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- Stainless steel reinforced composite silicone membrane and its integration into microfluidic oxygenators for high performance gas exchange. 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences Microtas 2017. 425-426. 2020
- The development of a microfluidic blood oxygenator with four-sided gas transfer channels. 23rd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences Microtas 2019. 1150-1151. 2019
- An artificial placenta type microfluidic blood oxygenator with double-sided gas transfer microchannels and its integration as a neonatal lung assist device. Biomicrofluidics. 044101-044101. 2018
- An ultra-thin highly flexible microfluidic device for artificial placenta type microfluidic blood oxygenator application. 22nd International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences Microtas 2018. 495-498. 2018
- Glycated LDL, but not small dense LDL, is unaffected by CKD stage. Pediatric Nephrology. 1913-1914. 2016
- Up-Regulation of the Immunoregulatory Enzyme Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase (IDO) with Consecutive Tryptophan Depletion Predicts Death in Patients with Neuroendocrine Neoplasia. Neuroendocrinology. 50-50. 2016
- Dual closed-loop ex-vivo placental perfusion model: Evidence for relevant LPS contamination and development of a procedure for depyrogenation. Placenta. A23-A23. 2014
- Validity And Reliability Of Athletes’ Self-recorded Food Intake Determined By Doubly-labelled Water. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 503-504. 2012
- Integrated microfluidic oxygenator bundles for blood gas exchange in premature infants. Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). 2012
- Development of microfluidic oxygenators as lung assisting devices for preterm infants. 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011 Microtas 2011. 550-552. 2011
- STRONG ASSOCIATION OF PHENYLALANINE AND TRYPTOPHAN METABOLITES WITH ACTIVATED CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. Transplant International. 106-106. 2011
- TRYPTOPHAN CATABOLITES AS PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS FOR THE SEVERITY OF CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES IN POTENTIAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. Transplant International. 264-264. 2011
- Validity And Reliability Of Athletes' Self-recorded Food Intake Determined By Doubly-labelled Water. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 503-504. 2011
- Reduction of the phthalate load in preterm infants.. Klinische Padiatrie. S103-S103. 2010
- OPTIMIZATION OF GROWTH OF VLBW PRETERM INFANTS AFTER INTRODUCTION OF NEW FEEDING STRATEGIES. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 220-220. 2009
- No evidence for t(14;18)-positive cells in newborns and young children until the age of 10 followed by a linear increase of the prevalence in healthy individuals until the age of 50 years.. Blood. 148B-148B. 2006
- Phthalates contamination in preterm neonates. Swiss Medical Weekly. 3S-3S. 2006
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journal articles
- Transforming safety culture in neonatal intensive care teams.. BMJ Leader. 9:202-205. 2025
- Individualized Target Fortification of Breast Milk with Protein, Carbohydrates, and Fat for Preterm Infants: Effect on Neurodevelopment.. Nutrients. 17:1764. 2025
- Interprofessional subjective experiences of EDI in a virtual healthcare working group: a collaborative ethnography. Career Development International. 29:690-713. 2024
- Scaled-up Microfluidic Lung Assist Device for Artificial Placenta Application with High Gas Exchange Capacity. ACS Biomaterial Science and Engineering. 10:4612-4625. 2024
- Analysis of noise levels in the neonatal intensive care unit: the impact of clinical microsystems. European Journal of Pediatrics. 183:1245-1254. 2024
- Pressure transmission and electrical diaphragm activity in preterm infants during nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation—an exploratory prospective physiological study. Journal of Perinatology. 43:1004-1006. 2023
- Less is more: Antibiotics at the beginning of life. Nature Communications. 14:2423. 2023
- Prevalence and Implications of Low Reticulocyte–Hemoglobin Levels among Extreme Preterm Neonates: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. Nutrients. 14:5343-5343. 2022
- Novel strategy to personalise use of ibuprofen for closure of patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 107:86-91. 2022
- Completeness of reporting of quality improvement studies in neonatology is inadequate: a systematic literature survey. BMJ quality improvement reports. 10:e001273-e001273. 2021
- Capturing the diversity of the human milk microbiota through culture-enriched molecular profiling: a feasibility study. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 368:fnab001. 2021
- Individualized Target Fortification of Breast Milk: Optimizing Macronutrient Content Using Different Fortifiers and Approaches. Frontiers in Nutrition. 8:652641. 2021
