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Göran Hedenstierna

Göran Hedenstierna

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Medicine

D-Index
99
Citations
32244
World Ranking
8667
National Ranking
171

Overview

Göran Hedenstierna is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and works primarily within the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to several specialized areas.

The scientist's research focuses notably on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, and Emergency Medicine.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Frequent publication venues where Göran Hedenstierna has contributed include:

  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Anesthesiology
  • Intensive Care Medicine Experimental
  • Intensive Care Medicine
  • BMC Anesthesiology

Among the recent papers involving this scientist are:

  • Higher age and obesity limit atelectasis formation during anaesthesia: an analysis of computed tomography data in 243 subjects (2020, British Journal of Anaesthesia)
  • Mitigation of the replication of SARS-CoV-2 by nitric oxide in vitro (2020, Redox Biology)
  • How to ventilate obese patients in the ICU (2020, Intensive Care Medicine)
  • Individualized versus Fixed Positive End-expiratory Pressure for Intraoperative Mechanical Ventilation in Obese Patients: A Secondary Analysis (2021, Anesthesiology)
  • Intraoperative positive end-expiratory pressure and postoperative pulmonary complications: a patient-level meta-analysis of three randomised clinical trials (2022, British Journal of Anaesthesia)

Göran Hedenstierna has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as:

  • Christian Putensen
  • Sabrine N.T. Hemmes
  • Marcus J. Schultz
  • Anders Larsson
  • Paolo Pelosi

Best Publications

  • Pulmonary densities during anesthesia with muscular relaxation--a proposal of atelectasis.

    B. Brismar;G. Hedenstierna;H. Lundquist;Å. Strandberg

  • RE-EXPANSION OF ATELECTASIS DURING GENERAL ANAESTHESIA: A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY STUDY

    H.U. Rothen;B. Sporre;G. Engberg;G. Wegenius

  • Inhaled nitric oxide selectively reverses human hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction without causing systemic vasodilation.

    Claes G. Frostell;Hans Blomqvist;Göran Hedenstierna;Jan Lundberg

  • Lung collapse and gas exchange during general anesthesia: effects of spontaneous breathing, muscle paralysis, and positive end-expiratory pressure

    Leif Tokics;Göran Hedenstierna;Åke Strandberg;Bo Brismar

  • Prevention of atelectasis during general anaesthesia.

    H.U Rothen;B Sporre;G Engberg;G Wegenius

  • Influence of gas composition on recurrence of atelectasis after a reexpansion maneuver during general anesthesia

    Hans Ulrich Rothen;Bengt Sporre;Greta Engberg;Göran Wegenius

  • Optimal oxygen concentration during induction of general anesthesia.

    Lennart Edmark;Kamelia Kostova-Aherdan;Mats Enlund;Göran Hedenstierna

  • Prevention of Atelectasis in Morbidly Obese Patients during General Anesthesia and Paralysis: A Computerized Tomography Study

    Henrik Reinius;Lennart Jonsson;Sven Gustafsson;Magnus Sundbom

  • Inhalation of Nitric Oxide Modulates Adult Human Bronchial Tone

    Marieann Högman;Claes G. Frostell;Hans Hedenström;Göran Hedenstierna

  • Effect of intraoperative high Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) with recruitment maneuvers vs low PEEP on postoperative pulmonary complications in obese patients : a randomized clinical trial

    Thomas Bluth;Ary Serpa Neto;Marcus J. Schultz;Paolo Pelosi

  • Use of dynamic compliance for open lung positive end-expiratory pressure titration in an experimental study

    Fernando Suarez-Sipmann;Stephan H. Böhm;Gerardo Tusman;Tanja Pesch

  • Protective versus Conventional Ventilation for Surgery: A Systematic Review and Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis

    Ary Serpa Neto;Ary Serpa Neto;Sabrine N.T. Hemmes;Carmen S.V. Barbas;Martin Beiderlinden

  • Influence of Age on Atelectasis Formation and Gas Exchange Impairment During General Anaesthesia

    L. Gunnarsson;L. Tokics;H. Gustavsson;G. Hedenstierna

  • CT-Assessment of Dependent Lung Densities in Man during General Anaesthesia

    H Lundquist;Göran Hedenstierna;Å Strandberg;L Tokics

  • Bleeding time prolongation and NO inhalation

    Marieann Högman;Claes Frostell;Henrik Arnberg;Göran Hedenstierna

  • Atelectasis and lung function in the postoperative period.

    P. Lindberg;L. Gunnarsson;L. Tokics;E. Secher

  • Atelectasis During Anaesthesia and in the Postoperative Period

    A. Strandberg;L. Tokics;B. Brismar;H. Lundquist

  • Positive end-expiratory pressure prevents atelectasis during general anaesthesia even in the presence of a high inspired oxygen concentration.

    P. Neumann;H. U. Rothen;J. E. Berglund;J. Valtysson

  • Dynamics of re-expansion of atelectasis during general anaesthesia

    H U Rothen;P Neumann;J E Berglund;J Valtysson

  • The effects of anesthesia and muscle paralysis on the respiratory system

    Göran Hedenstierna;Lennart Edmark

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Larsson
Anders Larsson Uppsala University
Paolo Pelosi
Paolo Pelosi University of Genoa
Giuseppe Citerio
Giuseppe Citerio University of Milano-Bicocca
Daniel De Backer
Daniel De Backer Université Libre de Bruxelles
Marcus J. Schultz
Marcus J. Schultz University of Amsterdam
Samir Jaber
Samir Jaber University of Montpellier
Thomas F. Schilling
Thomas F. Schilling University of California, Irvine
Steffen Leonhardt
Steffen Leonhardt RWTH Aachen University
Jordi Mancebo
Jordi Mancebo Hospital de Sant Pau

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