Prof. Dr. med. Beat Müller

Urbach, K.-H., Wunderle, C., Tribolet, P., Lutz, T. A., Köster-Hegmann, C., Stanga, Z., Mueller, B., & Schuetz, P. (2025). Ghrelin’s role in regulating food intake among inpatients at nutritional risk: A secondary analysis of the randomized clinical trial EFFORT [Journal-article]. Nutrition, 140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2025.112910

Laager, Rahel, Gregoriano, Claudia, Hauser, Stephanie, Koehler, Henrik, Schuetz, Philipp, Mueller, Beat, & Kutz, Alexander. (2024). Hospitalization Trends for Airway Infections and In-Hospital Complications in Cleft Lip and Palate [Journal-article]. JAMA Network Open, 7(9), e2428077. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.28077

Haenggi, E., Kaegi-Braun, N., Wunderle, C., Tribolet, P., Mueller, B., Stanga, Z., & Schuetz, P. (2024). Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) – A new nutritional biomarker to assess nutritional risk and response to nutritional therapy? [Journal-article]. Clinical Nutrition, 43(2), 575–585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2024.01.001

Struja, Tristan, Nitritz, Neele, Alexander, Islay, Kupferschmid, Kevin, Hafner, Jason F., Spagnuolo, Carlos C., Schuetz, Philipp, Mueller, Beat, & Blum, Claudine A. (2024). Treatment of glucocorticoid- induced hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients - a systematic review and meta- analysis [Journal-article]. Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40842-023-00158-1

Wunderle, C., von Arx, D., Mueller, S. C., Bernasconi, L., Neyer, P., Tribolet, P., Stanga, Z., Mueller, B., & Schuetz, P. (2024). Association of Glutamine and Glutamate Metabolism with Mortality among Patients at Nutritional Risk—A Secondary Analysis of the Randomized Clinical Trial EFFORT [Journal-article]. Nutrients, 16(2), 222. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16020222

Siegwart J, Spennato U, Lerjen N, Mueller B, Schuetz P, Koch D, & Struja T. (2023). Prediction of In-Hospital Falls Using NRS, PACD Score and FallRS: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Geriatrics (Switzerland), 8(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8030060

Spennato U, Lerjen N, Siegwart J, Mueller B, Schuetz P, Koch D, & Struja T. (2023). Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcomes Associated with Physical Restraint in Acute Medical Inpatients over 4 Years—A Retrospective Cohort Study. Geriatrics (Switzerland), 8(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics8010015

Struja, Tristan, Nitritz, Neele, Alexander, Islay, Kupferschmid, Kevin, Hafner, Jason F., Spagnuolo, Carlos C., Schuetz, Philipp, Mueller, Beat, & Blum, Claudine A. (2022). Treatment of Glucocorticoid- induced hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients - A Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis [Posted-content]. Research Square Platform LLC. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2194086/v1

Hauser, Stephanie Isabelle, Gregoriano, Claudia, Koehler, Henrik, Ebrahimi, Fahim, Szinnai, Gabor, Schuetz, Philipp, Mueller, Beat, & Kutz, Alexander. (2022). Trends and outcomes of children, adolescents, and adults hospitalized with inherited metabolic disorders: A population-based cohort study. JIMD Reports, 63(6), 581–592. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmd2.12320

Berkmann S, Roethlisberger M, Mueller B, Christ-Crain M., Mariani L., Nitzsche E, & Juengling F. (2021). Selective resection of cushing microadenoma guided by preoperative hybrid 18-fluoroethyl-L-tyrosine and 11-C-methionine PET/MRI. Pituitary, 24(6), 878–886. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-021-01160-5

Brotzer L, Nickler M, Kim MJ, Mueller B, & Blum CA. (2021). Adrenal function testing in dialysis patients – a review of the literature. BMC Nephrology, 22(1), 360. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-021-02541-5

Ebrahimi F., Urwyler S.A., Betz M.J., Christ E.R., Schuetz P., Mueller B., Donath M.Y., & Christ-Crain M. (2021). Effects of interleukin-1 antagonism and corticosteroids on fibroblast growth factor-21 in patients with metabolic syndrome. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87207-w

Gregoriano C., Damm D., Kutz A., Koch D., Wolfisberg S., Haubitz S., Conen A., Bernasconi L., Hammerer-Lercher A., Fux C.A., Mueller B., & Schuetz P. (2021). Association of endothelial activation assessed through endothelin-I precursor peptide measurement with mortality in COVID-19 patients: an observational analysis. Respiratory Research, 22(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01742-8

