Dr. med. Simon Amacher

Baumann, S. M., Amacher, S. A., Erne, Y., Grzonka, P., Berger, S., Hunziker, S., Gebhard, C. E., Nebiker, M., Cioccari, L., & Sutter, R. (2025). Advance directives in the intensive care unit: An eight-year vanguard cohort study [Journal-article]. Journal of Critical Care, 85, 154918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2024.154918

Zimmermann, Tobias, Kaufmann, Philip, Amacher, Simon A., Sutter, Raoul, Loosen, Gregor, Merdji, Hamid, Helms, Julie, Todorov, Atanas, Gebert, Pimrapat, Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera, Gebhard, Catherine, Singer, Mervyn, Siegemund, Martin, & Gebhard, Caroline E. (2024). Sex differences in the SOFA score of ICU patients with sepsis or septic shock: a nationwide analysis [Journal-article]. Critical Care, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-04996-y

Becker, Christoph, Beck, Katharina, Moser, Céline, Lessing, Clara, Arpagaus, Armon, Gross, Sebastian, Urben, Tabita, Schaefert, Rainer, Amacher, Simon, Bassetti, Stefano, Schuetz, Philipp, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2024). The association of vaccination status with perceived discrimination in patients with COVID-19: results from a cross-sectional study [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Weekly, 154(5), 3634. https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3634

Berger, Sebastian, Grzonka, Pascale, Frei, Anja I., Hunziker, Sabina, Baumann, Sira M., Amacher, Simon A., Gebhard, Caroline E., & Sutter, Raoul. (2024). Violence against healthcare professionals in intensive care units: a systematic review and meta-analysis of frequency, risk factors, interventions, and preventive measures [Journal-article]. Critical Care, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-04844-z

Amacher, Simon A., Arpagaus, Armon, Sahmer, Christian, Becker, Christoph, Gross, Sebastian, Urben, Tabita, Tisljar, Kai, Sutter, Raoul, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2024). Prediction of outcomes after cardiac arrest by a generative artificial intelligence model. Resuscitation Plus, 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100587

Amacher, Simon A., Gross, Sebastian, Becker, Christoph, Arpagaus, Armon, Urben, Tabita, Gaab, Jens, Emsden, Christian, Tisljar, Kai, Sutter, Raoul, Pargger, Hans, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2024). Misconceptions and do-not-resuscitate preferences of healthcare professionals commonly involved in cardiopulmonary resuscitations: A national survey. Resuscitation Plus, 17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2024.100575

Amacher, Simon A., Sahmer, Christian, Becker, Christoph, Gross, Sebastian, Arpagaus, Armon, Urben, Tabita, Tisljar, Kai, Emsden, Christian, Sutter, Raoul, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2024). Post-intensive care syndrome and health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study. Scientific Reports, 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61146-8

Berger, Sebastian, Grzonka, Pascale, Amacher, Simon A., Hunziker, Sabina, Frei, Anja I., & Sutter, Raoul. (2024). Adverse events related to physical restraint use in intensive care units: A review of the literature. Journal of Intensive Medicine, 4, 318–325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jointm.2023.11.005

Baumann, Sira M., Kruse, Natalie J., Kliem, Paulina S. C., Amacher, Simon A., Hunziker, Sabina, Dittrich, Tolga D., Renetseder, Fabienne, Grzonka, Pascale, & Sutter, Raoul. (2023). Translation of patients’ advance directives in intensive care units: are we there yet? [Journal-article]. Journal of Intensive Care, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-023-00705-z

Amacher SA, Miazza J, Siegemund M, & Santer D. (2023). Comment on ‘Effect of intraoperative haemoadsorption therapy on cardiac surgery for active infective endocarditis with confirmed Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia’. Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivad051

Blatter, René, Gökduman, Bulus, Amacher, Simon A., Becker, Christoph, Beck, Katharina, Gross, Sebastian, Tisljar, Kai, Sutter, Raoul, Pargger, Hans, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2023). External validation of the PROLOGUE score to predict neurological outcome in adult patients after cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study [Journal-article]. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-023-01081-1

