Publications by authors named "Stephan E Strassmann"
Article Synopsis
- Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV ECMO) is crucial for treating severe respiratory distress, but it often leads to complications like hemolysis and bleeding, which can increase mortality rates.
- This study analyzed data from 580 VV ECMO patients and utilized computational modeling to assess how pump operating conditions affect hemolysis, revealing that lower pump pressures and circuit resistance minimize blood trauma.
- The findings suggest that maintaining low circuit resistance, through using efficient oxygenators and tubing, is vital for reducing adverse effects related to ECMO support.
Development of the Diaphragmatic Paralysis Questionnaire: a simple tool for patient relevant outcome.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
January 2021
Objectives: Measurement tools of health-related quality of life (HRQL) that are specific for the underlying disorder are inevitably needed to assess HRQL changes following specific treatment strategies. The aim of the current study was to develop a questionnaire assessing HRQL in patients with unilateral diaphragmatic paresis.
Methods: Firstly, topics of health impairments covering physical, psychological, social and functional aspects were predefined by a physician expert panel to ensure face validity.
Background: The current study investigates the effect of bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) on the evolution of respiratory acidosis depending on endotracheal tube (ET) sizes. In addition, the impact of increasing tidal volumes during the intervention was investigated.
Methods: Two groups of ICU-patients undergoing bronchoscopy-guided PDT with varying tidal volumes and tube sizes were consecutively investigated: 6 ml/kg (N = 29, mean age 57.