Michael Frass

Michael Frass (* 1954, Vienna) is an Austrian medicine specialist for internal medicine and professor at the Medical University of Vienna (MUW). He is known for his work on homeopathy and his inventions in the field of airway management.

Michael Frass
Michael Frass
Born Vienna
Residence Austria
Nationality Austrian
Fields Homeopathy
Institutions Medical University of Vienna
Known for Homeopathy and Combitube
Notable awards Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for Airway Management (2011)

Biography

Michael Frass studied medicine from 1972 to 1978 at the Medical University of Vienna followed by visits abroad at the Pasteur Institute, Paris and at the Porter Memorial Hospital (USA). Since March 2004 he directs the Outpatients Unit of Homeopathy for Malign Diseases at the Department Clinic for Internal of Medicine I at the Medical University of Vienna. Since 2005 Frass also works as a coordinator of the lecture series Homeopathy at the Medical University of Vienna. Beginning with the winter semester 2001/02 he is the coordinator of a lecture series Basics and practise of complementary medical methods at the Medical University of Vienna. From 2002 to 2005 he led the Ludwig Boltzmanm Institute of Homeopathy. Since 2005 Frass is president of the Institute for Homeopathic Research. Actually he works at the Division of Oncology at the Department of Medicine I in Vienna.

He is First Chairman of the Scientific Society for Homeopathy (WissHom),[1] founded in 2010, president of the Umbrella organization of Austrian Doctors for Holistic Medicine,[2] since 2002 and since 1994 Vicepresident of the Doctors Association for Classical Homeopathy.[3] Frass is the inventor of the Combitube, an emergency airway allowing blind insertion used in the pre-hospital and emergency setting.[4] Frass holds several patents and registered designs.

Scientific contribution

A major interest of Frass is homeopathy according to Hahnemann. He has published several papers on this subject,[5][6] in addition, he has edited a text book Homeopathy in Intensive- Care and Emergency Medicine togeher with Martin Bündner.[7] He has also published several papers investigating the influence of controlled mechanical ventilation on the release of atrial natriuretic peptide.[8][9][10] Furthermore, Frass has investigated devices designed for securing the airway under emergency conditions. He has performed studies on a broad range of different so-called alternate airways.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Inventions

Frass is the inventor of the Combitube, a twin lumen device designed for use in emergency situations and difficult airways. He has published several papers on this topic.[18][19] Frass holds also patients and registered designs:

Academic Memberships

Awards

2011 Lifetime Achievement Award der Society for Airway Management

2001 Benefactor of Mankind Award Airway Education & Research Foundation Street Level Airway Management (SLAM) Conference

1998 Price for outstandig services for the research and development of the airway management. Österreichische Gesellschaft für Anaesthesiologie, Reanimation und Intensivmedizin (ÖGARI)

Publications

ResearchGate Publications

PubFacts Publications

Selected publications on airway management:

References

  1. ↑ http://www.wisshom.de/
  2. ↑ http://www.ganzheitsmed.at/
  3. ↑ http://www.aekh.at/
  4. ↑ Frass, M: The Combitube: Esophageal/Tracheal Double Lumen Airway. In Carin Hagberg and Jonathan L. Benumof (ed): Airway Management - Principles and Practice. St. Louis, USA, Elsevier Saunders, Third Edition, 2013, 569-591, und 916 – 954, ISBN 978-1-4377-2764-7
  5. ↑ Frass M, Dielacher C, Linkesch M, Endler C, Muchitsch I, Schuster E, Kaye A. Influence of potassium dichromate on tracheal secretions in critically ill patients. Chest 2005; 127:936-41
  6. ↑ Frass M, Linkesch M, Banyai S, Resch G, Dielacher C, Löbl T, Endler C, Haidvogl M, Muchitsch I, Schuster E. Adjunctive homeopathic treatment in patients with severe sepsis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in an intensive care unit. Homeopathy 2005; 94:75-80
  7. ↑ Michael Frass, Martin Bündner (Hrsg.): Homöopathie in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin. Elsevier, Urban & Fischer, 2007
  8. ↑ Frass M, Watschinger B, Traindl O, Popovic R, Podolsky A, Gisslinger H, Falger S, Goldin M, Schuster E, Leithner C. Atrial natriuretic peptide release in response to different positive end-expiratory pressure levels. Crit Care Med 1993;21:343-7
  9. ↑ Frass M, Popovic R, Hartter E, Auinger C, Woloszczuk W, Leithner C. Atrial natriuretic peptide decrease during spontaneous breathing with continuous positive airway pressure in volume-expanded healthy volunteers. Crit Care Med 1988;16:831-5
  10. ↑ Leithner C, Frass M, Pacher R, Hartter E, Pesl H, Woloszczuk W. Mechanical ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure decreases release of alpha-atrial natriuretic peptide. Crit Care Med 1987;15:484-8
  11. ↑ Rabitsch W, Köstler WJ, Burgmann H, Krafft P, Frass M. Recommendation of the minimal volume technique to avoid tongue engorgement with prolonged use of the esophageal-tracheal combitube. Ann Emerg Med 2005;45:565-6
  12. ↑ Schaumann N, Lorenz V, Schellongowski P, Staudinger T, Locker GJ, Burgmann H, Pikula B, Hofbauer R, Schuster E, Frass M. Evaluation of Seldinger Technique Emergency Cricothyroidotomy versus Standard Surgical Cricothyroidotomy in 200 Cadavers. Anesthesiology 2005;102:7-11 IF 4,055 Top Anesthesiology
  13. ↑ Rabitsch W, Kostler WJ, Fiebiger W, Dielacher C, Losert H, Sherif C, Staudinger T, Seper E, Koller W, Daxböck F, Schuster E, Knöbl P, Burgmann H, Frass M. Closed suctioning system reduces cross-contamination between bronchial system and gastric juices. Anesth Analg. 2004 Sep;99(3):886-92
  14. ↑ Philip Eisenburger, Klaus Laczika, Michaela List, Astrid Wilfing, Heidrun Losert, Roland Hofbauer, Heinz Burgmann, Hans Bankl, Branko Pikula, Jonathan L. Benumof, Michael Frass: Comparison of Conventional Surgical versus Seldinger Technique Emergency Cricothyrotomy performed by Inexperienced Clinicians. Anesthesiology 2000; 92:687-90
  15. ↑ Knapp S, Kofler J, Stoiser B, Thalhammer F, Burgmann H, Posch M, Hofbauer R, Stanzel M, Frass M: The assessment of four different methods to verify tracheal tube placement in the critical care setting. Anesth Analg 1999; 88:766-70
  16. ↑ Ruetzler K, Roessler B, Potura L, Priemayr A, Robak O, Schuster E, Frass M. Performance and skill retention of intubation by paramedics using seven different airway devices--a manikin study. Resuscitation 2011;82:593-7
  17. ↑ Robak O, Leonardelli M, Zedtwitz-Liebenstein K, Rützler K, Schuster E, Vaida S, Salem R, Frass M. Feasibility and speed of insertion of seven supraglottic airway devices under simulated airway conditions. CJEM 2012;14:330-4
  18. ↑ Frass, Michael (1 January 2001). "Combitube". The Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine 5 (2). doi:10.5580/14e7.
  19. ↑ Frass M, Rödler S, Frenzer R, Ilias W, Leithner C, Lackner F. Esophageal tracheal combitube, endotracheal airway and mask: Comparison of ventilatory pressure curves. J Trauma 1989; 29:1476-9