PD Dr. med. Kaspar Bachmann

Reintam Blaser, A., Davies, T., & Bachmann, K. F. (2026). Core outcome sets and trials of nutrition and metabolism interventions. 29. https://doi.org/10.1097/mco.0000000000001191

Bachmann, Kaspar Felix, Hess, Benjamin, Koitmäe, Merli, Bloch, Andreas, Regli, Adrian, & Reintam Blaser, Annika. (2025). Electrolyte disorders in the critically ill: a retrospective analysis [Journal-article]. Scientific Reports, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-98677-7

Reintam Blaser, Annika, Koitmäe, Merli, Bachmann, Kaspar F., De Gaetano, Paola, Kiisk, Ele, Laisaar, Kaja-Triin, Piva, Simone, Stahl, Klaus, Tamme, Kadri, & Acosta, Stefan. (2025). Management of acute mesenteric ischaemia in adult patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis [Journal-article]. World Journal of Emergency Surgery, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-025-00614-6

Prazak, Josef, Schenk, Noëlle Valérie, Schefold, Joerg C., Bachmann, Kaspar F., & Berger, David. (2025). Effects of Preoxygenation With Intratracheal Suctioning During Extubation: An Alternating Cluster-Controlled Trial (INtratracheal suctioning and oxygenation AT Extubation [INNOVATE]). Critical Care Medicine, 53. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000006819

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Cotoia, Antonella, & Reintam Blaser, Annika. (2025). Gastrointestinal function and nutritional interventions in septic shock. Current Opinion in Critical Care, 31(5), 599–607. https://doi.org/10.1097/mcc.0000000000001302

Bachmann, Kaspar F., & Berger, David. (2025). Estimation of Cardiac Output Under Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Comparing Thermodilution Methods to 3D Echocardiography [Journal-article]. ASAIO Journal, 71(9). https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0000000000002381

Iten, Manuela, Bachmann, Kaspar, Jakob, Stephan M., Grandgirard, Denis, Leib, Stephen L., & Cioccari, Luca. (2025). Adjunctive Sedation with Dexmedetomidine for the Prevention of Severe Inflammation and Septic Encephalopathy: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study. Critical Care Medicine, 53(7), e1377–e1388. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000006655

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Michimura, Samuel J., Cioccari, Luca, Schefold, Joerg C., & Messmer, Anna S. (2025). The critical role of timely medical emergency team activation in oncological and non-oncological patients. PLOS ONE, 20(6). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324831

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Asrani, Varsha M., & Reintam Blaser, Annika. (2025). Assessing gastrointestinal system dysfunction in intensive care. Current Opinion in Critical Care, 31(2), 172–178. https://doi.org/10.1097/mcc.0000000000001248

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Jenkins, Bethan, Asrani, Varsha, Bear, Danielle E., Bolondi, Giuliano, Boraso, Sabrina, Casaer, Michael P., Chang, Zhigang, Coopersmith, Craig M., Cotoia, Antonella, Davies, Thomas, De Man, Angelique, Elke, Gunnar, Gundogan, Kursat, Gunst, Jan, Kvolik, Slavica, Laube, Marcus, Lindner, Matthias, Lopez-Delgado, Juan Carlos, et al. (2024). Core outcome set of daily monitoring of gastrointestinal function in adult critically ill patients: a modified Delphi consensus process (COSMOGI). Critical Care, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-05192-8

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Moller, Per Werner, Hunziker, Lukas, Maggiorini, Marco, & Berger, David. (2024). Mechanisms maintaining right ventricular contractility-to-pulmonary arterial elastance ratio in VA ECMO: a retrospective animal data analysis of RV–PA coupling. Journal of Intensive Care, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-024-00730-6

Reintam Blaser, Annika, Cotoia, Antonella, Berger, Mette M., Padar, Martin, Arabi, Yaseen M., Casaer, Michael P., Gunst, Jan, Kouw, Imre W. K., Malbrain, Manu L. N. G., Schaller, Stefan J., Starkopf, Joel, Sundström Rehal, Martin, van Zanten, Arthur R. H., Bachmann, Kaspar F., Dong, Zhang, Stanisavljevic, Jovana, Wu, Qin, Rubenson Wahlin, Rebecka, Petros, Sirak, et al. (2024). How to define parenteral nutrition. Critical Care, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-05153-1

