selected scholarly activity
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academic article
- Safety of percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy (PDT) with the rigid tracheotomy endoscope (TED): a 6-month follow-up multicenter investigation. BMC Anesthesiology. 21:51. 2021
- Pain perception during injection of local anesthesia in pedodontics.. Quintessence International Dental digest. 52:706-712. 2021
- Re: Battlefield acupuncture added no benefit as an adjunct analgesic in emergency department for abdominal, low back or limb trauma pain. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. 33:582-582. 2021
- Automated Chest Compression Allows Sufficient Resuscitation During Computed Tomography to Reveal the Cause of In-hospital Cardiac Arrest–A Case Report. Turkish Journal of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation. 49:254-256. 2021
- Computerized 4-choice reaction time test for the measurement of psychomotor recovery after general anesthesia. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing International Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing Journal of Clinical Monitoring. 34:833-841. 2020
- Acupuncture for Relief of Gag Reflex in Patients Undergoing Transoesophageal Echocardiography—A Protocol for a Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial. Medicines. 7:17-17. 2020
- Correction: Evaluating Mechanisms of Postoperative Delirium and Cognitive Dysfunction Following Elective Spine Surgery in Elderly Patients (CONFESS): Protocol for a Prospective Observational Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 9:e18469-e18469. 2020
- Evaluating Mechanisms of Postoperative Delirium and Cognitive Dysfunction Following Elective Spine Surgery in Elderly Patients (CONFESS): Protocol for a Prospective Observational Trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 9:e15488-e15488. 2020
- Auricular stimulation vs. expressive writing for exam anxiety in medical students – A randomized crossover investigation. PLoS ONE. 15:e0238307-e0238307. 2020
- International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020). Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 14:568051. 2020
- Mechanisms of “Cough-Trick” for Pain Relief during Venipuncture: An Experimental Crossover Investigation in Healthy Volunteers. Pain Research and Management. 2019:1-7. 2019
- Treating Therapy-Resistant Headache After Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage with Acupuncture. Neurocritical Care. 31:434-438. 2019
- Differences in Neuronal Representation of Mental Rotation in Patients With Complex Regional Pain Syndrome and Healthy Controls. Journal of Pain. 20:898-907. 2019
- Investigations on maladaptive plasticity in the sensorimotor cortex of unilateral upper limb CRPS I patients. Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 37:143-153. 2019
- Auricular Acupoints with Reduced Skin Resistance: Detection in Patients Scheduled for Hip Arthroplasty. Medical Acupuncture. 30:308-312. 2018
- Measurements of Temporal Summation of Heat Pain: a Pilot Investigation in Healthy Humans. Neurophysiology. 50:415-423. 2018
- Pain in the hand caused by a previously undescribed mechanism with possible relevance for understanding regional pain. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 18:743-746. 2018
- Auricular Acupuncture for Treatment of Preoperative Anxiety in Patients Scheduled for Ambulatory Gynaecological Surgery: A Prospective Controlled Investigation with a Non-Randomised Arm. Acupuncture in Medicine. 36:222-227. 2018
- Effects of Electrical Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on the Perceived Intensity of Repetitive Painful Heat Stimuli. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 126:2085-2092. 2018
- Disparity between High Satisfaction and Severe Pain in Patients after Caesarean Section: A Prospective Observational-Controlled Investigation. Anesthesiology Research and Practice. 2018:1-5. 2018
- Feasibility and safety of dilatational tracheotomy using the rigid endoscope: a multicenter study. BMC Anesthesiology. 17:7. 2017
- Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation (taVNS) might be a mechanism behind the analgesic effects of auricular acupuncture. Brain Stimulation. 10:1042-1044. 2017
- The Impact of Integrated Multidisciplinary Palliative Care Program on Symptoms in Patients at the Palliative Care Ward—An Audit and a Protocol of Prospective Controlled Investigation. Journal of Palliative Care. 32:87-88. 2017
- Remote Effects of Electromagnetic Millimeter Waves on Experimentally Induced Cold Pain. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 124:980-985. 2017