Sailer C.O., Refardt J, Blum CA, Schnyder I, Molina-Tijeras J.A., Fenske W., Christ-Crain M., & Christ-Crain M. (2021). Validity of different copeptin assays in the differential diagnosis of the polyuria-polydipsia syndrome. Scientific Reports, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89505-9

Sivapalan P., Rutishauser J, Ulrik C.S., Leuppi JD, Pedersen L., Mueller B, Eklof J., Biering-Sorensen T., Gottlieb V., Armbruster K., Janner J., Moberg M., Lapperre T.S., Nielsen T.L., Browatzki A., Mathioudakis A., Vestbo J., Schuetz P., & Jensen J.-U. (2021). Effect of different corticosteroid regimes for hospitalised patients with exacerbated COPD: pooled analysis of individual participant data from the REDUCE and CORTICO-COP trials. Respiratory Research, 22(1), 155. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01745-5

Vogt S, Leuppi JD, Schuetz P, Mueller B, Volken C, Dräger S, Trendelenburg M, Rutishauser J, Rutishauser J, & Osthoff M. (2021). Association of mannose-binding lectin, ficolin-2 and immunoglobulin concentrations with future exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: secondary analysis of the randomized controlled REDUCE trial. Respiratory Research, 22(1), 227. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01822-9

Berkmann S, Brun J., Schuetz P., Christ E, Mariani L., & Mueller B. (2021). Prevalence and outcome of comorbidities associated with acromegaly. Acta Neurochirurgica, 163(11), 3171–3180. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04846-8

Berkmann S, Lattmann J., Schuetz P., Diepers M, Remonda L, Fandino J., Buchfelder M., & Mueller B. (2021). The Shape grading system: a classification for growth patterns of pituitary adenomas. Acta Neurochirurgica, 163(11), 3181–3189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04912-1

Raess N., Schuetz P., Cesana-Nigro N., Winzeler B, Urwyler SA, Schaedelin S., Rodondi N, Blum M.R., Briel M., Mueller B, Christ-Crain M., & Blum CA. (2021). Influence of Prednisone on Inflammatory Biomarkers in Community-Acquired Pneumonia: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 61(11), 1406–1414. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcph.1914

Kaegi-Braun N, Faessli M., Kilchoer F., Dragusha S., Tribolet P., Gomes F, Bretscher C., Germann S, Deutz N.E., Stanga Z., Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2021). Nutritional trials using high protein strategies and long duration of support show strongest clinical effects on mortality.: Results of an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 45, 45–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.08.003

Mueller M., Ebrahimi F., Christ E., Nebiker C.A., Schuetz P., Mueller B., & Kutz A. (2021). Safety of parathyroidectomy in older vs. younger patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. Endocrine Connections, 10(10), 1273–1282. https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-21-0363

Baumgartner A., Pachnis D., Parra L., Hersberger L., Bargetzi A., Bargetzi L., Kaegi-Braun N, Tribolet P., Gomes F, Hoess C., Pavlicek V., Bilz S, Sigrist S., Braendle M., Henzen C, Thomann R., Rutishauser J, Aujesky D, Rodondi N, et al. (2021). The impact of nutritional support on malnourished inpatients with aging-related vulnerability. Nutrition, 89, 111279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2021.111279

Becker C, Gamp M., Schuetz P., Beck K., Vincent A, Hochstrasser S., Metzger K., Widmer M., Thommen E, Mueller B, Fux CA, Leuppi JD, Schaefert R, Langewitz W., Trendelenburg M., Breidthardt T, Eckstein J, Osthoff M, Bassetti S., & Hunziker S. (2021). Effect of bedside compared with outside the room patient case presentation on patients’ knowledge about their medical care: A randomized, controlled, multicenter trial. Annals of Internal Medicine, 174(9), 1282–1292. https://doi.org/10.7326/m21-0909

Heilmann E., Gregoriano C., Annane D., Reinhart K., Bouadma L., Wolff M., Chastre J., Luyt C.-E., Tubach F., Branche A.R., Briel M., Christ-Crain M., Welte T., Corti C., De Jong E., Nijsten M., De Lange D.W., Van Oers J.A.H., Beishuizen A., et al. (2021). Duration of antibiotic treatment using procalcitonin-guided treatment algorithms in older patients: A patient-level meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials. Age and Ageing, 50(5), 1546–1556. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab078

Struja T, Wolski W, Schapbach R, Mueller B, Laczko E, & Schuetz P. (2021). Association of metabolomic markers and response to nutritional support: A secondary analysis of the EFFORT trial using an untargeted metabolomics approach. Clinical Nutrition, 40(9), 5062–5070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.07.029