Pölkki, Anssi, Pekkarinen, Pirkka T., Hess, Benjamin, Blaser, Annika Reintam, Bachmann, Kaspar F., Lakbar, Inès, Hollenberg, Steven M., Lobo, Suzana M., Rezende, Ederlon, Selander, Tuomas, & Reinikainen, Matti. (2024). Noradrenaline dose cutoffs to characterise the severity of cardiovascular failure: Data-based development and external validation. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 68(10), 1400–1408. https://doi.org/10.1111/aas.14519

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Haenggi, Matthias, Jakob, Stephan M., Takala, Jukka, Gattinoni, Luciano, & Berger, David. (2024). Comment on: “A novel ‘shunt fraction’ method to derive native cardiac output during liberation from central VA ECMO” by Lim, HS. ESC Heart Failure, 11(4), 2464–2466. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.14804

Berger, David, Stanger, Elia J., Jenni, Hansjörg, Fried, Philipp D., & Bachmann, Kaspar F. (2024). Modified Thermodilution for Simultaneous Cardiac Output and Recirculation Assessment in Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Prospective Diagnostic Accuracy Study. Anesthesiology, 140(5), 1002–1015. https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000004895

Levis, Anja, Gardill, Michael, Bachmann, Kaspar F., Berger, David, Schandl, Christian, Piquilloud, Lise, & Haenggi, Matthias. (2024). Bilateral phrenic nerve block to reduce hazardous respiratory drive in a mechanically ventilated patient with COVID ‐19—A case report [Journal-article]. Clinical Case Reports, 12(5). https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8850

Petrucci, Mariafrancesca, Spadavecchia, Claudia, Bachmann, Kaspar F., Berger, David, Mirra, Alessandro, & Casoni, Daniela. (2024). The nociceptive withdrawal reflex during spinal analgesia in pigs undergoing veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a prospective observational study. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1449297

Burkhard, John-Patrik, Wepfer, Alena, Löffel, Lukas M., Bachmann, Kaspar F., & Wuethrich, Patrick Y. (2023). The Role of Intraoperative and Early Postoperative Blood Pressure Variations, Fluid Balance and Inotropics in Fibula Free Flap Head and Neck Reconstruction: A Retrospective Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(24). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12247753

Reintam Blaser, Annika, Bachmann, Kaspar F., & Deane, Adam M. (2023). Gastrointestinal function in critically ill patients. Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care, 26(5), 463–469. https://doi.org/10.1097/mco.0000000000000955

Stanger, E. J., Berger, D. C., Jenni, H., & Bachmann, K. F. (2023). Behaviour and stability of thermodilution signals in a closed extracorporeal circuit: a bench study. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 37(4), 1095–1102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-023-01018-0

Lindner, Matthias, Padar, Martin, Mändul, Merli, Christopher, Kenneth B., Reintam Blaser, Annika, Gratz, Hans-Christoph, Elke, Gunnar, & Bachmann, Kaspar F. (2023). Current practice of gastric residual volume measurements and related outcomes of critically ill patients: A secondary analysis of the intestinal-specific organ function assessment study. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 47(5), 614–623. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.2502

Berger, David, Wigger, Olivier, Bachmann, Kaspar F., & Bloechlinger, Stefan. (2023). Reply to La Via and colleagues. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 112(5), 702. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-02062-7

Berger, David C., Zwicker, Lena, Nettelbeck, Kay, Casoni, Daniela, Heinisch, Paul Phillipp, Jenni, Hansjörg, Haenggi, Matthias, Gattinoni, Luciano, & Bachmann, Kaspar F. (2023). Integral assessment of gas exchange during veno-arterial ECMO: accuracy and precision of a modified Fick principle in a porcine model. American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 324(2), L102–L113. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00045.2022

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Berger, David, & Moller, Per Werner. (2023). Interactions between extracorporeal support and the cardiopulmonary system. Frontiers in Physiology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1231016

Berger, David, Werner Moller, Per, & Bachmann, Kaspar F. (2023). Cardiopulmonary interactions—which monitoring tools to use? Frontiers in Physiology, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1234915

Reintam Blaser, A., Bachmann, K. F., & Arabi, Y. M. (2023). Organ Dysfunction Scores in the Adult ICU [Book-chapter]. In Annual update in intensive care and emergency medicine (pp. 93–108). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23005-9_8