- Preliminary findings of cerebral responses on transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation on experimental heat pain. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 11:30-37. 2017
- Nocebo effect of informed consent: circulatory collapse before elective caesarean section. International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. 27:95-96. 2016
- Auricular Acupuncture for Pre-Exam Anxiety in Medical Students: A Prospective Observational Pilot Investigation. Acupuncture in Medicine. 34:90-94. 2016
- Acupuncture for Pain Control after Caesarean Section: A Prospective Observational Pilot Study. Acupuncture in Medicine. 34:14-19. 2016
- Appropriate Timing and Intensity of Pc6 Stimulation for the Prevention of Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting. Acupuncture in Medicine. 34:70-71. 2016
- Acupuncture Reduces Pain and Autonomic Distress During Injection of Local Anesthetic in Children. Clinical Journal of Pain. 32:82-86. 2016
- Auricular Acupuncture for Exam Anxiety in Medical Students—A Randomized Crossover Investigation. PLoS ONE. 11:e0168338-e0168338. 2016
- Auricular acupuncture for pre-exam anxiety in medical students: a prospective observational pilot investigation. Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Akupunktur. 59:30-31. 2016
- Inhibition of the primary sensorimotor cortex by topical anesthesia of the forearm in patients with complex regional pain syndrome. Pain. 156:2556-2561. 2015
- Prospective comparison of a PCR assay and a microbiological culture technique for identification of pathogens from blood and non-blood samples in septic patients. Journal of Intensive Care. 3:51. 2015
- Verum and sham acupuncture exert distinct cerebral activation in pain processing areas: a crossover fMRI investigation in healthy volunteers. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 9:236-244. 2015
- Efectos cerebrales de la acupuntura estudiados mediante la técnica MRI de resonancia magnética funcional. Revista Internacional de Acupuntura. 8:152-152. 2014
- Transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation may elicit anti- and pro-nociceptive effects under experimentally-induced pain — A crossover placebo-controlled investigation. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical. 185:120-122. 2014
- On the Origin of Scalp Responses – A Comment on the Letter of Polak et al.. Brain Stimulation. 7:625-626. 2014
- Acupuncture as Part of Multimodal Analgesia after Caesarean Section. Acupuncture in Medicine. 32:297-298. 2014
- Perioperative Acupuncture: Why Are We Not Using It?. Acupuncture in Medicine. 32:212-214. 2014
- The last bite was deadly – About responsibility in scientific publishing. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation. 57:95-99. 2014
- Acupuncture for treatment of therapy-resistant post-dural puncture headache: a retrospective case series. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 111:847-849. 2013
- Vagal Sensory Evoked Potentials Disappear Under the Neuromuscular Block – An Experimental Study. Brain Stimulation. 6:812-816. 2013
- Pneumothorax and cardiac arrest caused by speaking valve mistaken as moisture exchanger: an incident report. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 111:297-298. 2013
- ‘ Yes, we can ' utilize the Hawthorne effect to improve postoperative analgesia. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 110:659-659. 2013
- Graded Motor Imagery and the Impact on Pain Processing in a Case of CRPS. Clinical Journal of Pain. 29:276-279. 2013
- Implementation of the quality management system improves postoperative pain treatment: a prospectivepre-/post-interventional questionnaire study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 110:87-95. 2013
- Methods of Administering Superimposed High-Frequency Jet Ventilation and the Associated Risk for Aspiration in a Model of Tracheal Bleeding. Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases. 85:59-63. 2013
- Acupuncture for Treatment of Hospital-Induced Constipation in Children: A Retrospective Case Series Study. Acupuncture in Medicine. 30:258-260. 2012
- Electroacupuncture Interferes with Bispectral Index Monitoring. Acupuncture in Medicine. 30:362-363. 2012
- Safety of thoracic peridural anesthesia in adult cardiac surgery - Results of a retrospective analysis of 2398 patients. Applied Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology. 16:341-343. 2012
- Acupuncture for Treatment of Acute Vomiting in Children with Gastroenteritis and Pneumonia. Klinische Padiatrie. 224:72-75. 2012