Wolfisberg S, Gregoriano C, Struja T, Kutz A, Koch D, Bernasconi L, Hammerer-Lercher A, Mohr C, Haubitz S, Conen A, Fux C, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2021). Comparison of characteristics, predictors and outcomes between the first and second COVID-19 waves in a tertiary care centre in Switzerland: An observational analysis (Patent No. 31). Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(31), Article 31. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20569

Bargetzi L., Brack C., Herrmann J, Bargetzi A., Hersberger L., Bargetzi M, Kaegi-Braun N, Tribolet P., Gomes F, Hoess C., Pavlicek V., Bilz S, Sigrist S., Brandle M., Henzen C, Thomann R., Rutishauser J, Aujesky D, Rodondi N, et al. (2021). Nutritional support during the hospital stay reduces mortality in patients with different types of cancers: secondary analysis of a prospective randomized trial. Annals of Oncology, 32(8), 1025–1033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.793

Kaegi-Braun N, Tribolet P, Baumgartner A, Fehr R, Baechli V, Geiser M, Deiss M, Gomes F, Kutz A, Hoess C, Pavlicek V, Schmid S, Bilz S, Sigrist S, Brändle M, Benz C, Henzen C, Thomann R, Rutishauser J, et al. (2021). Value of handgrip strength to predict clinical outcomes and therapeutic response in malnourished medical inpatients: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 114(2), 731–740. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/nqab042

Schuetz P., Sulo S., Walzer S., Vollmer L., Brunton C., Kaegi-Braun N, Stanga Z., Mueller B, & Gomes F. (2021). Cost savings associated with nutritional support in medical inpatients: An economic model based on data from a systematic review of randomised trials. BMJ Open, 11(7), e046402. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046402

Struja T., Koch D., Haubitz S., Mueller B., Schuetz P., & Siepmann T. (2021). Quality of life after hospitalization predicts one-year readmission risk in a large Swiss cohort of medical in-patients. Quality of Life Research, 30(7), 1863–1871. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-02867-5

Gregoriano C., Molitor A., Haag E., Kutz A., Koch D., Haubitz S., Conen A., Bernasconi L., Hammerer-Lercher A., Fux C.A., Mueller B., & Schuetz P. (2021). Activation of vasopressin system during COVID-19 is associated with adverse clinical outcomes: An observational study. Journal of the Endocrine Society, 5(6). https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvab045

Hersberger L, Dietz A., Burgler H., Bargetzi A., Bargetzi L, Kägi-Braun N, Tribolet P., Gomes F, Hoess C, Pavlicek V., Bilz S, Sigrist S., Brändle M, Henzen C, Thomann R., Rutishauser J, Aujesky D., Rodondi N, Donze J., et al. (2021). Individualized Nutritional Support for Hospitalized Patients With Chronic Heart Failure. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 77(18), 2307–2319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2021.03.232

Bargetzi A., Emmenegger N., Wildisen S., Nickler M., Bargetzi L., Hersberger L., Segerer S., Kaegi-Braun N, Tribolet P., Gomes F, Hoess C., Pavlicek V., Bilz S, Sigrist S., Brandle M., Henzen C, Thomann R., Rutishauser J, Aujesky D, et al. (2021). Admission kidney function is a strong predictor for the response to nutritional support in patients at nutritional risk. Clinical Nutrition, 40(5), 2762–2771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.03.013

Haag E., Gregoriano C., Molitor A., Kloter M., Kutz A., Mueller B., & Schuetz P. (2021). Does mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) improve the sequential organ failure assessment-score (SOFA score) for mortality-prediction in patients with acute infections? Results of a prospective observational study. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 59(6), 1165–1176. https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2020-1566

Baumgartner A, Hasenboehler F, Cantone J, Hersberger L, Bargetzi A, Bargetzi L, Kaegi-Braun N, Tribolet P, Gomes F, Hoess C, Pavlicek V, Bilz S, Sigrist S, Brändle M, Henzen C, Thomann R, Rutishauser J, Aujesky D, Rodondi N, et al. (2021). Effect of nutritional support in patients with lower respiratory tract infection: Secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial. Clinical Nutrition, 40(4), 1843–1850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.10.009

Efthymiou, Andriana, Hersberger, Lara, Reber, Emilie, Schönenberger, Katja A., Kägi-Braun, Nina, Tribolet, Pascal, Mueller, Beat, Schuetz, Philipp, Stanga, Zeno, Fehr, Rebecca, Baechli, Valerie, Geiser, Martina, Deiss, Manuela, Gomes, Filomena, Kutz, Alexander, Bregenzer, Thomas, Hoess, Claus, Pavlicek, Vojtech, Schmid, Sarah, et al. (2021). Nutritional risk is a predictor for long-term mortality: 5-Year follow-up of the EFFORT trial. Clinical Nutrition, 40(4), 1546–1554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2021.02.032