- Individualized target fortification of breast milk with protein, carbohydrates, and fat for preterm infants: A double-blind randomized controlled trial. Clinical Nutrition. 40:54-63. 2021
- A Pumpless Microfluidic Neonatal Lung Assist Device for Support of Preterm Neonates in Respiratory Distress. Advanced Science. 7:2001860-2001860. 2020
- Efficiency of budesonide delivery via a mesh nebulizer in an in‐vitro neonatal ventilator model. Pediatric Pulmonology. 55:2283-2288. 2020
- Milk analysis using milk analyzers in a standardized setting (MAMAS) study: A multicentre quality initiative. Clinical Nutrition. 39:2121-2128. 2020
- Miniaturization of Artificial Lungs toward Portability. Advanced Materials Technologies. 5:2000136-2000136. 2020
- Summer Season and Recommended Vitamin D Intake Support Adequate Vitamin D Status throughout Pregnancy in Healthy Canadian Women and Their Newborns. Journal of Nutrition. 150:739-746. 2020
- Microfluidic blood oxygenators with integrated hollow chambers for enhanced air exchange from all four sides. Journal of Membrane Science. 596:117741-117741. 2020
- Human milk analyser underestimated protein content of unfortified and fortified samples compared to elemental analysis. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 108:2298-2300. 2019
- Changes in Calciotropic Hormones and Bone Markers During Pregnancy in Response to a Nutrition + Exercise Intervention in the Be Healthy in Pregnancy RCT (P11-023-19). Current Developments in Nutrition. 3:3131379. 2019
- P76 The effect of the pregnancy and lactation labeling rule on prescribing information of FDA-approved drugs. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 104:e48.2-e48. 2019
- An ultra-thin, all PDMS-based microfluidic lung assist device with high oxygenation capacity. Biomicrofluidics. 13:034116-034116. 2019
- Factors Associated with Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration in Two Cohorts of Pregnant Women in Southern Ontario, Canada. Nutrients. 11:123-123. 2019
- Z-score differences based on cross-sectional growth charts do not reflect the growth rate of very low birth weight infants. PLoS ONE. 14:e0216048-e0216048. 2019
- An ultra-thin highly flexible microfluidic device for blood oxygenation. Lab on a Chip. 18:3780-3789. 2018
- Increased urinary excretion of kynurenic acid is associated with non-recovery from acute kidney injury in critically ill patients. BMC Nephrology. 19:44. 2018
- Source and Quality of Enteral Nutrition Influences Oxidative Stress in Preterm Infants: A Prospective Cohort Study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 42:1288-1294. 2018
- Individualized Postnatal Growth Trajectories for Preterm Infants. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 42:1084-1092. 2018
- Postnatal dilatation of umbilical cord vessels and its impact on wall integrity: Prerequisite for the artificial placenta. International Journal of Artificial Organs. 41:393-399. 2018
- Chronic kidney disease stage affects small, dense low-density lipoprotein but not glycated low-density lipoprotein in younger chronic kidney disease patients: a cross-sectional study. CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal. 11:383-388. 2018
- Association of pre- and early post-transplant serum amino acids and metabolites of amino acids and liver transplant outcome. Transplant Immunology. 46:42-48. 2018
- Steel reinforced composite silicone membranes and its integration to microfluidic oxygenators for high performance gas exchange. Biomicrofluidics. 12:014107-014107. 2018
- Introduction of microsystems in a level 3 neonatal intensive care unit—an interprofessional approach. BMC Health Services Research. 17:61. 2017
- “Bed Side” Human Milk Analysis in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Clinics in Perinatology. 44:209-267. 2017
- Infrared analyzers for breast milk analysis: fat levels can influence the accuracy of protein measurements. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 55:1931-1935. 2017
- Increased Activity of the Immunoregulatory Enzyme Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase with Consecutive Tryptophan Depletion Predicts Death in Patients with Neuroendocrine Neoplasia. Neuroendocrinology. 104:135-144. 2017
- Influence of core body temperature on Tryptophan metabolism, kynurenines, and estimated IDO activity in critically ill patients receiving target temperature management following cardiac arrest. Resuscitation. 107:107-114. 2016
- Length Normalized Indices for Fat Mass and Fat-Free Mass in Preterm and Term Infants during the First Six Months of Life. Nutrients. 8:417-417. 2016
- Need of quality control programme when using near‐infrared human milk analyzers. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 105:324-325. 2016
- Validation of Correction Algorithms for Near-IR Analysis of Human Milk in an Independent Sample Set—Effect of Pasteurization. Nutrients. 8:119-119. 2016
- Target Fortification of Breast Milk: Predicting the Final Osmolality of the Feeds. PLoS ONE. 11:e0148941-e0148941. 2016
- Establishment of micromethods for macronutrient contents analysis in breast milk. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 11:761-772. 2015
