Michael Westhoff

ORCID: 0000-0003-2514-1304
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Research Areas
  • Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
  • Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research
  • Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
  • Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
  • Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Tracheal and airway disorders
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments
  • Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies
  • Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
  • Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
  • Insect Pheromone Research and Control
  • Dutch Social and Cultural Studies
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Dysphagia Assessment and Management
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders
  • Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices
  • Sleep and Wakefulness Research

Lungenklinik Hemer
2016-2025

Witten/Herdecke University
2016-2024

German Respiratory Society
2020-2024

Clinica de Pneumologie Iaşi
2023-2024

Klinikum Ludwigsburg
2023

Universität Hamburg
2021

University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
2021

German Society of Surgery
2021

Hanoi Lung Hospital
2009-2010

Klinikum Region Hannover
2008

<h3>Background:</h3> Analysis of exhaled breath, especially volatile organic compounds (VOCs), is increasing interest in the diagnosis lung cancer. Compared with other methods breath analysis, ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) offers a tenfold higher detection rate VOCs. By coupling spectrometer multicapillary column as pre-separation unit, IMS advantage an immediate twofold separation VOCs visualisation three-dimensional chromatogram. The total analysis time about 500 s compared gas...

10.1136/thx.2008.099465 article EN Thorax 2009-01-21

Die nicht-invasive Beatmung (NIV) ist in der klinischen Medizin weit verbreitet und hat mittlerweile einen hohen Stellenwert im Alltag erlangt. Der Einsatz NIV reduziert die Intensiv- Krankenhausaufenthaltsdauer sowie Mortalität von Patienten mit akutem hyperkapnischen Atemversagen. akuter respiratorischer Insuffizienz Rahmen eines Lungenödems sollten neben den notwendigen kardiologischen Interventionen CPAP oder behandelt werden. Bei anderen Formen des akuten hypoxämischen Atemversagens...

10.1055/s-0034-1393309 article DE Pneumologie 2015-12-09

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by insufficiency muscles and/or lung parenchymal disease when/after other treatments, (i. e. medication, oxygen, secretion management, continuous positive airway pressure or nasal highflow) have failed.MV required to maintain gas exchange and buy time for curative therapy the underlying cause failure. In majority weaning from routine causes no...

10.1055/a-1010-8764 article DE Pneumologie 2019-12-01

Against the background of pandemic caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2 virus, German Respiratory Society has appointed experts to develop therapy strategies for COVID-19 patients acute respiratory failure (ARF). Here we present key position statements including observations about pathophysiology In terms pulmonary SARS-CoV-2, can be divided into 3 phases. Pulmonary damage in advanced often differs from known changes distress syndrome (ARDS). Two types (type L and type H) are differentiated,...

10.1159/000509104 article EN other-oa Respiration 2020-01-01

Zusammenfassung Seit Dezember 2019 verbreitet sich das neuartige Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome – Corona Virus-2) rasch im Sinne einer weltweiten Pandemie. Dies stellt Kliniker und Krankenhäuser vor große Herausforderungen belastet die Gesundheitssysteme vieler Länder in einem nie dagewesenen Ausmaß. Die Mehrheit der Patienten mit Disease (COVID-19) zeigt lediglich milde Symptome wie Husten Fieber. Allerdings benötigen etwa 8 % eine stationäre Behandlung. Der...

10.1055/a-1334-1925 article DE Pneumologie 2021-01-15

Against the background of pandemic caused by infection with SARS-CoV-2, German Society for Pneumology and Respiratory Medicine (DGP e.V.), in cooperation other associations, has designated a team experts order to answer currently pressing questions about therapy strategies dealing COVID-19 patients suffering from acute respiratory insufficiency (ARI).The position paper is based on current knowledge that evolving daily. Many published cited studies require further review, also because many...