Gregoriano C., Koch D., Kutz A., Haubitz S., Conen A., Bernasconi L., Hammerer-Lercher A., Saeed K., Mueller B., & Schuetz P. (2021). The vasoactive peptide MR-pro-adrenomedullin in COVID-19 patients: An observational study. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 59(5), 995–1004. https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2020-1295

Kutz A., Kutz A., Conen A., Gregoriano C., Haubitz S., Koch D., Domenig O., Bernasconi L., Mueller B., & Schuetz P. (2021). Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system peptide profiles in patients with COVID-19. European Journal of Endocrinology, 184(4), 542–552. https://doi.org/10.1530/EJE-20-1445

Kaegi-Braun N, Schuetz P, Mueller B, & Kutz A. (2021). Association of Nutritional Support With Clinical Outcomes in Malnourished Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study. Frontiers in Nutrition, 7, 603370. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.603370

Kaegi-Braun N, Tribolet P, Gomes F, Fehr R, Baechli V, Geiser M, Deiss M, Kutz A, Bregenzer T, Hoess C, Pavlicek V, Schmid S, Bilz S, Sigrist S, Brändle M, Benz C, Henzen C, Mattmann S, Thomann R, et al. (2021). Six-month outcomes after individualized nutritional support during the hospital stay in medical patients at nutritional risk: Secondary analysis of a prospective randomized trial. Clinical Nutrition, 40(3), 812–819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.08.019

Heilmann E, Gregoriano C, Wirz Y, Luyt CE, Wolff M, Chastre J, Tubach F, Christ-Crain M, Bouadma L, Annane D, Damas P, Kristoffersen KB, Oliveira CF, Stolz D, Tamm M., de Jong E, Reinhart K, Shehabi Y, Verduri A, et al. (2021). Association of kidney function with effectiveness of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment: A patient-level meta-analysis from randomized controlled trials. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 59(2), 441–453. https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2020-0931

Müller M, Huembelin M, Baechli C, Wagner U, Schuetz P, Mueller B, & Kutz A. (2021). Association of in-hospital multimorbidity with healthcare outcomes in Swiss medical inpatients. Swiss Medical Weekly, 151(5-6), w20405. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2021.20405

Kaegi-Braun N, Mueller M, Schuetz P, Mueller B, & Kutz A. (2021). Evaluation of Nutritional Support and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Malnutrition. JAMA Network Open, 4(1), e2033433. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.33433

Conca, Antoinette, Koch, Daniel, Regez, Katharina, Kutz, Alexander, Bächli, Ciril, Haubitz, Sebastian, Schuetz, Philipp, Mueller, Beat, Spirig, Rebecca, & Petry, Heidi. (2021). Self-Care Index and Post-Acute Care Discharge Score to Predict Discharge Destination of Adult Medical Inpatients: Protocol for a Multicenter Validation Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(1), e21447. https://doi.org/10.2196/21447

Kloter M., Gregoriano C., Haag E., Kutz A., Mueller B., & Schuetz P. (2021). Risk assessment of sepsis through measurement of proavp (Copeptin): A secondary analysis of the triage study. Endocrine Connections, 10(9), 995–1005. https://doi.org/10.1530/EC-21-0211

Delfs N., Struja T., Gafner S., Muri T., Baechli C., Schuetz P., Mueller B., & Blum C.A. (2020). Outcomes of hospitalized patients with glucocorticoid-induced hyperglycemia— A retrospective analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(12), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9124079

Koch D., Kutz A., Conca A., Wenke J., Schuetz P., & Mueller B. (2020). The relevance, feasibility and benchmarking of nursing quality indicators: A Delphi study 护理质量指标的相关性、可行性及标杆:德尔菲法. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(12), 3483–3494. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14560

Ebrahimi F, Kutz A, Wagner U, Illigens B, Siepmann T, Schuetz P, Christ-Crain M, Mueller B, Mueller B, & Christ ER. (2020). Excess Mortality among Hospitalized Patients with Hypopituitarism—A Population-Based, Matched-Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 105(11), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa517

Kutz A, Ebrahimi F, Aghlmandi S, Wagner U, Bromley M, Illigens B, Siepmann T, Schuetz P, Mueller B, Mueller B, & Christ-Crain M. (2020). Risk of Adverse Clinical Outcomes in Hyponatremic Adult Patients Hospitalized for Acute Medical Conditions: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 105(11), 36–3428. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgaa547

