Luis Georg Romundstad
- Senior Consultant; PhD
- +47 99 42 64 14
1989: Cand. Med. University of Oslo
1989 - 1991 : Residency/Compulsatory internship at Kristiansund hospital and primary care in Sunndalen
1991 - 1997: Specialist training in the Department of Anaesthesia, Sykehuset Buskerud and Rikshospitalet Medical Centre, including one year training in the Department of Pediatrics, Rikshospitalet Medical Centre.
1997: Specialist in Anaesthesiology
1997: European Diploma in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care: Diplomate of the European ociety of Anaesthesia: DESA
1998: Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, Rikshospitalet Medical Centre
2000: Research Fellow Department of Anaesthesia, Rikshospitalet Medical Centre and University of Oslo
2002: Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, Rikshospitalet Medical Centre
2003: Research Fellow Department of Anaesthesia, Rikshospitalet Medical Centre and University of Oslo
2005: Consultant Anaesthetist, Department of Anaesthesia, Rikshospitalet Medical Centre
2007: Dissertation for the Medical PhD degree (DMSc)
2008: SSAI’s Nordic Diploma in Advanced Pain Medicine: NDAPM
2008: Postdoctoral Fellowship (50% post doc grant from University of Tromsø): The Tromsø Pain Study.
2010: Consultant Anaesthetist, Neuroanaesthesia Anaesthesia and Neurointensive care, orthopaedic anaesthesia, ENT anaesthesia and part time in the Pain Clinic – Acute postoperative pain/Diagnostic blocks/Interventional pain therapy. Department of Anaesthesia, Oslo University Hospital.
2010: Associate Editor, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
2013: Consultant Anaesthetist, Neuroanaesthesia Anaesthesia and Neurointensive care, Department of Anaesthesia, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital.
2017-: Consultant Anaesthetist, Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesia, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital.
Publications 2025
Does methadone offer any benefits for analgesia over morphine after bladder cancer surgery?
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 69 (1), e14552
DOI 10.1111/aas.14552, PubMed 39630099
Publications 2024
Pregnant women with acute respiratory distress syndrome triggered by COVID-19
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 144 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0615, PubMed 38258709
Depth of anesthesia monitoring in Norway-A web-based survey
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 68 (6), 781-787
DOI 10.1111/aas.14420, PubMed 38551019
Publications 2023
[Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with COVID-19]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (2)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0545, PubMed 36718886
Publications 2022
Monitoring the Awake and Anesthetized Unconscious States Using Bispectral Index and Electroencephalographic Connectivity Measures
Clin EEG Neurosci, 54 (3), 273-280
DOI 10.1177/15500594221131680, PubMed 36226378
Publications 2021
Is simulation-based team training performed by personnel in accordance with the INACSL Standards of Best Practice: SimulationSM?-a qualitative interview study
Adv Simul (Lond), 6 (1), 33
DOI 10.1186/s41077-021-00186-w, PubMed 34565483
Timelines and rebleeds in patients admitted into neurosurgical care for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage
Acta Neurochir (Wien), 163 (3), 771-781
DOI 10.1007/s00701-020-04673-3, PubMed 33409740
How preventable are rebleeds? : Reply to: Letter to the editor of Acta Neurochirurgica: "Predictive factors and timelines of rebleeding in Aneurysmal SAH: What have we gleaned?"
