The aim of our clinically oriented research is to achieve a prompt benefit for therapy or an improvement in the care and outcome of patients.
To this end, we work on various practice-oriented clinical questions from the entire field of anesthesia, intensive care medicine, emergency medicine and pain therapy - often in close interdisciplinary cooperation with colleagues from surgical and diagnostic departments.
In order to solve the respective question, in addition to prospective clinical studies and prospective investigations on specially developed simulation models, we also carry out retrospective database analyzes on health services research and quality management.
The focus of our interest lies in the following areas:
- Sepsis and inflammation
- Perioperative monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve
- Pharmacodynamics of muscle relaxants
- Airway management and one-lung ventilation
- Perioperative management in bariatric patients
- Health care research and quality management
Internal hospital cooperation partnerships for current or former projects exist with colleagues from the following clinics/departments of the University Hospital Erlangen:
- Department of Surgery
- Department of Cardiac Surgery
- Radiological Institute
- Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Department of Thoracic Surgery
The attached bibliography lists exemplary projects from recent years from the areas of interest mentioned.
If you are interested or have any questions, we would like to invite you to contact us at the contact address listed.
Publications:
A. Moritz, L. Holzhauser, T. Fuchte, S. Kremer, J. Schmidt, A. Irouschek. Comparison of Glidescope Core, C-MAC Miller and conventional Miller laryngoscope for difficult airway management by anesthetists with limited and extensive experience in a simulated Pierre Robin sequence: A randomized crossover manikin study, PLoS One (2021); 16(4): e0250369
A. Moritz, V. Leonhardt, J. Prottengeier, T. Birkholz, J. Schmidt, A. Irouschek. Comparison of Glidescope Go, King Vision, Dahlhausen VL, I-View and Macintosh laryngoscope use during difficult airway management simulation by experienced and inexperienced emergency medical staff: A randomized crossover manikin study, PLoS One (2020); 15(7): e0236474
A. Moritz, J. Schmidt, W. Schreiner, T. Birkholz, H. Sirbu, A.Irouschek. Combined recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring and one-lung ventilation using the EZ-Blocker and an electromyographic endotracheal tube, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2019); 14(1): 111
A. Moritz, A. Irouschek, T. Birkholz, J. Prottengeier, H. Sirbu, J. Schmidt.The EZ-blocker for one-lung ventilation in patients undergoing thoracic surgery: clinical applications and experience in 100 cases in a routine clinical setting, Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery (2018);13: 77
A. Moritz, J. Prottengeier, J. Schmidt. Comparison of Xenon with LED illuminant in difficult and inhalation injury airway scenario: A randomized crossover manikin study. Am J Emerg Med (2017); 35: 1639-1644
A. Moritz, S. Heinrich, A. Irouschek, T. Birkholz, J. Prottengeier, J. Schmidt. Comparison of Metal and Plastic Disposable Laryngoscope Blade with Reusable Macintosh Blade in Difficult and Inhalation Injury Airway Scenario: A Manikin Study. J Emerg Med (2017); 52: 8-15
A. Moritz, W. Schreiner, J. Schmidt. One lung ventilation after rapid sequence intubation: a novel approach using an ETView tracheoscopic ventilation tube for placement of an EZ-blocker without bronchoscopy, Journal of Clinical Anesthesia (2016); 29: 48-49
S. Heinrich, T. Birkholz, A. Irouschek, A. Ackermann, J. Schmidt. Incidences and predictors of difficult laryngoscopy in adult patients undergoing general anesthesia. A single centre analysis of 102.305 cases. Journal of Anesthesia (2013);27:815-21.
J. Schmidt, A. Irouschek, S. Heinrich, O. Oster, H. Sirbu, T. Birkholz. Another sensitive and safe method to observe lung separation during single lung ventilation. Anesthesia & Analgesia (2013); 116: 509-510
S. Heinrich, A. Irouschek, A. Ackermann, T. Birkholz, R. Janka, M. Lell, J. Schmidt. Magnetresonanztomographie bei Kindern in Sedierung - Anästhesiologisches Procedere, Zeitbedarf und Determinanten verzögerter Prozessabläufe. Fortschr Röntgenstr (2013); 185:467-473
S. Heinrich, T. Birkholz, H. Ihmsen, A. Irouschek, A. Ackermann, R. Cesnjevar, J. Schmidt. Incidence and predictors of poor laryngoscopic view in children undergoing pediatric cardiac surgery. J Cardiothor Vasc Anesth (2013); 27: 516-521
J. Schmidt, A. Irouschek , S. Heinrich,O. Oster, P. Klein, T. Birkholz. Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring during Esophagectomy and Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection: A Novel Approach Using a Single-lumen Endotracheal EMG Tube and the EZ-blocker. World J Surg (2012); 36: 2946-2947.
S. Heinrich, T. Birkholz, A. Irouschek, T. Horbach, J. Schmidt. Die anästhesiologische Versorgung bei bariatrischen Eingriffen. Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin (2012); 53: 95-111