Schuetz P, Sulo S, Walzer S, Vollmer L, Stanga Z, Gomes F, Rueda R, Mueller B, Partridge J, & EFFORT trial collaborators. (2020). Economic evaluation of individualized nutritional support in medical inpatients: Secondary analysis of the EFFORT trial. Clinical Nutrition, 39(11), 3361–3368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.02.023

Berkmann S, Schwyzer P, Schuetz P., Remonda L, Mueller B, & Fandino J. (2020). Outcome of nonneoplastic pituitary cysts during conservative monitoring and after surgery—a SwissPit study. Acta Neurochirurgica, 162(10), 2389–2396. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04467-7

Hersberger L, Bargetzi L, Bargetzi A, Tribolet P, Fehr R, Baechli V, Geiser M, Deiss M, Gomes F, Kutz A, Kägi-Braun N, Hoess C, Pavlicek V, Schmid S, Bilz S, Sigrist S, Brändle M, Benz C, Henzen C, et al. (2020). Nutritional risk screening (NRS 2002) is a strong and modifiable predictor risk score for short-term and long-term clinical outcomes: secondary analysis of a prospective randomised trial. Clinical Nutrition, 39(9), 2720–2729. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2019.11.041

Haag E., Molitor A., Gregoriano C., Müller B, & Schuetz P. (2020). The value of biomarker-guided antibiotic therapy. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics, 20(8), 829–840. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737159.2020.1782193

Baechli C., Koch D., Bernet S., Gut L., Wagner U., Mueller B., Schuetz P., & Kutz A. (2020). Association of comorbidities with clinical outcomes in patients after acute myocardial infarction. IJC Heart and Vasculature, 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100558

Koch D., Kutz A., Haubitz S., Baechli C., Gregoriano C., Conca A., Volken T., Schuetz P., & Mueller B. (2020). Association of functional status and hospital-acquired functional decline with 30-day outcomes in medical inpatients: A prospective cohort study. Applied Nursing Research, 54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnr.2020.151274

Wyss G., Berger S., Haubitz S., Fankhauser H., Buergi U, Mueller B, Schuetz P., Fux CA, & Conen A. (2020). The Shapiro–Procalcitonin algorithm (SPA) as a decision tool for blood culture sampling: validation in a prospective cohort study. Infection, 48(4), 523–533. https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-020-01423-6

Gregoriano C, Koch D, Haubitz S, Conen A, Fux CA, Mueller B, Bernasconi L, Hammerer-Lercher A, Oberle M, Burgermeister S, Reiter H, Kutz A, & Schuetz P. (2020). Characteristics, predictors and outcomes among 99 patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in a tertiary care centre in Switzerland: An observational analysis. Swiss Medical Weekly, 150(29-30), w20316. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2020.20316

Struja T, Baechli C, Koch D, Haubitz S, Eckart A, Kutz A, Kaeslin M, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2020). What Are They Worth? Six 30-Day Readmission Risk Scores for Medical Inpatients Externally Validated in a Swiss Cohort. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 35(7), 2017–2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-020-05638-z

Bernet S, Gut L, Baechli C, Koch D, Wagner U, Mueller B, Schuetz P, & Kutz A. (2020). Association of weekend admission and clinical outcomes in hospitalized patients with sepsis: An observational study. Medicine (United States), 99(26), e20842. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000020842

Conca, A., Koch, D., Regez, K., Kutz, A., Bächli, C., Haubitz, S., Schuetz, P., Mueller, B., Spirig, R., & Petry, H. (2020). Self-Care Index and Post-Acute Care Discharge Score to Predict Discharge Destination of Adult Medical Inpatients: Protocol for a Multicenter Validation Study (Preprint) [Posted-content]. JMIR Publications Inc. https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.21447

Eckart A, Struja T, Kutz A, Baumgartner A, Baumgartner T, Zurfluh S, Neeser O, Huber A, Stanga Z, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2020). Relationship of Nutritional Status, Inflammation, and Serum Albumin Levels During Acute Illness: A Prospective Study. American Journal of Medicine, 133(6), 713–722. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.10.031

Gerhardt LMS, Sabath L, Müller B, Capraro J, & Borm K. (2020). [Paraneoplastic Cushing’s syndrome as cause of refractory hypokalemia]. Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 145(11), 783–786. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1163-9873

Urwyler SA, Ebrahimi F, Burkard T, Schuetz P, Poglitsch M, Mueller B, Donath MY, & Christ-Crain M. (2020). IL (Interleukin)-1 Receptor Antagonist Increases Ang (Angiotensin [1-7]) and Decreases Blood Pressure in Obese Individuals. Hypertension, 75(6), 1455–1463. https://doi.org/10.1161/hypertensionaha.119.13982

