Dr. med. Simon Amacher

Amacher, Simon A., Zimmermann, Tobias, Gebert, Pimrapat, Grzonka, Pascale, Berger, Sebastian, Lohri, Martin, Tröster, Valentina, Arslani, Ketina, Merdji, Hamid, Gebhard, Catherine, Hunziker, Sabina, Sutter, Raoul, Siegemund, Martin, & Gebhard, Caroline E. (2025). Sex disparities in ICU care and outcomes after cardiac arrest: a Swiss nationwide analysis. Critical Care, 29(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-025-05262-5

Grzonka, Pascale, Berger, Sebastian, Amacher, Simon A., Hert, Lisa, Dittrich, Tolga D., Lohri, Martin, Kliem, Paulina SC, Hunziker, Sabina, Tschudin Sutter, Sarah, Kaufmann, Mark, Gebhard, Caroline E., & Sutter, Raoul. (2025). Central nervous system infections rarely underlie presumed delirium in ICU admissions: insights from the Swiss ICU registry. Critical Care, 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-025-05485-6

Grzonka, Pascale, Mosimann, Tamina, Berger, Sebastian, Amacher, Simon A., Baumann, Sira M., Gebhard, Caroline E., De Marchis, Gian Marco, Dittrich, Tolga D., & Sutter, Raoul. (2025). Unveiling the clinical spectrum of herpes simplex virus CNS infections in adults: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-025-02797-0

Kliem, Paulina S. C., Fisch, Urs, Baumann, Sira M., Berger, Sebastian, Amacher, Simon A., Hunziker, Sabina, & Sutter, Raoul. (2025). The impact of prompting on ChatGPT’s adherence to status epilepticus treatment guidelines. Scientific Reports, 15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-16902-9

Berger, Sebastian, Amacher, Simon A., Lohri, Martin, Hunziker, Sabina, Gebhard, Caroline E., Frei, Anja, & Sutter, Raoul. (2025). Risk stratification for violent behavior in critically ill patients: Current assessment tools. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2025.103957

Becker, Christoph, Gross, Sebastian, Beck, Katharina, Amacher, Simon A., Vincent, Alessia, Mueller, Jonas, Loretz, Nina, Blatter, Rene, Bohren, Chantal, Urben, Tabita, Arpagaus, Armon, Schaefert, Rainer, Schuetz, Philipp, Kaegi-Braun, Nina, Stalder, Lena, Leuppi, Jörg D., Aujesky, Drahomir, Baumgartner, Christine, Hug, Balthasar, et al. (2025). A Randomized Trial of Shared Decision-Making in Code Status Discussions. NEJM Evidence, 4(5). https://doi.org/10.1056/evidoa2400422

Zumbrunn, Samuel K., Blatter, René, Bissmann, Benjamin, Amacher, Simon A., Sutter, Raoul, & Hunziker, Sabina. (2025). The prognosis after cardiac arrest: Evidence on the short- and long-term course. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International. https://doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.m2025.0006

Amacher, Simon A., Baumann, Sira M., Berger, Sebastian, Arpagaus, Armon, Egli, Simon B., Grzonka, Pascale, Kliem, Paulina S. C., Hunziker, Sabina, Fisch, Urs, Gebhard, Caroline E., & Sutter, Raoul. (2025). Can the large language model ChatGPT-4omni predict outcomes in adult patients with status epilepticus? Epilepsia, 66, 674–685. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.18215

Baumann, Sira M., Amacher, Simon A., Erne, Yasmin, Grzonka, Pascale, Berger, Sebastian, Hunziker, Sabina, Gebhard, Caroline E., Nebiker, Mathias, Cioccari, Luca, & Sutter, Raoul. (2025). Advance directives in the intensive care unit: An eight-year vanguard cohort study. Journal of Critical Care, 85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrc.2024.154918

Kliem, Paulina S. C., Tisljar, Kai, Grzonka, Pascale, Berger, Sebastian, Amacher, Simon A., De Marchis, Gian Marco, Dittrich, Tolga D., Hunziker, Sabina, Rüegg, Stephan, Bassetti, Stefano, Bingisser, Roland, Marsch, Stephan, & Sutter, Raoul. (2025). Effects of a scoring aid on glasgow coma score assessment and physicians’ comprehension: a simulator-based randomized clinical trial. Journal of Neurology, 272(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-024-12825-z

Meyer-Zehnder, Barbara, Amacher, Simon A., & Hunziker, Sabina. (2025). Tun oder Nicht-Tun? Herausforderung REA-Nein im Operationssaal. In Bitte bleiben Sie ruhig liegen!: Alltägliche und ethische Herausforderungen in der Anästhesie (p. 193). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-69490-9_14

Santer, David, Gahl, Brigitta, Dogan, Ali, Bruehlmeier, Florian, Camponovo, Ulisse, Maguire, Rory, Goldiger, Larissa, Boss, Vanessa, Weber, Nicole, Schmuelling, Lena, Gherca, Stefan, Bremerich, Jens, Cueni, Nadine, Koechlin, Luca, Kühne, Michael, Miazza, Jules, Reuthebuch, Oliver, Hollinger, Alexa, Siegemund, Martin, et al. (2025). Preoperative Non-Invasive Mapping for Targeted Concomitant Surgical Ablation of Non-Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (PreMap Study). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14020481

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, 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. Critical Care, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-024-04844-z

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

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(3), 318–325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jointm.2023.11.005

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

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. Swiss Medical Weekly, 154(5). https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3634

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

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

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

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(16), 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

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

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

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(5), 1180–1189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07775-z

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

Vincent A., Beck K., Thommen E., Widmer M., Becker C., Loretz N., Gross S., Mueller J., Amacher S.A., 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 S.A., 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, Mueller, 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

Mork, Constantin, Amacher, Simon Adrian, Gahl, Brigitta, Koechlin, Luca, Miazza, Jules, Schaeffer, Thibault, Schmuelling, Lena, Bremerich, Jens, Berdajs, Denis, Cueni, Nadine, Kühne, Michael, Mueller, 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 S.A., 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, Christoph, Zumbrunn, Samuel, Beck, Katharina, Vincent, Alessia, Loretz, Nina, Müller, Jonas, Amacher, Simon A., Schaefert, Rainer, & Hunziker, Sabina. (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, Simon Adrian, Vestner, Manuel, Bandschapp, Oliver, & Sieber, Thomas Jrg. (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 [Frontiers Media SA]. Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 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, Mueller, 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. 11). Critical Care Medicine, 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

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

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