Nikolaus Keil, Vincent Rathkolb, Maximilian Waller, Simon Krenn, Georg Hinterholzer, Wilfred Druml, Michael Hiesmayr, Sabine Schmaldienst, Manfred Hecking
{"title":"Challenging the common practice of intravenous fluid administration : Viewpoint on the need for an enteral fluid therapy trial in critically ill patients.","authors":"Nikolaus Keil, Vincent Rathkolb, Maximilian Waller, Simon Krenn, Georg Hinterholzer, Wilfred Druml, Michael Hiesmayr, Sabine Schmaldienst, Manfred Hecking","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02335-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00508-024-02335-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":" ","pages":"647-650"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11632051/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140060610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"mitteilungen der gesellschaft der ärzte in wien.","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02483-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-024-02483-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":"136 23-24","pages":"708"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christoph Veigl, Simon Orlob, Thomas Kloimstein, Benedikt Schnaubelt, Mario Krammel, Markus Draxl, Lukas Feurhuber, Johannes Wittig, Joachim Schlieber, Sebastian Schnaubelt
{"title":"[Layperson basic life support education in Austria: An overview].","authors":"Christoph Veigl, Simon Orlob, Thomas Kloimstein, Benedikt Schnaubelt, Mario Krammel, Markus Draxl, Lukas Feurhuber, Johannes Wittig, Joachim Schlieber, Sebastian Schnaubelt","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02331-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00508-024-02331-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early interventions of laypersons can improve the survival and neurological outcome in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. There are several organizations in Austria which train lay people in basic life support and raise awareness for sudden cardiac death. To obtain an overview of the various initiatives, a questionnaire was sent to 26 organizations, and 15 of the organizations (58%) replied. The geographical distribution of the organizations between rural and urban areas was illustrated in a map. Most of them are situated in a university city, resulting in accessibility disparities for individuals in urban and rural settings. Layperson resuscitation education in Austria is largely dependent on the individual commitments of volunteers. The time spent practicing chest compressions in resuscitation courses ranges from 25% to 90% of the total course time. Furthermore, reasons for a lack of scientific endeavours could be identified, and solutions are suggested. Through better networking between organizations and initiatives, more laypersons could be trained in the future, which would lead to improved survival chances for persons suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Austria. Appropriate support by political bodies and public authorities is and will remain a key element.</p>","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":" ","pages":"683-690"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11631987/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139651727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MUW researcher of the month.","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02485-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-024-02485-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":"136 23-24","pages":"705-706"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802396","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martin W Dünser, Matthias Noitz, Thomas Tschoellitsch, Markus Bruckner, Markus Brunner, Bernhard Eichler, Romana Erblich, Stephan Kalb, Marius Knöll, Johannes Szasz, Wilhelm Behringer, Jens Meier
{"title":"Emergency critical care: closing the gap between onset of critical illness and intensive care unit admission.","authors":"Martin W Dünser, Matthias Noitz, Thomas Tschoellitsch, Markus Bruckner, Markus Brunner, Bernhard Eichler, Romana Erblich, Stephan Kalb, Marius Knöll, Johannes Szasz, Wilhelm Behringer, Jens Meier","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02374-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00508-024-02374-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Critical illness is an exquisitely time-sensitive condition and follows a disease continuum, which always starts before admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), in the majority of cases even before hospital admission. Reflecting the common practice in many healthcare systems that critical care is mainly provided in the confined areas of an ICU, any delay in ICU admission of critically ill patients is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. However, if appropriate critical care interventions are provided before ICU admission, this association is not observed. Emergency critical care refers to critical care provided outside of the ICU. It encompasses the delivery of critical care interventions to and monitoring of patients at the place and time closest to the onset of critical illness as well as during transfer to the ICU. Thus, emergency critical care covers the most time-sensitive phase of critical illness and constitutes one missing link in the chain of survival of the critically ill patient. Emergency critical care is delivered whenever and wherever critical illness occurs such as in the pre-hospital setting, before and during inter-hospital transfers of critically ill patients, in the emergency department, in the operating theatres, and on hospital wards. By closing the management gap between onset of critical illness and ICU admission, emergency critical care improves patient safety and can avoid early deaths, reverse mild-to-moderate critical illness, avoid ICU admission, attenuate the severity of organ dysfunction, shorten ICU length of stay, and reduce short- and long-term mortality of critically ill patients. Future research is needed to identify effective models to implement emergency critical care systems in different healthcare systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":" ","pages":"651-661"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11632058/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140959723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexander Hermann, Peter Schellongowski, Oliver Robak, Nina Buchtele, Bernhard Nagler, Martin Müller, Thomas Staudinger
{"title":"Our approach for out-of-center initiation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and subsequent interhospital transport.","authors":"Alexander Hermann, Peter Schellongowski, Oliver Robak, Nina Buchtele, Bernhard Nagler, Martin Müller, Thomas Staudinger","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02469-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00508-024-02469-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) initiation at a non-ECMO-capable facility by specialized mobile teams aims for a stabilization prior to center admission, internationally referred to as ECMO retrieval. It is a recommended strategy to avoid primary interhospital transfer of compromised patients with a high risk of life-threatening incidents and potentially death. Deploying the unique skill set of ECMO installation and transportation to an unfamiliar environment, however, adds a further degree of complexity to the demanding fields of both transporting the critically ill and ECMO management itself. Although recommendations for the initiation of ECMO retrieval programs exist, centers globally tailor their course of action to local individual needs and so do we.The purpose of this work is to portray the decision-tree-based protocol of the intensive care unit 13i2 (Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna) with its operational standards for optimal patient selection and transport organization.</p>","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":" ","pages":"674-682"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11632013/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142693402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roya Anahita Mousavi, Andreas Schober, Christina Kronberger, Emilie Han, Brigitte Litschauer, Gernot Pichler, Roza Badr Eslam