Potasso L, Sailer CO, Blum CA, Cesana-Nigro N, Schuetz P, Mueller B, & Christ-Crain M. (2020). Mild to moderate hyponatremia at discharge is associated with increased risk of recurrence in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: Hyponatremia and recurrence of pneumonia. European Journal of Internal Medicine, 75, 44–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2019.12.009

Kutz A, Ebrahimi F, Sailer CO, Wagner U, Schuetz P, Mueller B, & Christ-Crain M. (2020). Seasonality of hypoosmolar hyponatremia in medical inpatients - Data from a nationwide cohort study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 105(4), E947–E954. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgz320

Merker M, Felder M, Gueissaz L, Bolliger R, Tribolet P, Kägi-Braun N, Gomes F, Hoess C, Pavlicek V, Bilz S, Sigrist S, Brändle M, Henzen C, Thomann R, Rutishauser J, Aujesky D, Rodondi N, Donzé J, Stanga Z, et al. (2020). Association of Baseline Inflammation With Effectiveness of Nutritional Support Among Patients With Disease-Related Malnutrition A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Network Open, 3(3), e200663. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.0663

Struja T, Mueller B, & Christ-Crain M. (2020). Letter to the Editor: “water Supplementation Reduces Copeptin and Plasma Glucose in Adults with High Copeptin: The H2O Metabolism Pilot Study” (Patent No. 2). Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 105(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgz082

Friedli N, Baumann J, Hummel R, Kloter M, Odermatt J, Fehr R, Felder S, Baechli V, Geiser M, Deiss M, Tribolet P, Gomes F, Mueller B, Stanga Z, & Schuetz P. (2020). Refeeding syndrome is associated with increased mortality in malnourished medical inpatients: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial. Medicine (United States), 99(1), e18506. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000018506

Gruber P., Fluri F., Schweizer J., Luft A., Müller B, Christ-Crain M, & Katan M. (2020). Proenkephalin A Adds No Incremental Prognostic Value After Acute Ischemic Stroke. Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 26. https://doi.org/10.1177/1076029619895318

Haas L., Eckart A., Haubitz S., Mueller B, Schuetz P., & Segerer S. (2020). Estimated glomerular filtration rate predicts 30-day mortality in medical emergency departments: Results of a prospective multinational observational study. PLoS ONE, 15(4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230998

Haubitz-Eschelbach A, Durmisi M, Haubitz S, Kutz A, Mueller B, Greenwald JL, & Schuetz P. (2019). The glory of the age is the wisdom of grey hair: association of physician appearance with outcomes in hospitalised medical patients - an observational study. Swiss Medical Weekly, 149, w20162. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.20162

Schuetz P, Stanga Z, & Mueller B. (2019). Optimising early nutritional support for medical inpatients – Authors’ reply (Patent No. 10214). The Lancet, 394(10214), Article 10214. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)32617-0

Gomes F, Baumgartner A, Bounoure L, Bally M, Deutz NE, Greenwald JL, Stanga Z, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2019). Association of Nutritional Support with Clinical Outcomes among Medical Inpatients Who Are Malnourished or at Nutritional Risk: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Network Open, 2(11), e1915138. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.15138

Merker M, Amsler A, Pereira R, Bolliger R, Tribolet P, Braun N, Hoess C, Pavlicek V, Bilz S, Sigrist S, Brändle M, Henzen C, Thomann R, Rutishauser J, Aujesky D, Rodondi N, Donzé J, Stanga Z, Mueller B, et al. (2019). Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in malnourished inpatients and associated with higher mortality: A prospective cohort study. Medicine (United States), 98(48), e18113. https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000018113

Baumgartner A, Moesch M, Zumsteg M, Struja T, Bernet S, Medinger M, Mueller B, Mueller B, Passweg J, Bargetzi M, & Schuetz P. (2019). Predictors of impaired bone health in long-term survivors after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplantation, 54(10), 1651–1661. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-019-0484-6

Neeser O, Branche A, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2019). How to: implement procalcitonin testing in my practice. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 25(10), 1226–1230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmi.2018.12.028

Hoskin K., Müller B, & Schutz P. (2019). Nutritional therapy in the elderly-What do we know today? Nutzen der Ernährungstherapie beim älteren medizinischen Patienten-was wissen wir heute? Praxis, 108(13), 863–868. https://doi.org/10.1024/1661-8157/a003307

