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Beatrice Beck Schimmer

Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Zurich; Vice-President Medicine, University of …
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Intraoperative ketamine administration to prevent delirium or postoperative cognitive dysfunction: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

…, C Tschopp, B BeckSchimmer… - Acta …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
B. Beck-Schimmerb In this study, patients in the ketamine group received
concomitantly lidocaine 0.5 mg kg −1 bolus + 0.5 mg kg −1 h −1 intraoperatively. …

Bronchoaspiration: incidence, consequences and management

B Beck-Schimmer, JM Bonvini - European Journal of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Aspiration is defined as the inhalation of oropharyngeal or gastric contents into the lower
respiratory tract. Upon injury, epithelial cells and alveolar macrophages secrete chemical …

Regional anaesthesia and cancer metastases: the implication of local anaesthetics

…, J Aguirre, B BeckSchimmer… - Acta …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical and basic science studies have demonstrated the anti‐inflammatory properties of
local anaesthetics. Recent studies have begun to unravel molecular pathways linking …

Tumeszenz-Lokalanästhesie

B Beck-Schimmer, T Pasch - AINS-Anästhesiologie …, 2002 - thieme-connect.com
Die Tumeszenz-Lokalanästhesie wurde ursprünglich vor allem für die Liposuction
eingesetzt. Sie wird auch bei anderen plastisch-kosmetischen, bei dermatologischen und …

Anesthetic-induced improvement of the inflammatory response to one-lung ventilation

…, BR Z'graggen, M Urner, B Beck-Schimmer - The Journal of the …, 2009 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Although one-lung ventilation (OLV) has become an established procedure
during thoracic surgery, sparse data exist about inflammatory alterations in the deflated, …

A randomized controlled trial on pharmacological preconditioning in liver surgery using a volatile anesthetic

B Beck-Schimmer, S Breitenstein, S Urech… - Annals of …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
B. Beck-Schimmer: We attempted to compare 2 different preconditioning procedures in our
study design: surgical and pharmacological preconditioning, and I would like to let Professor …

Requirement and role of C5a in acute lung inflammatory injury in rats.

…, E Schmid, B Beck-Schimmer… - The Journal of …, 1996 - Am Soc Clin Investig
The complement activation product, C5a, may play a key role in the acute inflammatory
response. Polyclonal antibody to rat C5a was used to define the requirements for C5a in …

Decreased alveolar oxygen induces lung inflammation

…, RC Schimmer, B Beck-Schimmer - … of Physiology-Lung …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Molecular mechanisms of the inflammatory reaction in hypoxia-induced lung injury are not
well defined. Therefore, effects of alveolar hypoxia were studied in rat lungs, exposing rats to …

Antimetastatic potential of amide-linked local anesthetics: inhibition of lung adenocarcinoma cell migration and inflammatory Src signaling independent of sodium …

…, AT Place, DE Schwartz, B Beck-Schimmer… - The Journal of the …, 2012 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Retrospective analysis of patients undergoing cancer surgery suggests the use
of regional anesthesia may reduce cancer recurrence and improve survival. Amide-linked …

[HTML][HTML] Alveolar macrophages regulate neutrophil recruitment in endotoxin-induced lung injury

B Beck-Schimmer, R Schwendener, T Pasch… - Respiratory …, 2005 - Springer
Background Alveolar macrophages play an important role during the development of acute
inflammatory lung injury. In the present study, in vivo alveolar macrophage depletion was …