{"title":"Effects of cardiovascular risk factors and pre-existing diseases on the short-term outcome of Takotsubo syndrome.","authors":"Roya Anahita Mousavi, Andreas Schober, Christina Kronberger, Emilie Han, Brigitte Litschauer, Gernot Pichler, Roza Badr Eslam","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02326-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00508-024-02326-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The effects of cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) on the development of most acute cardiac conditions are well established; however, little is known about the frequency and effects of CVRF in Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) patients.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of our study was to compare the frequency of CVRF and pre-existing diseases (PD) of TTS patients to ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients and analyze their effects on short-term outcome.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed the frequency of CVRF (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, type II diabetes mellitus, smoking, chronic kidney disease, family history) as well as somatic and psychiatric PD at admission in TTS patients and compared them with STEMI patients. Their effect on short-term outcome was calculated using a combined endpoint of cardiogenic shock, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, mechanical ventilation, and/or in-hospital death.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 150 TTS and 155 STEMI patients were included in our study. We observed a higher frequency of psychiatric (30% vs. 7%, p < 0.001), neurological (5% vs. 0%, p = 0.01), and pulmonary (18% vs. 5%, p < 0.001) PD in TTS patients as compared to STEMI patients. There were less smokers (47% vs. 61%, p = 0.03) and patients with hyperlipidemia (24% vs. 51%, p < 0.001) in the TTS cohort than in the STEMI cohort. None of the CVRF or PD behaved as an independent predictor for adverse short-term outcome in TTS patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Psychiatric, neurological, and pulmonary pre-existing diseases are more common in TTS than in STEMI patients. Interestingly, PD and CVRF do not seem to have any impact on the short-term outcome of TTS patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":" ","pages":"691-699"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11632080/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139693033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A Kammerlander, R Berger, R K Binder, J Dörler, M Frick, T Gremmel, A Mader, J Kammler, A Rab, A Geppert, A Schober, A Niessner
{"title":"Curriculum interventional cardiology-Austria.","authors":"A Kammerlander, R Berger, R K Binder, J Dörler, M Frick, T Gremmel, A Mader, J Kammler, A Rab, A Geppert, A Schober, A Niessner","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02475-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00508-024-02475-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The curriculum for interventional cardiology outlines a structured training program for advanced training in interventional procedures. It specifies requirements for candidates, trainers, and centers. The curriculum specifically defines learning objectives, competence levels, and essential skills needed for on-duty shift in the catheterization laboratory. The program is based on the European Core Curriculum, tailored to Austrian healthcare needs, and aims to ensure high-quality care.</p>","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":"136 Suppl 19","pages":"725-731"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11649714/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142839817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expertinnen und Experten aus der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Pneumologie waren auch im Jahr 2024 wieder wissenschaftlich hochaktiv, sodass folgende Publikationen unserer Fachgesellschaft erschienen sind.","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02486-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-024-02486-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":"136 23-24","pages":"707"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonja Wurm, Michael Waltersdorfer, Simone Loindl, Jennifer M Moritz, Sereina A Herzog, Gerhard Bachmaier, Andrea Berghold, Karl Kashofer, Christine Beham-Schmid, Gerald Hoefler, Hildegard T Greinix, Albert Wölfler, Andreas Reinisch, Heinz Sill, Armin Zebisch
{"title":"Acute myeloid leukemia in the next-generation sequencing era : Real-world data from an Austrian tertiary cancer care center.","authors":"Sonja Wurm, Michael Waltersdorfer, Simone Loindl, Jennifer M Moritz, Sereina A Herzog, Gerhard Bachmaier, Andrea Berghold, Karl Kashofer, Christine Beham-Schmid, Gerald Hoefler, Hildegard T Greinix, Albert Wölfler, Andreas Reinisch, Heinz Sill, Armin Zebisch","doi":"10.1007/s00508-024-02463-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00508-024-02463-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has recently entered routine acute myeloid leukemia (AML) diagnostics. It is paramount for AML risk stratification and identification of molecular therapeutic targets. Most NGS feasibility and results data are derived from controlled clinical intervention trials (CCIT). We aimed to validate these data in a real-world setting.</p><p><strong>Patients, materials and methods: </strong>This study retrospectively analyzed 447 AML patients treated at an Austrian tertiary cancer care center. A total of 284 out of the 447 cases were treated between 2013-2023 when NGS was locally available for the clinical routine.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The NGS was successfully performed from bone marrow biopsies and aspirates, with processing times decreasing from 22 days in 2013/2014 to 10 days in 2022. Molecular therapeutic target(s) were identified by NGS in 107/284 (38%) cases and enabled risk stratification in 10 cases where conventional karyotyping failed. Concerning molecular landscape, TET2 (27%), FLT3 (25%), DNMT3A (23%), and NPM1 (23%) were most frequently mutated. Comparing older and younger patients (cut-off 70 years) showed enrichment in older people for mutations affecting DNA methylation (72% vs. 45%; P < 0.001) and the spliceosome (28% vs. 11%; P = 0.006) and more cellular signaling mutations in younger patients (61% vs. 46%; P = 0.022). Treatment outcomes corroborated a significant survival benefit in the recent NGS era and patients treated with novel/molecularly targeted drugs. Ultimately, biospecimens of these patients are stored within a leukemia biobank, generating a valuable tool for translational science.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study validates data from CCIT and supports their relevance for treatment decisions in a real-world setting. Moreover, they demonstrate the feasibility and benefits of NGS within a routine clinical setting.</p>","PeriodicalId":23861,"journal":{"name":"Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142628790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}