- Acupuncture Does Not Influence Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials: A Volunteer Crossover Study. Acupuncture in Medicine. 29:215-220. 2011
- Certain doubts and uncertain fears of acupuncture. Pain. 152:2182-2183. 2011
- Comment on Ernst et al. Acupuncture: Does it alleviate pain and are there serious risks? A review of reviews. [Pain 2011;152:755–764]. Pain. 152:2181-2182. 2011
- The Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Fentanyl Requirement During Hip Arthroplasty. Clinical Journal of Pain. 27:262-267. 2011
- Goal-Directed Acupuncture in Sports—Placebo or Doping?. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2011:1-5. 2011
- On Ears and Head. Acupuncture in Medicine. 28:165-166. 2010
- Acute high-dose sodium selenite administration improves intestinal microcirculation without affecting cytokine release in experimental endotoxemia. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology. 23:138-143. 2009
- Acupuncture reveals no specific effect on primary auditory cortex: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. NeuroReport. 20:116-120. 2009
- Auricular Acupuncture for Postoperative Pain Control: A Systematic Review of Randomised Clinical Trials. Deutsche Zeitschrift fur Akupunktur. 52:52-53. 2009
- Auricular acupuncture for postoperative pain control: a systematic review of randomised clinical trials. Anaesthesia. 63:1343-1348. 2008
- Acupuncture for persistent postoperative hiccup. Anaesthesia. 63:1021-1022. 2008
- Successful Transtracheal Lung Ventilation Using a Manual Respiration Valve. Anesthesiology. 109:251-259. 2008
- Millimetre wave therapy for pain relief after total knee arthroplasty: A randomised controlled trial. European Journal of Pain. 12:617-623. 2008
- s-CARBOXYMETHYLCYSTEINE INHIBITS CARBACHOL-INDUCED CONSTRICTION OF EPITHELIUM-DENUDED RAT AND HUMAN AIRWAY PREPARATIONS. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. 35:663-669. 2008
- Effects of activated protein C on the mesenteric microcirculation and cytokine release during experimental endotoxemia. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia. 55:155-162. 2008
- Acupuncture of Specific Points Influences Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials – A Volunteer Crossover Study. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research. 33:1-8. 2008
- Response of the rat intestinal microcirculation to experimental endotoxemia is attenuated by ampicillin but not by its derivative KKP723.. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation. 38:163-170. 2008
- Peritoneal instillation of taurolidine or polihexanide modulates intestinal microcirculation in experimental endotoxemia. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 22:807-817. 2007
- Auricular acupuncture. CMAJ. 176:1307-1307. 2007
- Auricular acupuncture for pain relief after ambulatory knee surgery: a randomized trial. CMAJ. 176:179-183. 2007
- Ketamine does not affect intestinal microcirculation in pentobarbital-anaesthetized rats during experimental endotoxaemia. Laboratory Animals. 41:55-62. 2007
- Hemorrhage After Auricular Acupuncture due to Postoperative Dilutional Thrombocytopenia. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 103:1333-1334. 2006
- Thermostatic tissue platform for intravital microscopy: 'the hanging drop' model. Journal of Microscopy. 224:203-210. 2006
- Akrinor-induced relaxation of pig coronary artery in vitro is transformed into alpha1-adrenoreceptor-mediated contraction by pretreatment with propranolol.. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology. 47:450-455. 2006
- Activated protein C improves intestinal microcirculation in experimental endotoxaemia in the rat.. Critical Care Critical Care. 10:R157-R157. 2006
- Auricular Acupuncture Reduces Intraoperative Fentanyl Requirement During Hip Arthroplasty - A Randomized Double-Blinded Study. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research. 31:213-221. 2006
- Effects of coagulation factor XIII on intestinal functional capillary density, leukocyte adherence and mesenteric plasma extravasation in experimental endotoxemia.. Critical Care Critical Care. 10:R29-R29. 2006
- Effects of dopexamine on the intestinal microvascular blood flow and leukocyte activation in a sepsis model in rats.. Critical Care Critical Care. 10:R117-R117. 2006
- Low-Intensity Electromagnetic Millimeter Waves for Pain Therapy. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 3:201-207. 2006
- Metronidazole improves intestinal microcirculation in septic rats independently of bacterial burden.. Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation. 34:427-438. 2006