10.1055/a-1157-9976 article DE Pneumologie 2020-04-22

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an essential part of modern intensive care medicine. MV performed in patients with severe respiratory failure caused by muscle insufficiency and/or lung parenchymal disease; that is, when other treatments such as medication, oxygen administration, secretion management, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), or nasal high-flow therapy have failed. required for maintaining gas exchange and allows more time to curatively treat the underlying cause failure. In...

10.1159/000510085 article EN Respiration 2020-01-01

To accommodate the increasing number of patients requiring prolonged weaning from mechanical ventilation, specialized centers have been established for in whom on intensive care unit (ICU) was unsuccessful.

10.3238/arztebl.2020.0197 article EN Deutsches Ärzteblatt international 2020-03-12

The role of non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in severe COVID-19 remains a matter debate. Therefore, the utilization and outcome NIV an unbiased cohort was determined.The aim to provide detailed account hospitalized patients requiring during their hospital stay. Furthermore, differences treated with between first second wave are explored.Confirmed cases claims data Local Health Care Funds and/or invasive mechanical (MV) spring autumn pandemic period 2020 were comparable analysed.Nationwide...

10.1371/journal.pone.0262315 article EN cc-by PLoS ONE 2022-01-14

Zusammenfassung Die Anzahl tracheotomierter dysphagischer PatientInnen im klinischen und außerklinisch-ambulanten Setting der damit einhergehende Behandlungsbedarf steigen kontinuierlich. Neufassung Richtlinie des Gemeinsamen Bundesausschusses über die Verordnung außerklinischer Intensivpflege (AKI) sieht zudem vor, dass in AKI regelmäßig evaluiert werden, um Therapiepotenzial nach stationärer Entlassung zu erkennen fördern. Eine besondere Rolle nimmt dabei Dysphagietherapie ein, da ohne...

10.1007/s00115-023-01598-x article DE cc-by Der Nervenarzt 2024-01-26

Zusammenfassung Der vorliegende Artikel beschreibt die 17-jährige Erfolgsgeschichte von WeanNet, dem Kompetenznetzwerk pneumologischer Weaning-Zentren, der Gründung über Entwicklung eines Zertifizierungsverfahrens bis hin zum Aufbau einer mittlerweile mehr als 55.000 Patienten umfassenden Datenbank im prolongierten Weaning. Eingegangen wird auf zurückliegende und eine in Vorbereitung befindliche Auswertung Datenbank. Aufgrund des häufig (ca. 2/3 behandelten Patienten) erfolgreichen Weanings...

10.1055/a-2546-1496 article DE Pneumologie 2025-04-01

Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) has been used to treat acute respiratory failure (ARF) for approximately 20 years. This guideline addresses the indications for, and limitations of, NIV as treatment ARF according evidence-based criteria.A panel of experts from 12 scientific medical societies reviewed circa 2900 publications. The judged clinical relevance these studies assessed evidence presented in each, then held two interdisciplinary consensus conferences formulate recommendations...

10.3238/arztebl.2008.0424 article EN Deutsches Ärzteblatt international 2008-06-13

A feasibility study using an ion mobility spectrometer coupled with a multi-capillary column (MCC) was started to identify characteristic peaks of volatile compounds in exhaled human breath samples 10 ml volume. The 20 patients sarcoidosis and suspicion because mediastinal lymph node enlargement investigated. Using set procedures for data processing scoring sector interest determined within the IMS-chromatogram. It could be shown that procedure related single peak IMS-chromatogram delivers...

10.1088/1752-7155/3/4/046001 article EN Journal of Breath Research 2009-09-23

All mechanically ventilated patients must be weaned from the ventilator at some stage. According to an International Consensus Conference criteria for “prolonged weaning” are fulfilled if fail least 3 weaning attempts (i. e. spontaneous breathing trial, SBT) or require more than 7 days of after first SBT. This occurs in about 15 – 20 % patients. Because growing number requiring prolonged a German guideline on has been developed. It is initiative Respiratory Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für...

10.1055/s-0034-1392809 article EN Pneumologie 2015-10-07
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