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Rolf Rossaint is affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany and has a significant presence in medical research, particularly in the fields of emergency medicine and critical care. Their work spans a variety of subfields including cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, surgery, neurology, and critical care and intensive care medicine.

The main themes of Rossaint's research focus on cardiac, anesthesia, and surgical outcomes, traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances, cardiac arrest and resuscitation, trauma and emergency care studies, respiratory support and mechanisms, mechanical circulatory support devices, as well as trauma, hemostasis, coagulopathy, and resuscitation.

Rossaint's recent publications include:

  • The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: sixth edition (2023, Critical Care)
  • Attitudes and perception of artificial intelligence in healthcare: A cross-sectional survey among patients (2022, Digital Health)
  • Fluid balance and outcome in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury (CENTER-TBI and OzENTER-TBI): a prospective, multicentre, comparative effectiveness study (2021, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Individualized versus Fixed Positive End-expiratory Pressure for Intraoperative Mechanical Ventilation in Obese Patients: A Secondary Analysis (2021, Anesthesiology)
  • Brain Tissue Oxygen and Cerebrovascular Reactivity in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Collaborative European NeuroTrauma Effectiveness Research in Traumatic Brain Injury Exploratory Analysis of Insult Burden (2020, Journal of Neurotrauma)

Key frequent co-authors of Rossaint include:

  • Nino Stocchetti
  • Marek Czosnyka
  • Ana Kowark
  • Endre Czeiter
  • Ari Ercole

The scientist publishes regularly in venues such as Die Anaesthesiologie, PLoS ONE, Der Anaesthesist, Journal of Clinical Medicine, and Critical Care, reflecting a broad impact across clinical and emergency medical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Intensive insulin therapy and pentastarch resuscitation in severe sepsis.

    Frank M. Brunkhorst;Christoph Engel;Frank Bloos;Andreas Meier-Hellmann

  • Traumatic brain injury: integrated approaches to improve prevention, clinical care, and research

    Andrew I R Maas;David K Menon;P David Adelson;Nada Andelic

  • The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fourth edition

    Rolf Rossaint;Bertil Bouillon;Vladimir Cerny;Timothy J. Coats

  • Epidemiology of sepsis in Germany: results from a national prospective multicenter study

    Christoph Engel;Frank M. Brunkhorst;Hans-Georg Bone;Reinhard Brunkhorst

  • Management of bleeding following major trauma: an updated European guideline

    Rolf Rossaint;Bertil Bouillon;Vladimir Cerny;Timothy J. Coats

  • Recombinant factor VIIa as adjunctive therapy for bleeding control in severely injured trauma patients: two parallel randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials.

    Kenneth David Boffard;Bruno Riou;Brian Warren;Philip Iau Tsau Choong

  • Management of bleeding following major trauma: a European guideline.

    Donat R Spahn;Vladimir Cerny;Timothy J Coats;Jacques Duranteau

  • Case-mix, care pathways, and outcomes in patients with traumatic brain injury in CENTER-TBI: a European prospective, multicentre, longitudinal, cohort study

    Ewout W. Steyerberg;Ewout W. Steyerberg;Eveline Wiegers;Charlie Sewalt;Andras Buki

  • Coagulopathy and blood component transfusion in trauma

    D.R. Spahn;R. Rossaint

  • 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

  • Clinical review: Prothrombin complex concentrates - evaluation of safety and thrombogenicity

    Benny Sørensen;Donat R Spahn;Petra Innerhofer;Michael Spannagl

  • Autoinhalation of nitric oxide after endogenous synthesis in nasopharynx

    Herwig Gerlach;Rolf Rossaint;Dirk Pappert;Michael Knorr

  • Recommendations on the use of recombinant activated factor VII as an adjunctive treatment for massive bleeding – a European perspective

    Jean-Louis Vincent;Rolf Rossaint;Bruno Riou;Yves Ozier

  • Definitions of hypotension after spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section: literature search and application to parturients

    S. KlÖHR;R. Roth;T. Hofmann;R. Rossaint

  • Multicenter randomized comparison of the efficacy and safety of xenon and isoflurane in patients undergoing elective surgery.

    Rolf Rossaint;Matthias Reyle-Hahn;Jochen Schulte am Esch;Jens Scholz

  • Prediction of fluid responsiveness in patients during cardiac surgery

    Steffen Rex;S Brose;S Metzelder;R Huneke

  • Dose-response characteristics during long-term inhalation of nitric oxide in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective, randomized, controlled study.

    Herwig Gerlach;Didier Keh;Alexander Semmerow;Thilo Busch

  • KEY ISSUES IN ADVANCED BLEEDING CARE IN TRAUMA

    Rolf Rossaint;Vladimir Cerny;Timothy J Coats;Jacques Duranteau

  • Efficacy of perioperative dexmedetomidine on postoperative delirium: systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomised controlled trials

    X. Duan;M. Coburn;R. Rossaint;R.D. Sanders

  • Inhaled nitric oxide reverses hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction without impairing gas exchange.

    U. Pison;F. A. Lopez;C. F. Heidelmeyer;R. Rossaint

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen Leonhardt
Steffen Leonhardt RWTH Aachen University
Joachim Weis
Joachim Weis RWTH Aachen University
Donat R. Spahn
Donat R. Spahn University of Zurich
Tobias Welte
Tobias Welte University of Hannover
Peter Neuhaus
Peter Neuhaus Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Konrad Reinhart
Konrad Reinhart Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Paolo Pelosi
Paolo Pelosi University of Genoa
Karl Werdan
Karl Werdan Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Claudia Spies
Claudia Spies Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki

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