could be found. The duration of cardiac arrest could not be estimated reliably from human VF ECG single feature analysis...
Effects of active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation with the inspiratory threshold valve in a young porcine model of cardiac arrestWolfgang G Voelckel
Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Pediatr Res 51:523-7. 2002..In conclusion, the combination of ACD + ITV CPR significantly increased both coronary perfusion pressure and vital organ blood flow after prolonged standard CPR in this young porcine model of ventricular fibrillation...
Endogenous vasopressin and copeptin response in multiple trauma patientsIsabella Westermann
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Shock 28:644-649. 2007..In ICU patients, AVP decreased to moderately elevated levels within 24 h after ED admission...
Effects of decreasing inspiratory flow rate during simulated basic life support ventilation of a cardiac arrest patient on lung and stomach tidal volumesAngelika Stallinger
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 54:167-73. 2002..Limited flow ventilation using the resuscitator decreased stomach inflation, although lung tidal volumes were comparable between groups...
Minimizing stomach inflation versus optimizing chest compressionsHolger Herff
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 106:535-7, table of contents. 2008..5 s. Ventilation with the "enabled" Smart Bag MO, even in ventilation windows of 0.5 s, provided inadequate tidal volumes during simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation and would result in hypoventilation in a patient...
Effects of stomach inflation on haemodynamic and pulmonary function during spontaneous circulation in pigsPeter Paal
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 80:470-7. 2009..We evaluated the effects of stomach inflation on haemodynamic and pulmonary function during spontaneous circulation in a porcine model...
Improving countershock success prediction during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using ventricular fibrillation features from higher ECG frequency bandsAndreas Neurauter
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 79:453-9. 2008..Features that originate from higher frequency bands of the VF power spectrum may be less affected by CPR artefacts and as such reduce cumulative hands-off intervals...
Effect of the cardioselective ATP-sensitive potassium channel inhibitor HMR 1883 in a porcine model of cardiopulmonary resuscitationAnette C Krismer
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Leopold Franzens University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Resuscitation 53:299-306. 2002..This study was designed to assess the effects of HMR 1883 combined with adrenaline on haemodynamic variables, blood gases, and cardiac arrhythmias in a porcine cardiac arrest model...
Vasopressor response in a porcine model of hypothermic cardiac arrest is improved with active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation using the inspiratory impedance threshold valveClaus Raedler
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Leopold Franzens University, Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 95:1496-502, table of contents. 2002..Active compression-decompression CPR with the inspiratory threshold valve improved carotid blood flow (and coronary perfusion pressure with vasopressin) compared with standard CPR...
Signs of inflammation after sciatic nerve block in pigsWolfgang G Voelckel
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Anesth Analg 101:1844-6. 2005..3 and 0.5 mA (P = 0.03). In conclusion, the current required to elicit a motor response, the position of the needle tip, and the subsequent likelihood of nerve damage merit further evaluation...
