Publications by authors named "Till Heine"
Background: Western dietary habits (WD) have been shown to promote chronic inflammation, which favors the development of many of today's non-communicable diseases. Recently, ketogenic diets (KD) have emerged as an immune-regulating countermeasure for WD-induced metaflammation. To date, beneficial effects of KD have been solely attributed to the production and metabolism of ketone bodies.
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- In developed countries, emergency groin hernia repairs account for 2.5-7.7% of cases, whereas in developing countries, this can be as high as 76.9%, highlighting a disparity in healthcare access.
- A study analyzing 13,028 patients from the Herniamed Registry found significant differences in post-operative complications, reoperations, and mortality rates among patients based on whether they underwent pre-operative manual reduction, operative reduction without bowel resection, or with bowel resection.
- The study also revealed that female patients and those aged 66 years or older had worse perioperative outcomes, emphasizing the need for targeted interventions in these populations.
Introduction: Quantitative computed tomography (qCT)-based assessment of total lung weight (Mlung) has the potential to differentiate atelectasis from consolidation and could thus provide valuable information for managing trauma patients fulfilling commonly used criteria for acute lung injury (ALI). We hypothesized that qCT would identify atelectasis as a frequent mimic of early posttraumatic ALI.
Methods: In this prospective observational study, Mlung was calculated by qCT in 78 mechanically ventilated trauma patients fulfilling the ALI criteria at admission.