Becker C., Gross S., Gamp M., Beck K., Amacher S.A., Mueller J., Bohren C., Blatter R., Schaefert R., Schuetz P., Leuppi J., Bassetti S., & Hunziker S. (2023). Patients’ Preference for Participation in Medical Decision-Making: Secondary Analysis of the BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE Trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 38, 1180–1189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07775-z

Gross, Sebastian, Amacher, Simon A., Rochowski, Anton, Reiser, Stefan, Becker, Christoph, Beck, Katharina, Blatter, René, Emsden, Christian, Nkoulou, Coralie, Sutter, Raoul, Tisljar, Kai, Pargger, Hans, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2023). “Do-not-resuscitate” preferences of the general Swiss population: Results from a national survey. Resuscitation Plus, 14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100383

Mueller, Jonas, Beck, Katharina, Loretz, Nina, Becker, Christoph, Gross, Sebastian, Blatter, René, Urben, Tabita, Amacher, Simon A, Schaefert, Rainer, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2023). The Disclosure of Bad News Over the Phone vs. in Person and its Association with Psychological Distress: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 38, 3589–3603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-023-08323-z

Urben, Tabita, Amacher, Simon A, Becker, Christoph, Gross, Sebastian, Arpagaus, Armon, Tisljar, Kai, Sutter, Raoul, Pargger, Hans, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2023). Red blood cell distribution width for the prediction of outcomes after cardiac arrest. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 15081. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41984-8

Vincent A, Beck K., Thommen E, Widmer M., Becker C, Loretz N, Gross S, Mueller J., Amacher SA, Bohren C, Schaefert R, Gaab J., Marsch S, Emsden C, Tisljar K, Sutter R, & Hunziker S. (2022). Post-intensive care syndrome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: A prospective observational cohort study. PLoS ONE, 17(10 October). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276011

Hochstrasser SR, Amacher SA, Tschan F, Semmer NK, Becker C, Metzger K, Hunziker S, & Marsch S. (2022). Gender-focused training improves leadership of female medical students: A randomised trial. Medical Education, 56(3), 321–330. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14658

Gross S, Beck K., Becker C, Gamp M, Mueller J, Loretz N., Amacher SA, Bohren C, Gaab J, Schuetz P, Mueller B, Fux C.A., Leuppi J.D., Schaefert R, Langewitz W, Trendelenburg M, Breidthardt T, Eckstein J, Osthoff M, et al. (2022). Perception of physicians and nursing staff members regarding outside versus bedside ward rounds: Ancillary analysis of the randomised BEDSIDE-OUTSIDE trial. Swiss Medical Weekly, 152(3-4). https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2022.w30112

Amacher, Simon A., Blatter, René, Briel, Matthias, Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian, Bohren, Chantal, Becker, Christoph, Beck, Katharina, Gross, Sebastian, Tisljar, Kai, Sutter, Raoul, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2022). Predicting neurological outcome in adult patients with cardiac arrest: systematic review and meta-analysis of prediction model performance. Critical Care, 26(1), 382. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-022-04263-y

Amacher, Simon A., Bohren, Chantal, Blatter, René, Becker, Christoph, Beck, Katharina, Müller, Jonas, Loretz, Nina, Gross, Sebastian, Tisljar, Kai, Sutter, Raoul, Appenzeller-Herzog, Christian, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2022). Long-term Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Jama Cardiology, 7(6), 633–643. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamacardio.2022.0795

Beck, Katharina, Vincent, Alessia, Cam, Hasret, Becker, Christoph, Gross, Sebastian, Loretz, Nina, Müller, Jonas, Amacher, Simon A., Bohren, Chantal, Sutter, Raoul, Bassetti, Stefano, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2022). Medical futility regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation in in-hospital cardiac arrests of adult patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Resuscitation, 172, 181–193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2021.11.041

Blatter, René, Amacher, Simon A., Bohren, Chantal, Becker, Christoph, Beck, Katharina, Gross, Sebastian, Tisljar, Kai, Sutter, Raoul, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2022). Comparison of different clinical risk scores to predict long-term survival and neurological outcome in adults after cardiac arrest: results from a prospective cohort study. Annals of Intensive Care, 12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-022-01048-y

