UNIverse - Public Research Portal
Profile Photo

Dr. med. Dr. phil. Urs Fisch

Department of Clinical Research
Profiles & Affiliations

My research interests focus on neurocritical diseases, especially enhancing diagnostics and treatment for status epilepticus and severe brain damage.

Additionally, I investigate methods how to improve driving evaluation for people with epilepsy.

Selected Publications

Fisch, Urs, Breedlove, Katherine, Scirica, Benjamin M., Snider, Samuel, Lee, Jong Woo, & Lin, Alexander P. (2025). Utility of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in Predicting Favorable Outcome in Adult Comatose Patients Following Cardiac Arrest [Journal-article]. Resuscitation, 110700. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110700

URLs
URLs

Fisch, Urs, Jünger, Anja L., Baumann, Sira M., Semmlack, Saskia, De Marchis, Gian Marco, Rüegg, Stephan J., Hunziker, Sabina, Marsch, Stephan, & Sutter, Raoul. (2024). Association between Dose Escalation of Anesthetics and Outcomes in Patients with Refractory Status Epilepticus. Neurology, 102(2), E207995. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207995

URLs
URLs

Fisch, Urs, Jünger, Anja L., Baumann, Sira M., Semmlack, Saskia, De Marchis, Gian Marco, Hunziker, Sabina, Rüegg, Stephan, Marsch, Stephan, & Sutter, Raoul. (2023). Association Between Induced Burst Suppression and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Refractory Status Epilepticus: A 9-Year Cohort Study. Neurology, 100(19), E1955–E1966. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000207129

URLs
URLs

Fisch, Urs, Jünger, Anja L., Hert, Lisa, Rüegg, Stephan, & Sutter, Raoul. (2022). Therapeutically induced EEG burst-suppression pattern to treat refractory status epilepticus—what is the evidence? [Review]. Zeitschrift fur Epileptologie, 35, 303–309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10309-022-00539-z

URLs
URLs

Fisch, Urs, Baumann, Sira M., Semmlack, Saskia, Marsch, Stephan, Rüegg, Stephan, & Sutter, Raoul. (2021). Accuracy of Calculated Free Valproate Levels in Adult Patients With Status Epilepticus. Neurology, 96(1), e102–e110. https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000011000

URLs
URLs

Selected Projects & Collaborations

Project cover

Pupillometric Evaluation in Patients Declared Brain Dead (INSPECT) - a Prospective Quality Control Study

Research Project  | 4 Project Members

Objectives: The aim of the study is to verify the reliability of the current purely clinical examination of the pupils (without the support of a pupillometer) in the context of clinically suspected brain death, compared to the results of a non-invasive, automated, and highly precise monocular pupillometric examination.


Methods: This prospective quality control study will evaluate the reliability of the clinical exam regarding pupils' reaction to light (as performed by two board certified physicians in Neurology and/or Intensive Care Medicine) as recommended by the SAMW guidelines for brain death diagnosis (SAMW-guidelines) when compared to the results of a noninvasive automated and highly-precise pupillometry in adult patients with clinically suspected brain death. Automated pupillometric measurements will be performed by the PI (RS), or the co-investigator (Dr. Pascale Grzonka) using the NeurOptics® NPi®-200 pupillometer system immediately before and after the standardized diagnostic workup for suspected brain death. In addition, demographics, clinical characteristics , treatment and laboratory data from the patients examined will be anonymously collected.