Acta Neurochir (Wien), 163 (5), 1481-1483
DOI 10.1007/s00701-021-04775-6, PubMed 33630142
Delirium is common in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
Intern Emerg Med, 16 (7), 1997-2000
DOI 10.1007/s11739-021-02715-x, PubMed 33830418
Vaccine Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Causing a Severe Form of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis With High Fatality Rate: A Case Series
Front Neurol, 12, 721146
DOI 10.3389/fneur.2021.721146, PubMed 34393988
Brain monitoring in hospitals needs to be strengthened
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 141 (15), 1431-1433
Brain monitoring in hospitals needs to be strengthened
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 141
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.21.0412, PubMed 34726044
Publications 2020
Increased signal diversity/complexity of spontaneous EEG, but not evoked EEG responses, in ketamine-induced psychedelic state in humans
PLoS One, 15 (11), e0242056
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0242056, PubMed 33226992
Validation of a new approach for distinguishing anesthetized from awake state in patients using directed transfer function applied to raw EEG
J Clin Monit Comput, 35 (6), 1381-1394
DOI 10.1007/s10877-020-00603-x, PubMed 33064257
Ultrasonographic needle tip tracking for in-plane infraclavicular brachialis plexus blocks: a randomized controlled volunteer study
Reg Anesth Pain Med, 45 (8), 634-639
DOI 10.1136/rapm-2020-101349, PubMed 32540878
An electrophysiological marker of arousal level in humans
Elife, 9
DOI 10.7554/eLife.55092, PubMed 32720644
Publications 2019
Needle tip tracking for ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve block procedures-An observer blinded, randomised, controlled, crossover study on a phantom model
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 63 (8), 1055-1062
DOI 10.1111/aas.13379, PubMed 31037724
Publications 2018
Distinguishing Anesthetized from Awake State in Patients: A New Approach Using One Second Segments of Raw EEG
Front Hum Neurosci, 12, 40
DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2018.00040, PubMed 29515381
Response to: The Opioid and Pain intensity Index - a proposal
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 63 (1), 135-136
DOI 10.1111/aas.13253, PubMed 30203611
Publications 2017
Adenosine-assisted clipping of intracranial aneurysms
Neurosurg Rev, 41 (2), 585-592
DOI 10.1007/s10143-017-0896-y, PubMed 28819885
[A botanical anesthesia]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 137 (23-24)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.17.0659, PubMed 29231661
A botanical anesthesia
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 137 (23-24), 1924-1928
Publications 2016
Reply to: importance of half-the-air pressure test in Shamrock lumbar plexus block
Eur J Anaesthesiol, 33 (10), 784-5
DOI 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000466, PubMed 27096903
Publications 2015
The Shamrock lumbar plexus block: A dose-finding study
Eur J Anaesthesiol, 32 (11), 764-70
DOI 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000265, PubMed 26426575
Publications 2013
Intravenous non-opioids for immediate postop pain relief in day-case programmes: Paracetamol (acetaminophen) and ketorolac are good choices reducing opioid needs and opioid side-effects
Scand J Pain, 4 (4), 247-248
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2013.07.018, PubMed 29913627
Publications 2012
Persistent postsurgical pain in a general population: prevalence and predictors in the Tromsø study
Pain, 153 (7), 1390-1396
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2012.02.018, PubMed 22445291
Publications 2011
Chronic postoperative pain and sensory changes: Two sides of the same coin?
Scand J Pain, 2 (2), 55-56
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2011.02.002, PubMed 29913732
Publications 2010
Hyperesthesia one year after breast augmentation surgery increases the odds for persisting pain at four years A prospective four-year follow-up study
Scand J Pain, 1 (2), 75-81
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2010.01.010, PubMed 29913948
Publications 2009
New therapeutic principles for adverse effects on upper and lower gastrointestinal tract in patients treated with opioid analgesics
Scand. J. Pain, 1 S1, S12-S17
DOI 10.1016/S1877-8860(09)70004-7
Publications 2007
Effects of glucocorticoids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on postoperative and experimental pain
In Series of dissertations submitted to the Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Unipub, Oslo, no. 532, 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 07117365x, ISBN 978-82-8072-715-2
Glucocorticoids for acute and persistent postoperative neuropathic pain: what is the evidence?
Anesthesiology, 107 (3), 371-3
DOI 10.1097/01.anes.0000279487.27940.5c, PubMed 17721239
Publications 2006
Methylprednisolone reduces pain, emesis, and fatigue after breast augmentation surgery: a single-dose, randomized, parallel-group study with methylprednisolone 125 mg, parecoxib 40 mg, and placebo
Anesth Analg, 102 (2), 418-25
DOI 10.1213/01.ane.0000194358.46119.e1, PubMed 16428536
Chronic pain and sensory changes after augmentation mammoplasty: long term effects of preincisional administration of methylprednisolone
Pain, 124 (1-2), 92-9
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2006.03.020, PubMed 16650580
Adding propacetamol to ketorolac increases the tolerance to painful pressure
Eur J Pain, 10 (3), 177-83
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpain.2005.03.003, PubMed 16490726
Publications 2005
[Glucocorticoids reduce acute postoperative pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (18), 2507-8
PubMed 16186874
Publications 2004
Challenges of major incident management when excess resources are allocated: experiences from a mass casualty incident after roof collapse of a military command center
Prehosp Disaster Med, 19 (2), 179-84
DOI 10.1017/s1049023x00001710, PubMed 15506256
Publications 2003
Trauma team training in a distributed virtual emergency room
Stud Health Technol Inform, 94, 100-2
PubMed 15455872