Research at the Division of Emergencies and Critical Care
Research committee
Chairman for Research: Ulf E. Kongsgaard
Members: Ulf E. Kongsgaard (leader), Kirsti Tøien, Marianne Myhre, Audun Stubhaug, Tor Inge Tønnessen, Knut Arvid Kirkebøen, Tone Rustøen, Petter Andreas Steen, Turid Hauge
Research projects
Most of the research projects at the Division of Emergencies and Critical Care reflect the versatile activity the personnel are involved with.
Over the years, researchers have been involved in haemodynamics, inflammation, regional anaesthesia, intensive care medicine, as well as clinical and experimental pain mechanisms. Recently, the repertoire has expanded with collaboration across traditional disciplines.
Many of these projects have resulted in clinical research related to the core activity of the hospital. One example is the involvement in development of biosensors for studies in ischemia – reperfusion plus monitoring of organ rejection.
Although the future research activity will be based upon the traditional “4 columns of anaesthesia”; (anaesthesia, intensive care medicine, emergency medicine, pain medicine), it is the ambition of the Division for its research to be even more visible within the hospitals six core areas; transplantation medicine, children’s illnesses, women’s illnesses, oncology, coronary disorders and disorders of the brain and nervous system.
Headwords of some of the current projects:
- Monitoring of organ-ischemia
- Pharmacodynamics of MPA, IMPDH and albumin in liver transplantation
- Inflammation in coronary disease and hypothermia
- Local and systemic inflammation in orthopedic surgery
- Cardiomyopathy in sepsis
- The use of ECMO in heart- and lung failure
- Haemodynamics and lung function in pregnant women
- Intracranial pressure in stroke patients
- Sedation in critical care patients
- Postoperative urine retention in children
- Nutrition in critical ill children
- Ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia
- Discography in ruptured discs
- Experimental and clinical pain mechanisms
- Pain in patients with psoriasis
May 7, 2012
Latest publications
Dept for Anaesthesiology
High-resolution MRI demonstrates detailed anatomy of the axillary brachial plexus. A pilot study
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand (in press)
PubMed 22571443
Letter to the Editor, regarding >A Randomized and Blinded Single-center Trial Comparing the Effect of Intracranial Pressure (ICP) versus ICP Wave Amplitude Guided Intensive Care Management on Early Clinical State and 12 Months Outcome in Patients with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage>
Neurosurgery (in press)
PubMed 22562087
Law, ethics and clinical judgment in end-of-life decisions-How do Norwegian doctors think?
Resuscitation (in press)
PubMed 22542767





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