Mork, Constantin, Amacher, Simon Adrian, Gahl, Brigitta, Koechlin, Luca, Miazza, Jules, Schaeffer, Thibault, Schmuelling, Lena, Bremerich, Jens, Berdajs, Denis, Cueni, Nadine, Kühne, Michael, Müller, Christian, Osswald, Stefan, Reuthebuch, Oliver, Schurr, Ulrich, Sticherling, Christian, Kopp Lugli, Andrea, Marsch, Stephan, Pargger, Hans, et al. (2022). Non-invasive evaluation of new-onset atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: a protocol for the BigMap study. ESC Heart Failure, 9(4), 2703–2712. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.13902

Becker C, Beck K., Zumbrunn S., Memma V., Herzog N., Bissmann B., Gross S., Loretz N., Mueller J., Amacher SA, Bohren C, Schaefert R, Bassetti S, Fux C, Mueller B., Schuetz P, & Hunziker S. (2021). Long COVID 1 year after hospitalisation for COVID-19: a prospective bicentric cohort study. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(41-42). https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.w30091

Becker C, Zumbrunn S., Beck K., Vincent A., Loretz N, Muller J., Amacher SA, Schaefert R, & Hunziker S. (2021). Interventions to Improve Communication at Hospital Discharge and Rates of Readmission: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Network Open, 4(8). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.19346

Amacher, S. A., Vestner, M., Bandschapp, O., & Sieber, T. J. (2021). Maligne Hyperthermie [Journal-article]. Swiss Medical Forum ‒ Schweizerisches Medizin-Forum. https://doi.org/10.4414/smf.2021.08725

Amacher SA, Quitt J, Hammel E, Zenklusen U, Darwisch A, & Siegemund M. (2021). Case Report: Left Ventricular Unloading Using a Mechanical CPR Device in a Prolonged Accidental Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Treated by VA-ECMO - a Novel Approach. 8, 707663. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.707663

Amacher, Simon A., Søgaard, Kirstine K., Nkoulou, Coralie, Sutter, Raoul, Weisser, Maja, Zingg, Sandra S., Egli, Adrian, Hollinger, Alexa, & Siegemund, Martin. (2021). Bilateral acute renal cortical necrosis after a dog bite: case report. BMC Infectious Diseases, 21(1), 231. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-021-05901-6

Loretz, Nina, Becker, Christoph, Hochstrasser, Seraina, Metzger, Kerstin, Beck, Katharina, Müller, Jonas, Gross, Sebastian, Vincent, Alessia, Amacher, Simon A., Sutter, Raoul, Tisljar, Kai, Schuetz, Philipp, Bernasconi, Luca, Neyer, Peter, Pargger, Hans, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2021). Activation of the kynurenine pathway predicts mortality and neurological outcome in cardiac arrest patients: A validation study. Journal of Critical Care, 67, 57–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2021.09.025

Müller, Jonas, Bissmann, Benjamin, Becker, Christoph, Beck, Katharina, Loretz, Nina, Gross, Sebastian, Amacher, Simon A., Bohren, Chantal, Pargger, Hans, Tisljar, Kai, Sutter, Raoul, Marsch, Stephan, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2021). Neuron-Specific Enolase (NSE) Predicts Long-Term Mortality in Adult Patients after Cardiac Arrest: Results from a Prospective Trial. Medicines (Basel, Switzerland), 8(11), 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicines8110072

Amacher SA, Marsch S, & Hunziker S. (2017). The authors reply. (Patent No. 12). 45(12), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000002712

Amacher SA, Marsch S, & Hunziker S. (2017). The authors reply. (Patent No. 12). 45(12), Article 12. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000002711

Amacher SA, Marsch S, & Hunziker S. (2017). The authors reply. (Patent No. 11). 45(11), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000002659

Amacher SA, Amacher SA, Schumacher C, Legeret C, Tschan F, Semmer NK, Marsch S, & Hunziker S. (2017). Influence of Gender on the Performance of Cardiopulmonary Rescue Teams: A Randomized, Prospective Simulator Study. Critical Care Medicine, 45(7), 1184–1191. https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000002375