Area of research
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine · Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Research interest
Research interests include Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.
The impact of religion on changes in end-of-life practices in European intensive care units: a comparative analysis over 16 years
Derivation and performance of an end-of-life practice score aimed at interpreting worldwide treatment-limiting decisions in the critically ill
Global Comparison of Communication of End-of-Life Decisions in the ICU
End-of-life practices in 11 German intensive care units
Who gets the ventilator? A multicentre survey of intensivists' opinions of triage during the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic
Presentation of ethical criteria during medical decision-making for critically ill patients: a mixed methods study
Empfehlungen der S3-Leitlinie (AWMF) Einsatz der extrakorporalen Zirkulation (ECLS/ECMO) bei Herz- und Kreislaufversagen
Variations in end-of-life practices in intensive care units worldwide (Ethicus-2): a prospective observational study
Palliative care interventions in intensive care unit patients
Überversorgung in der Intensivmedizin: erkennen, benennen, vermeiden
Use of Extracorporeal Circulation (ECLS/ECMO) for Cardiac and Circulatory Failure –A Clinical Practice Guideline Level 3
Changes in communication of end-of-life decisions in European ICUs from 1999 to 2016 (Ethicus-2) - a prospective observational study
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic’s Effect on Critical Care Resources and Health-Care Providers
Instruments to measure outcomes of post-intensive care syndrome in outpatient care settings – Results of an expert consensus and feasibility field test
Entscheidungen über die Zuteilung intensivmedizinischer Ressourcen im Kontext der COVID-19-Pandemie
[Decisions on the allocation of intensive care resources in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic : Clinical and ethical recommendations of DIVI, DGINA, DGAI, DGIIN, DGNI, DGP, DGP and AEM. German version].
Decisions on the allocation of intensive care resources in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Changes in End-of-Life Practices in European Intensive Care Units From 1999 to 2016
Interprofessional Shared Decision-Making in the ICU: A Systematic Review and Recommendations From an Expert Panel*
Gesprächsführung mit Angehörigen
Gender Parity in Critical Care Medicine
Dokumentation der Therapiebegrenzung
[Documentation of decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining therapies : Recommendation of the Ethics Section of the German Interdisciplinary Association of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine (DIVI) in collaboration with the Ethics Section of the German Society for Medical Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine (DGIIN)].
Guidelines for Family-Centered Care in the Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult ICU
Hospital Incidence and Mortality Rates of Sepsis: An Analysis of Hospital Episode (DRG) Statistics in Germany From 2007 to 2013
Assessment of Global Incidence and Mortality of Hospital-treated Sepsis: Current Estimates and Limitations
Seeking Worldwide Professional Consensus on the Principles of End-of-Life Care for the Critically Ill. The Consensus for Worldwide End-of-Life Practice for Patients in Intensive Care Units (WELPICUS) Study
The Durban World Congress Ethics Round Table Conference Report: I. Differences between withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatments
The Durban World Congress Ethics Round Table Conference Report: III. Withdrawing Mechanical ventilation—the approach should be individualized