Volker Eichhorn, MD

Education

• Master of Business Administration (University of Neu-Ulm, Germany)
• Critical Care (Adult) Fellowship (Munich, Germany)
• Anesthesia Residency (Munich, Germany and OHSU, Portland, USA)
• MD (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)

Professional Appointments

• Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy Services, QEII Health Sciences Centre
• Chair, Critical Care Quality & Patient Safety Committee
• Co-Lead, Critical Care M&M Rounds

Professional interests

Dr. Eichhorn's interests lie in hemodynamic monitoring, ARDS management, and extracorporal assist devices (e.g. ECMO therapy). Dr. Eichhorn is involved in student, resident, and fellow education. Aside from co-chairing the Quality Group, he is supervising Quality Assurance and Improvement at our Department.

Research Interests

Dr. Eichhorn’s main research interest is heart-lung interaction, hemodynamic monitoring, and acute lung injury. He is also active in the field of fluid therapy and outcome. He participates in various provincial, national, and international clinical studies as investigator.

Selected Publications

• Trepte CJ, Eichhorn V, Haas SA, Stahl K, Schmid F, Nitzschke R, Goetz AE, Reuter DA. Comparison of an automated respiratory systolic variation test with dynamic preload indicators to predict fluid responsiveness after major surgery. Br J Anaesth. 2013 Nov; 111(5):736-42
• Palmers PJ, Vidts W, Ameloot K, Cordemans C, Van Regenmortel N, De Laet L, Schoonheydt K, Dits H, Eichhorn V, Reuter DA, Malbrain ML. Assessment of three minimally invasive continuous cardiac output measurement methods in critically ill patients and a review of the literature. Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther. 2012 Oct-Dec; 44(4): 188-99.
• Haas S, Eichhorn V, Hasbach T, Trepte C, Kutup A, Goetz AE, Reuter DA. Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy Using Stroke Volume Variation Coes Not Result in Pulmonary Fluid Overload in Thoracic Surgery Requiring One-Lung Ventilation.  Crit Care Res Pract. 2012:687018. Epub 2012 Jun 21
• Eichhorn V, Goepfert MS, Eulenburg C, Malbrain ML, Reuter DA. Comparison of values in critically ill patients for global end-diastolic volume and extravascular lung water measured by transcardiopulmonary thermodilution: A metaanalysis of the literature.  Med Intensiva. 2012 Jan 25
• Trepte CJ, Eichhorn V, Haas SA, Richter HP, Goepfert MS, Kubitz JC, Goetz AE, Reuter DA. Thermodilution-derived indices for assessment of left and right ventricular cardiac  function in normal and impaired cardiac function. Crit Care Med. 2011 Sep;39(9):2106-12