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Nils Siegenthaler

Chief Physician, Intensive Care Unit

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+ 41 022 719 60 60

Consultations by appointment only

Place of practice

  • Hôpital de La Tour
    Bâtiment B1
    Avenue J.- D. Maillard 3
    CH-1217 Meyrin

Affiliation(s)

  • Member of the Swiss Medical Association (FMH)

  • Member of the Société Médicale Suisse d'Hypnose - SMSH (Swiss Medical Society for Hypnosis)

Medical specialties

Languages spoken

  • French

Adhésions et partenariats

Professional activities

Since 2023
Médecin Chef, Service des soins intensifs Hôpital de La Tour, Genève, Suisse
Since 2023
Hypnothérapeute Hôpital de La Tour, Genève, Suisse
2016 - 2023
Médecin Adjoint, Service des soins intensifs adultes HUG Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Genève, Suisse

Teaching activities

Since 2023
Chargé d’enseignement (CE) à la Faculté de Médecine de Genève Faculté de médecine de Genève, Genève, Suisse
Since 2018
Chef de projet à la Faculté de Médecine de Genève Faculté de médecine de Genève, Genève, Suisse
Since 2018
Enseignant : ateliers institutionnels de communication thérapeutique adulte Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Genève, Suisse

Degrees and qualifications

2023
AFC Hypnose médicale
2015
Thèse de doctorat : Hémodynamique appliquée en médecine intensive Faculté de médecine de Genève, Genève, Suisse
2011
Spécialiste en médecine intensive (FMH)
2000
Diplôme de médecine Faculté de médecine de Genève, Genève, Suisse

Publication

2023
Rapid recovery of EEG changes in severe hepatic encephalopathy following liver transplantation.
2021
Usability study of a new tool for nutritional and glycemic management in adult intensive care: Glucosafe 2.
2021
Decreased CRRT Filter Lifespan in COVID-19 ICU Patients.
2020
Preparedness and Reorganization of Care for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients in a Swiss ICU: Characteristics and Outcomes of 129 Patients.
2018
Respiratory changes in subclavian vein diameters predicts fluid responsiveness in intensive care patients: a pilot study.
2017
Suspected Arterial Vasospasm in Femoro-Femoral Venoarterial Extracorporeal Life Support.
2017
A scope on esophageal damages associated with routine transesophageal echocardiography use in cardiac surgery.
2017
Reproducibility of transpulmonary thermodilution cardiac output measurements in clinical practice: a systematic review.
2016
Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: cannulation techniques.
2016
Massive pulmonary embolism leading to cardiac arrest: one pathology, two different ECMO modes to assist patients.
2016
Effects of acute hemorrhage on intrapulmonary shunt in a pig model of acute respiratory distress-like syndrome.
2015
Unusual staphylococcal toxic shock syndrome presenting as a scarlet-like fever.
2015
Monitoring CO2 in shock states.
2015
VV-ECMO and brave heart: A subtle competition?
2015
The LUCAS 2 chest compression device is not always efficient: an echographic confirmation.
2014
Haemodynamic monitoring in the intensive care unit: results from a web-based Swiss survey.
2014
Sequela-free long-term survival of a 65-year-old woman after 8 hours and 40 minutes of cardiac arrest from deep accidental hypothermia.
2013
Performance of a new pulse contour method for continuous cardiac output monitoring: validation in critically ill patients.
2013
A semantic point of view about unstressed blood volume.
2013
Respiratory change in ECG-wave amplitude is a reliable parameter to estimate intravascular volume status.
2013
Cardiac index during therapeutic hypothermia: which target value is optimal?
2013
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support as bridge to recovery in a patient with electrical storm related cardiogenic shock.
2012
Clinical validation of a new thermodilution system for the assessment of cardiac output and volumetric parameters.
2012
Demonstration of inferior vena cava compression by probe pressure during subxiphoid echocardiography.
2011
[When the heart and/or the lung fails: the ECMO].
2011
Pre-ejection period to estimate cardiac preload dependency in mechanically ventilated pigs submitted to severe hemorrhagic shock.
2011
[Near-infrared spectroscopy monitoring during cardiac surgery: a promising concept?].
2011
ScvO(2) as a marker to define fluid responsiveness.
2011
[Evaluation of skills required to practice advanced echocardiography in intensive care].
2011
Evaluation of oxygen delivery in a patient with Berlin ExcorTM biventricular support.
2011
Transpulmonary thermodilution assessments: precise measurements require a precise procedure.
2011
Pulse pressure variation, stroke volume variation and dynamic arterial elastance.
2010
Pulmonary fluid status monitoring with intrathoracic impedance.
2010
Transpulmonary thermodilution curves for detection of shunt.
2010
[Microcirculatory alterations in critically ill patients: pathophysiology, monitoring and treatments].
2010
Erythrocytapheresis and sublingual micro-vascular flow in severe malaria.
2010
Validation of a new transpulmonary thermodilution system to assess global end-diastolic volume and extravascular lung water.
2009
[Evaluation of practical skills in echocardiography for intensivists].
2008
[Physiopathologic aspects of microcirculation in intensive care].
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