Meier MA, Branche A, Neeser OL, Wirz Y, Haubitz S, Bouadma L, Wolff M, Luyt CE, Chastre J, Tubach F, Christ-Crain M, Corti C, Jensen JS, Deliberato RO, Kristoffersen KB, Damas P, Nobre V, Oliveira CF, Shehabi Y, et al. (2019). Procalcitonin-guided Antibiotic Treatment in Patients with Positive Blood Cultures: A Patient-level Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 69(3), 388–396. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciy917

Saeed K, Wilson DC, Bloos F, Schuetz P, van der Does Y, Melander O, Hausfater P, Legramante JM, Claessens YE, Amin D, Rosenqvist M, White G, Mueller B, Limper M, Callejo CC, Brandi A, Macchi MA, Cortes N, Kutz A, et al. (2019). Correction to: The early identification of disease progression in patients with suspected infection presenting to the emergency department: A multi-centre derivation and validation study (Critical Care (2019) 23 (40) DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2329-5). Critical Care, 23(1), 255. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2536-0

Bolliger R, Neeser O, Merker M, Vukajlovic T, Felder L, Fiumefreddo R, Haubitz S, Koch D, Hammerer-Lercher A, Ottiger C, Fux CA, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2019). Validation of a Prediction Rule for Legionella Pneumonia in Emergency Department Patients. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6(7), ofz268. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz268

Urwyler SA, Blum CA, Coslovsky M., Mueller B, Schuetz P, & Christ-Crain M. (2019). Cytokines and Cortisol – predictors of treatment response to corticosteroids in community-acquired pneumonia? Journal of Internal Medicine, 286(1), 75–87. https://doi.org/10.1111/joim.12891

Schuetz P, Fehr R, Baechli V, Geiser M, Deiss M, Gomes F, Kutz A, Tribolet P, Bregenzer T, Braun N, Hoess C, Pavlicek V, Schmid S, Bilz S, Sigrist S, Brändle M, Benz C, Henzen C, Mattmann S, et al. (2019). Individualised nutritional support in medical inpatients at nutritional risk: a randomised clinical trial. The Lancet, 393(10188), 2312–2321. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32776-4

Struja T, Jutzi R, Imahorn N, Kaeslin M, Boesiger F, Kutz A, Mundwiler E, Huber A, Kraenzlin M, Mueller B, Meier C, Bernasconi L, & Schuetz P. (2019). Comparison of Five TSH-receptor antibody assays in Graves’ disease: Results from an observational pilot study. BMC Endocrine Disorders, 19(1), 38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-019-0363-6

Baumgartner T., Zurauskaite G., Steuer C., Bernasconi L., Huber A, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2019). Association of serum sphingomyelin profile with clinical outcomes in patients with lower respiratory tract infections: Results of an observational, prospective 6-year follow-up study. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 57(5), 679–689. https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2018-0509

Branche A, Neeser O, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2019). Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic decision making. Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 32(2), 130–135. https://doi.org/10.1097/qco.0000000000000522

Faessler L., Brodbeck J., Schuetz P., Haubitz S., Mueller B, & Perrig-Chiello P. (2019). Medical patients’ affective well-being after emergency department admission: The role of personal and social resources and health-related variables. PLoS ONE, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212900

Koch D., Schuetz P., Haubitz S., Kutz A., Mueller B., Weber H., Regez K., & Conca A. (2019). Improving the post-acute care discharge score (PACD) by adding patients’ self-care abilities: A prospective cohort study. PLoS ONE, 14(3). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214194

Saeed K, Wilson DC, Bloos F, Schuetz P, van der Does Y, Melander O, Hausfater P, Legramante JM, Claessens YE, Amin D, Rosenqvist M, White G, Mueller B, Limper M, Callejo CC, Brandi A, Macchi MA, Cortes N, Kutz A, et al. (2019). The early identification of disease progression in patients with suspected infection presenting to the emergency department: A multi-centre derivation and validation study. Critical Care, 23(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2329-5

Kutz A, Gut L, Ebrahimi F, Wagner U, Schuetz P, & Mueller B. (2019). Association of the Swiss Diagnosis-Related Group Reimbursement System with Length of Stay, Mortality, and Readmission Rates in Hospitalized Adult Patients. JAMA Network Open, 2(2), e188332. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.8332

Blum, Claudine A., Schuetz, Philipp, Nigro, Nicole, Winzeler, Bettina, Arici, Birsen, Refardt, Julie, Urwyler, Sandrine A., Rodondi, Nicolas, Blum, Manuel R., Briel, Matthias, Müller, Beat, & Christ-Crain, Mirjam. (2019). Cosyntropin testing does not predict response to glucocorticoids in community-acquired pneumonia in a randomized controlled trial. Clinical Endocrinology, 91(3), 374–382. https://doi.org/10.1111/cen.13907

