Aims and objectives
Our vision is to be World class leader in
- research within neuroanaesthesiology and neurointensive care
- research- and evidence-based support of central nervous system function during anaesthesia and intensive care
- research into and evidence-based strategies for patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency and home ventilator support
- research into and treatment of chronic non-malignant pain
Our mission
The Department of Neuroanaesthesiology conducts research in and provides research-based therapy at the highest possible level for
- patients undergoing anaesthesia for neurosurgical, neurointerventional radiological and neuroradiological procedures
- patients with neurocritical illness
- patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency and home-ventilator dependency
- patients with chronic non-malignant pain
Focus areas
Multimodal neuromonitoring during anaesthesia and intensive care
Pathophysiology of acute brain injury (traumatic brain injury, aneurysmal subarachnoid and spontaneous intracerebral haemorrhage)
Delirium in patients with acute brain injury
Assessing consciousness in neurocritically ill patients
Patient trajectories in neurocritical illness from the hyperacute to the rehabilitation phase
Empowerment of patients, families and significant others
Anaesthesia for neurosurgery, neurointerventional radiology and neuroradiology
Treatment of and care for patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency and home-ventilator dependency
Opioid dependency in patients with chronic non-malignant pain
Transition between acute and chronic pain
Novel treatments and strategies for chronic pain
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Disciplines, methods and tools
Measurement of intracranial pressure and brain tissue oxygen tension
Continuous electroencephalography and electrocorticography
Intracerebral microdialysis (to be implemented)
Functional and structural neuroimaging (fMRI and MRI)
Spinal cord stimulation
Qualitative methods
Registry-based methods
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Useful links
Website, The Pain Clinic