- Microbiota at Multiple Body Sites during Pregnancy in a Rural Tanzanian Population and Effects of Moringa-Supplemented Probiotic Yogurt. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81:4965-4975. 2015
- Rapid measurement of macronutrients in breast milk: How reliable are infrared milk analyzers?. Clinical Nutrition. 34:465-476. 2015
- Target Fortification of Breast Milk: How Often Should Milk Analysis Be Done?. Nutrients. 7:2297-2310. 2015
- Target fortification of breast milk: levels of fat, protein or lactose are not related. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 104:38-42. 2015
- LPS from bovine serum albumin drives TNF-α release during ex-vivo placenta perfusion experiments, contaminates the perfusion system but can be effectively removed by oxidative cleaning. Placenta. 35:1095-1098. 2014
- An Integrated Array of Microfluidic Oxygenators as a Neonatal Lung Assist Device: In Vitro Characterization and In Vivo Demonstration. Artificial Organs. 38:856-866. 2014
- O-122 Target Fortification (tfo) Of Breast Milk With Fat, Protein And Carbohydrates For Preterm Infants: Influence Of Commercially Available Fortifiers On Macronutrient Intake. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 99:A71.3-A72. 2014
- PO-0459 Fat Mass(fm) And Fat Free Mass(ffm) Indices In Preterm And Term Infants During First 6 Months Of Life. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 99:A395.2-A396. 2014
- Nutritional Status in Sick Children and Adolescents Is Not Accurately Reflected by BMI-SDS. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 32:407-416. 2013
- Target Fortification of Breast Milk with Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrates for Preterm Infants. Journal of Pediatrics. 163:1001-1007. 2013
- A Unique Helicate Comprised of Four Cytosine Nucleobases and Four Metal Entities (PtII, PtII, AuIII, AuI). Implications for the Interactions of Linearly Coordinated Metal Ions with Nucleotide Duplexes. Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie. 639:1674-1679. 2013
- Artificial Placenta - Lung Assist Devices for Term and Preterm Newborns with Respiratory Failure. International Journal of Artificial Organs. 36:377-391. 2013
- Increased serum levels of quinolinic acid indicate enhanced severity of hepatic dysfunction in patients with liver cirrhosis. Human Immunology. 74:60-66. 2013
- Lung assist device: development of microfluidic oxygenators for preterm infants with respiratory failure. Lab on a Chip. 13:2641-2641. 2013
- Validity of the Determination of Energy Input from a Dietary Record in Persons of Normal Weight - Dependence on the Level of Energy Input Comparison between elite sportsmen with very high energy intake and a control group of persons of normal weight. Ernahrungs Umschau. 59:572-577. 2012
- A nutritional program to improve outcome of very low birth weight infants. Clinical Nutrition. 31:124-131. 2012
- Strong association of phenylalanine and tryptophan metabolites with activated cytomegalovirus infection in kidney transplant recipients. Human Immunology. 73:186-192. 2012
- Mesenchymal Stromal Cells but Not Cardiac Fibroblasts Exert Beneficial Systemic Immunomodulatory Effects in Experimental Myocarditis. PLoS ONE. 7:e41047-e41047. 2012
- Quantification of lactose content in human and cow’s milk using UPLC–tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B: Analytical Technologies in the Biomedical and Life Sciences. 879:3759-3762. 2011
- Systemic changes of tryptophan catabolites via the indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase pathway in primary cervical cancer.. Anticancer Research. 31:2629-2635. 2011
- Assessing Energy Expenditure in Male Endurance Athletes. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 43:1328-1333. 2011
- Immunological mechanisms to establish embryo tolerance in early bovine pregnancy. Reproduction, Fertility and Development. 23:619-619. 2011
- Parallel assessment of nutrition and activity in athletes: Validation against doubly labelled water, 24-h urea excretion, and indirect calorimetry. Journal of Sports Sciences. 28:1435-1449. 2010
- Indolamine 2,3-dioxygenase might contribute to the establishment of embryo tolerance in early bovine pregnancy. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 86:39-39. 2010
- Psychological Stress-Induced, IDO1-Dependent Tryptophan Catabolism: Implications on Immunosuppression in Mice and Humans. PLoS ONE. 5:e11825-e11825. 2010
- Verminderung der Phthalatbelastung bei Frühgeborenen. Klinische Padiatrie. 222. 2010
- Excessive Tryptophan Catabolism Along the Kynurenine Pathway Precedes Ongoing Sepsis in Critically Ill Patients. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care. 38:307-316. 2010
- Levels of lipids in preterm infants fed breast milk. Clinical Nutrition. 29:94-99. 2010
- PP418 A LIPID EMULSION BASED ON SOY OIL, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGYLCERIDES AND FISH OIL IS WELL TOLERATED AND ENHANCES OMEGA-3 FATTY ACID LEVELS IN PRETERM INFANTS. Clinical Nutrition. 5:187-187. 2010
