Research Focus

Cardiovascular & Perioperative Medicine

Area of Research

Perioperative outcome research

05/2019 – present
EEG - more than only a BIS index
Foundation for Research and Education University Basel (main applicant)
Foundation for Research and Education in Anaesthesia (main applicant)
Jubiläumsstiftung SwissLife (main applicant C. Burkhart)

01/2018   - present     
Discrepancy in reporting of perioperative complications
Foundation for Research and Education University Basel (co-applicant)
Foundation for Research and Education in Anaesthesia (main applicant)

04/2015 - 06/2020   
Prospective validation validation of ClassIntra® - international, multicentre cohort study
University of Basel research fund for outstanding junior researcher (main applicant)
Two additional grants as main and co-applicant 

02/2015 - 08/2019
Generalisability of randomised trials of the PIEB technique used for maintenance of labour analgesia: a prospective cohort study (main applicant)

01/2014 - 01/2017  
Carbetocin trial (main applicant for 3 grants)

National Collaborations

    ClassIntra® validation and implementation study

• Prof. Dr. med. Pierre-Alain Clavien, Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital Zurich
• PD Dr. med. Bastian Grande, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich
• Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Hahnloser, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Lausanne
• PD Dr. med. Andreas Vogt, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Berne

    Importance of multimorbidity in perioperative risk assessment - multicentre, international cohort study

• Prof. Dr. med. Dieter Hahnloser, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Lausanne
• Dr. med. Heinz Bruppacher, Department of Anaesthesiology, Schulthess Clinique Zurich
• Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Erb, Head of Department of Anaesthesiology, University Children's Hospital Basel
• Dr. med. Philippe Schumacher, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Bürgerspital Solothurn

    Prospective cohort study of in-hospital patients undergoing ophthalmic surgery for the validation of ClassIntra: Classification of intraoperative adverse events

• Prof. Dr. med. David Goldblum, University Eye Clinic, Basel
• PD Dr. med. Pascal Hasler, University Eye Clinic, Basel

    Epidemiology of multimorbidity in perioperative patients and their effect on outcome and costs - single centre cohort study

• Prof. Dr. Matthias Schenkglenks, Medical Economic Unit at the EBPI, Zurich, and Institute of Pharmaceutical Medicine (ECPM), Basel

Planned multicentre RCT: EEG - more than only a BIS index

• Prof. Dr. med. Georges Savoldelli, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Geneva
• Prof. Dr. med. Eduardo Schiffer, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Geneva
• Dr. med. Christoph Burkhart, Cantonal Hospital Graubünden

International Collaborations

    ClassIntra® validation study and follow-up projects (selection)

• Prof. Dr. med. Harry van Goor, PhD, Department of Surgery, Radboud university medical centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
• Prof. Dr. med. Ben Loveday, PhD, Department of Surgery, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Engel, Department of Surgery, University of Sydney, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia
• Dr. med. Sonja Meier, Department of Anaesthesiology, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Epidemiology of multimorbidity in perioperative patients and their effect on outcome and costs

Prospective cohort study for the validation of ClassIntra® - Classification of intraoperative adverse events in patients undergoing eye surgery

Discrepancy in reporting of perioperative complications

Classification for intraoperative adverse events in abdominal surgery 

Detailed evaluation of all intraoperative adverse events: Secondary analysis of the prospective validation study of ClassIntra®