De Marchis, Gian Marco, Dankowski, Theresa, König, Inke R., Fladt, Joachim, Fluri, Felix, Gensicke, Henrik, Foerch, Christian, Findling, Oliver, Kurmann, Rebekka, Fischer, Urs, Luft, Andreas, Buhl, Daniela, Engelter, Stefan T., Lyrer, Philippe A., Christ-Crain, Mirjam, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, Arnold, Marcel, & Katan, Mira. (2019). A novel biomarker-based prognostic score in acute ischemic stroke: The CoRisk score. Neurology, 92(13), e1517–e1525. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000007177

Ebrahimi, Fahim, Urwyler, Sandrine A., Schuetz, Philipp, Mueller, Beat, Bernasconi, Luca, Neyer, Peter, Donath, Marc Y., & Christ-Crain, Mirjam. (2019). Effects of interleukin-1 antagonism on cortisol levels in individuals with obesity: a randomized clinical trial. Endocrine Connections, 8(6), 701–708. https://doi.org/10.1530/ec-19-0201

Ebrahimi, Fahim, Widmer, Andrea, Wagner, Ulrich, Mueller, Beat, Schuetz, Philipp, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, & Kutz, Alexander. (2019). Association of adrenal insufficiency with patient-oriented health-care outcomes in adult medical inpatients. European Journal of Endocrinology, 181(6), 701–709. https://doi.org/10.1530/eje-19-0469

Ebrahimi, Fahim, Wolffenbuttel, Carole, Blum, Claudine A., Baumgartner, Christine, Mueller, Beat, Schuetz, Philipp, Meier, Christian, Kraenzlin, Marius, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, & Betz, Matthias Johannes. (2019). Fibroblast growth factor 21 predicts outcome in community-acquired pneumonia: secondary analysis of two randomised controlled trials. European Respiratory Journal, 53(2). https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00973-2018

Eckart A, Hauser SI, Haubitz S, Struja T, Kutz A, Koch D, Neeser O, Meier MA, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2019). Validation of the hospital frailty risk score in a tertiary care hospital in Switzerland: Results of a prospective, observational study. BMJ Open, 9(1), e026923. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026923

Eckart A, Hauser SI, Kutz A, Haubitz S, Hausfater P, Amin D, Amin A, Huber A, Mueller B, & Schuetz P. (2019). Combination of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) and inflammatory biomarkers for early risk stratification in emergency department patients: Results of a multinational, observational study. BMJ Open, 9(1), e024636. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024636

Kozhuharov, Nikola, Goudev, Assen, Flores, Dayana, Maeder, Micha T., Walter, Joan, Shrestha, Samyut, Gualandro, Danielle Menosi, de Oliveira Junior, Mucio Tavares, Sabti, Zaid, Müller, Beat, Noveanu, Markus, Socrates, Thenral, Ziller, Ronny, Bayés-Genís, Antoni, Sionis, Alessandro, Simon, Patrick, Michou, Eleni, Gujer, Samuel, Gori, Tommaso, et al. (2019). Effect of a Strategy of Comprehensive Vasodilation vs Usual Care on Mortality and Heart Failure Rehospitalization Among Patients With Acute Heart Failure: The GALACTIC Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA, 322(23), 2292–2302. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.18598

Kutz, Alexander, Koch, Daniel, Conca, Antoinette, Baechli, Ciril, Haubitz, Sebastian, Regez, Katharina, Schild, Ursula, Caldara, Zeljka, Ebrahimi, Fahim, Bassetti, Stefano, Eckstein, Jens, Beer, Juerg, Egloff, Michael, Kaplan, Vladimir, Ehmann, Tobias, Hoess, Claus, Schaad, Heinz, Wagner, Ulrich, De Geest, Sabina, et al. (2019). Integrative hospital treatment in older patients to benchmark and improve outcome and length of stay - the InHospiTOOL study. BMC Health Services Research, 19, ARTN 237. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4045-x

Neeser OL, Vukajlovic T, Felder L, Haubitz S, Hammerer-Lercher A, Ottiger C, Mueller B, Schuetz P, & Fux CA. (2019). A high C-reactive protein/procalcitonin ratio predicts Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 57(10), 1638–1646. https://doi.org/10.1515/cclm-2019-0194

Popovic, Milica, Cesana-Nigro, Nicole, Winzeler, Bettina, Thomann, Robert, Schütz, Philipp, Müller, Beat, Christ-Crain, Mirjam, & Blum, Claudine A. (2019). Estimation of treatment allocation in a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial. Swiss Medical Weekly, 149, w20114. https://doi.org/10.4414/smw.2019.20114