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 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