- From scurvy to sepsis: Vitamin C—A pill for all seasons?*. Critical Care Medicine. 33:1881-1882. 2005
- Heparins in sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: Low weight—high impact?*. Critical Care Medicine. 33:1455-1457. 2005
- Auricular acupuncture for pain relief after total hip arthroplasty – a randomized controlled study. Pain. 114:320-327. 2005
- Auricular Acupuncture for Pain Relief after Ambulatory Knee Arthroscopy—A Pilot Study. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2:185-189. 2005
- B-Aware:recall of intra-operative events. The Lancet. 364:840-840. 2004
- B-Aware:recall of intra-operative events. The Lancet. 364:841-841. 2004
- Reducing Venipuncture Pain by Cough Trick. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 99:952-953. 2004
- Reducing Venipuncture Pain by Cough Trick: In Response. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 99:953-953. 2004
- Effects of C1 esterase inhibitor administration on intestinal functional capillary density, leukocyte adherence and mesenteric plasma extravasation during experimental endotoxemia. Intensive Care Medicine. 30:309-314. 2004
- Reducing Venipuncture Pain by a Cough Trick: A Randomized Crossover Volunteer Study. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 98:343-345. 2004
- Sphingomyelinase pathway activation in septic myocardial depression—Another brick in the wall? *. Critical Care Medicine. 32:609-610. 2004
- Suggesting the Optimal Control Procedure for Acupressure Studies. Anesthesia and Analgesia. 97:1196-1197. 2003
- The effect of auricular acupuncture on anaesthesia: a search for optimal design. Anaesthesia. 58:928-929. 2003
- Treatment of chronic pain with millimetre wave therapy (MWT) in patients with diffuse connective tissue diseases: a pilot case series study. European Journal of Pain. 7:289-294. 2003
- Detection of Ear Acupuncture Points by Measuring the Electrical Skin Resistance in Patients Before, During and After Orthopedic Surgery Performed under General Anesthesia. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research. 28:167-173. 2003
- Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Electromagnetic Millimeter Waves Applied to Acupuncture Points - a Randomized Double Blind Clinical Study. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research. 28:11-18. 2003
- Serology versus ARMS-PCR in prospective HLA-class I typing for bone marrow transplantation. Annals of Hematology. 77:97-100. 1998
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conference paper
- Roundtable: Psychological and neurological effects of acupuncture: Brain effects of acupuncture studied through the functional magnetic resonance imaging technique. Revista Internacional de Acupuntura. 80. 2014
- Perioperative epidural analgesia and recurrence-free survival for ovarian cancer surgery: A retrospective analysis.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2013
- Remote effects of electromagnetic millimeter waves on experimentally induced cold pain - A crossover double-blinded investigation in healthy volunteers. CriMiCo 2012 - 2012 22nd International Crimean Conference Microwave and Telecommunication Technology, Conference Proceedings. 977-978. 2012
- PROSPECTIVE COMPARISON OF BROAD-RANGE PCR ASSAY AND MICROBIOLOGICAL CULTURE TECHNIQUE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOGENS IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED SEPSIS. Intensive Care Medicine. S201-S201. 2011
- Akupunktur bei Erbrechen im Rahmen von Gastroenteritis und Pneumonie. Klinische Padiatrie. S55-S55. 2010
- Pain treatment with methods of complementary medicine. Journal fur Anasthesie und Intensivbehandlung. 2008
- Pain relief effects of millimeter waves applied to acupuncture points. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research. 59-61. 2008
- Auricular acupuncture reduces intraoperative fentanyl requirement during total hip arthroplasty - A randomized double-blinded study. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research. 142-143. 2007
- Pain relief effects of millimeter waves applied to acupuncture points. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research. 133-135. 2007
- Acupuncture in acute care medicicine - A literature review. Journal fur Anasthesie und Intensivbehandlung. 31-32. 2007
- Acupuncture Powered by Energy Techniques–22nd International Symposium on Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics. Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 393-395. 2007
- Intraoperative factors associated with ICU complications after intrarenal aortic reconstruction. Intensive Care Medicine. S185-S185. 2003