Ao. Univ. Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Base

Work address
Medical University of Vienna
Department of Anesthesiology
Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
1090 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 (0)1 40400 - 4109
E-Mail: eva.base@meduniwien.ac.at

Know-how and research interests
Clinical research in perioperative volume replacement therapy, perioperative echocardiography and monitoring in pediatric cardiac anesthesia.

Research topic (general title)

Perioperative cardiac anesthesia monitoring

Techniques and infrastructure of the research group
Prospective clinical trials

5 selected publications

• Gruber EM, Jonas RA, Newburger JW, et al. The effect of hematocrit on cerebral blood flow velocity in neonates and infants undergoing deep hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Anesth Analg 1999; 89:322-7
  
  
• Gruber EM, Laussen PC, Casta A, et al. Stress response in infants undergoing cardiac surgery: A randomized study of fentanyl bolus, fentanyl infusion and fentanyl-midazolam infusion. Anesth Analg 2001;92:882-90
  
  
• Steinlechner B, Zeidler P, Base E, Birkenberg B, Ankersmit HJ, Spannagl M, Quehenberger P, Hiesmayr M, Jilma B. Patients with severe aortic valve stenosis and impaired platelet function benefit from preoperative desmopressin infusion. Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 May;91(5):1420-6. Epub 2011 Mar 24. Erratum in: Ann Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep;92(3):1162.
  
  
• Base EM, Standl T, Lassnigg A, Skhirtladze K, Jungheinrich C, Gayko D, Hiesmayr M. Efficacy and safety of hydroxyethyl starch 6% 130/0.4 in a balanced electrolyte solution (Volulyte) during cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2011 Jun;25(3):407-14. Epub 2011 Feb 22.
  
  
• Skhirtladze K, Base EM, Lassnigg A, Kaider A, Linke S, Dworschak M, Hiesmayr MJ. Comparison of the effects of albumin 5%, hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 6%, and Ringer's lactate on blood loss and coagulation after cardiac surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Oct 29. [Epub ahead of print]