Publications by authors named "Moritz Funke"
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- Patients who underwent elective craniotomy were studied to compare two postoperative management strategies: one group was monitored in the ICU while the other was managed in a normal ward unless complications arose, known as the "No ICU - Unless" (NIU) strategy.
- Results showed that complication rates and outcomes were similar in both groups, with a small difference in the length of hospital stay, where the NIU group averaged 5.8 days compared to 6.8 days in the ICU group, although this was not statistically significant.
- The study suggests that routine ICU monitoring may not provide additional benefits in reducing complications or improving outcomes after elective craniotomies, indicating that the NIU approach could
Background: Previous studies reported decreased volumes of acute stroke admissions during the COVID-19 pandemic. We aimed to examine whether aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) volumes demonstrated similar declines in our department. Furthermore, the impact of the pandemic on disease progression should be analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiothoracic surgery is associated with major blood loss and allogeneic transfusion of red blood cell concentrates. To minimize allogeneic red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, intraoperative cell salvage has been effectively used for years. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of cell salvage on blood coagulation factors.
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