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Regli, Adrian, Mändul, Merli, Davis, Wendy, & Reintam Blaser, Annika. (2022). Impact of intraabdominal hypertension on kidney failure in critically ill patients: A post-hoc database analysis. Journal of Critical Care, 71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2022.154078

Berger, D., Wigger, O., de Marchi, S., Grübler, M. R., Bloch, A., Kurmann, R., Stalder, O., Bachmann, K. F., & Bloechlinger, S. (2022). The effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on cardiac function: a comparative echocardiography-conductance catheter study. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 111(6), 705–719. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-022-02014-1

Werner-Moller, P., Heinisch, P. P., Hana, A., Bachmann, K. F., Sondergaard, S., Jakob, S. M., Takala, J., & Berger, D. (2022). Experimental validation of a mean systemic pressure analog against zero-flow measurements in porcine VA-ECMO. Journal of Applied Physiology, 132(3), 726–736. https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00804.2021

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Arabi, Yaseen M., Regli, Adrian, Starkopf, Joel, & Reintam Blaser, Annika. (2022). Cardiovascular SOFA score may not reflect current practice. Intensive Care Medicine, 48(1), 119–120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-021-06536-6

Bachmann, Kaspar Felix, Vasireddy, Rakesh, Heinisch, Paul Philipp, Jenni, Hansjörg, Vogt, Andreas, & Berger, David. (2021). Estimating cardiac output based on gas exchange during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a simulation study using paediatric oxygenators. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90747-w

Zante, Bjoern, Berger, David C., Schefold, Joerg C., & Bachmann, Kaspar F. (2021). Dissociation of Arterial Oxygen Saturation and Oxygen Delivery in VV-ECMO: The Trend Is Your Friend. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 35(3), 962–963. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2020.06.084

Bachmann, Kaspar F, & Berger, David. (2020). Impaired membrane lung CO2 elimination: is it dead space, V/Q ratio or acidosis? Perfusion (United Kingdom), 35(8), 875–877. https://doi.org/10.1177/0267659120947379

Löffel, Lukas M., Bachmann, Kaspar F., Furrer, Marc A., & Wuethrich, Patrick Y. (2020). Impact of intraoperative hypotension on early postoperative acute kidney injury in cystectomy patients – A retrospective cohort analysis. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109906

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Berger, David, & Gattinoni, Luciano. (2020). Method, device and computer program for estimating a pulmonary blood flow of a subject (Patent No. WO2020208258A1).

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Zwicker, Lena, Nettelbeck, Kay, Casoni, Daniela, Heinisch, Paul Phillipp, Jenni, Hansjörg, Haenggi, Matthias, & Berger, David. (2020). Assessment of Right Heart Function during Extracorporeal Therapy by Modified Thermodilution in a Porcine Model. Anesthesiology, 133(4), 879–891. https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000003443

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Haenggi, Matthias, Jakob, Stephan M., Takala, Jukka, Gattinoni, Luciano, & Berger, David. (2020). Gas exchange calculation may estimate changes in pulmonary blood flow during veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in a porcine model. American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, 318(6), L1211–L1221. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00167.2019

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Vetter, Christian, Wenzel, Lars, Konrad, Christoph, & Vogt, Andreas P. (2019). Implementation and evaluation of a web-based distribution system for anesthesia department guidelines and standard operating procedures: Qualitative study and content analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(8). https://doi.org/10.2196/14482

Bachmann, Kaspar F., Nebiker, Mathias, Johner, Caroline, Bregy, Rachel, Schaller, André, Novak, Urban, & Jakob, Stephan M. (2019). Rare Case of Transcutaneous Oxygen Desaturation in a Cancer Patient: A Case Report and Diagnostic Approach for a Recurrent Problem. A and A Practice, 12(4), 96–98. https://doi.org/10.1213/xaa.0000000000000855

Fischer, Henrik, Bachmann, Kaspar, Strunk, Guido, Neuhold, Stephanie, Zapletal, Bernhard, Maurer, Claudia, Fast, Andrea, Stumpf, Dominik, & Greif, Robert. (2014). Translation of ERC resuscitation guidelines into clinical practice by emergency physicians. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1757-7241-22-9