- Treatment with granulocyte–macrophage colony-stimulating factor is associated with reduced indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity and kynurenine pathway catabolites in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. 42:164-171. 2010
- Are disbar osteo-necrosis avoidable?. Sportverletzung Sportschaden. 23:124-125. 2009
- 65. Proinflammatory cytokines mediate acute stress-induced loss of intestinal barrier function in the terminal ileum which enhances tryptophan catabolism in BALB/C mice. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 23:S42-S43. 2009
- Optimierung des Wachstums von VLBW-Frühgeborenen nach Einführung neuer Ernährungsstrategien. Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie. 213. 2009
- Prevalence and frequency of circulating t(14;18)-MBR translocation carrying cells in healthy individuals. International Journal of Cancer. 124:958-963. 2009
- Association between Short Sleeping Hours and Physical Activity in Boys Playing Ice Hockey. Journal of Pediatrics. 153:640-645.e1. 2008
- Noninvasive Markers of Oxidative DNA Stress, RNA Degradation and Protein Degradation Are Differentially Correlated With Resting Metabolic Rate and Energy Intake in Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Research. 64:246-250. 2008
- Hypermetabolic Syndrome as a Consequence of Repeated Psychological Stress in Mice. Endocrinology. 149:2714-2723. 2008
- 69. Hypermetabolic syndrome as a consequence of chronic psychological stress in mice. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 22:20-21. 2008
- Triglyzerid-Spiegel bei mit Muttermilch ernährten Frühgeborenen. Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie. 212. 2008
- Impedance index or standard anthropometric measurements, which is the better variable for predicting fat-free mass in sick children?. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. 96:869-873. 2007
- Experiences in expanded newborn screening. Padiatrische Praxis. 69:571-577. 2007
- Body composition of preterm infants measured during the first months of life: bioelectrical impedance provides insignificant additional information compared to anthropometry alone. European Journal of Pediatrics. 166:215-222. 2007
- Use of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis and Anthropometry to Measure Fat-free Mass in Children and Adolescents With Crohn Disease. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. 44:130-135. 2007
- Birth weight categorization according to gestational age does not reflect percentage body fat in term and preterm newborns. European Journal of Pediatrics. 166:161-167. 2006
- No Evidence for t(14;18)-Positive Cells in Newborns and Young Children until the Age of 10 Followed by a Linear Increase of the Prevalence in Healthy Individuals until the Age of 50 Years.. Blood. 108:4281-4281. 2006
- Measuring body composition in preterm neonates near term: bioelectrical impedance provides only few additional information compared to anthropometry alone. Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie. 210. 2006
- Measuring body composition in preterm neonates near term: bioelectrical impedance provides only few additional information compared to anthropometry alone. Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie. 210. 2006
- Measuring body composition in preterm neonates near term: bioelectrical impedance provides only few additional information compared to anthropometry alone. Neuropediatrics. 210. 2006
- Metabolic Profiling mit NMR und MS: Screening aus Urin auf metabolische Imbalance. Neuropediatrics. 210. 2006
- #131 Acute stress is followed by enhanced tryptophan catabolism. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 19:e68-e68. 2005
- #73 Protection from severe chronic stress-induced immune depression and sickness behavior by inhibition of indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 19:e38-e38. 2005
- Heteronuclear μ-1-methylcytosinato-N3,N4 complexes containing very short Pt → Cu dative bonds. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 252:167-178. 1996
- Heteronuclear nucleobase complexes as tools for the isolation of the minor rotamer of the parent compound: Synthesis and crystal structure determination of head-head and head-tail forms of trans-[(CH3NH2)(2)Pt(1-MeC-N-3)(2)](2+) (1-MeC-1-methylcytosine) (vol 50, pg 1767, 1995). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences. 51:1368-1368. 1996
- Heteronuclear Nucleobase Complexes as Tools for the Isolation of the Minor Rotamer of the Parent Compound: Synthesis and Crystal Structure Determination of Head-Head and Head-Tail Forms of trans-[(CH3NH2)2Pt(1-MeC-N3)2]2+ (1-MeC = 1-methylcytosine). Zeitschrift für Naturforschung - Section B Journal of Chemical Sciences. 50:1767-1776. 1995
- Dimerization of trans-[Pt(NH3)(1-MeC-N3)(H2O)2]2+ and Oxidation to a Diplatinum(III) Species in the Presence of Glycine. Relevance for Platinum Cytosine Blue. Inorganic Chemistry. 34:1022-1029. 1995
- Interaction of the lysine side chain amino group with CuII in (glycyl-L-lysine2−)Cu. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 217:33-38. 1994