Dr Florian Falter

M.D. (1994)
Recognition as Emergency Physician (1997)
German Anaesthesia Diploma (2000)
German Diploma of Intraoperative TOE (2001)
Leitender Notarzt / Senior Emergency Physician (2001)
A.F.R.C.A. (2002)

HSE Approved Medical Examiner of Divers (2004)

GMC No

6035585

eMail:

Florian.Falter @ papworth.nhs.uk
florian @ falter.cc

Appointed:

Consultant in Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Intensive Care (January 2002)

Medical School:

University of Technology. Aachen, Germany (1987-94)

Societies:

ACTA, BMA, EACTA, SCA, SCCM
German Society for Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine
Association of German Anaesthetists
German Association of Emergency Physicians
Member: Education Committee SCCM (Critical Care Refresher Course/CCCS Subcommittee)

Professional Activites:

Clinical lead - Donor Care Practitioner (DCP) training programme
Member - European Working Time Directive (EWTD) Committee

Previous Appointments:

Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesia. University Hospital, Aachen, Germany [2001]

Assistenzartz (Specialist Registrar) in Intensive Care Medicine. Aachen, Germany [1999-2001]

Assistenzartz (Specialist Registrar) in Cardiac Anaesthesia. Aachen & Munster, Germany; and Innbruck, Austria [1997-99]

Anaesthesia training programme. Aachen, Germany [1994-97]

Interests:

Adult cardiothoracic anaesthesia & intensive care
Intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography
Xenon as an inhalational agent in cardiac anaesthesia

Publications:

Articles

Ghosh S, Falter F, Arrowsmith JE. The Papworth BiVent Tube: a new device for lung isolation. Anaesthesia 2008;63(9):996-1000.

Ghosh S, Klein AA, Prabhu M, Falter F, Arrowsmith JE. The Papworth BiVent tube: a feasibility study of a novel double lumen endotracheal tube and bronchial blocker in human cadavers. British Journal of Anaesthesia 2008;101(3):424-8.

Baumert JH, Falter F, Eletr D, Hecker KE, Reyle-Hahn M, Rossaint R. Xenon anaesthesia may preserve cardiovascular function in patients with heart failure. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2005;49(6):743-9. Pubmed ID=15954952

Casey ND, Chandler J, Gifford D, Falter F. Microbubble production in an in vitro cardiopulmonary bypass circuit ventilated with xenon. Perfusion 2005;20(3):145-50. Pubmed ID=16038386

Max M, Kuhlen R, Falter F, Reyle-Hahn M, Dembinski R, Rossaint R . Effect of PEEP and inhaled nitric oxide on pulmonary gas exchange during gaseous and partial liquid ventilation with small volumes of perfluorocarbon. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2000;44(4):383-90. Pubmed ID=10757569

Hoffmann R, Lethen H, Falter F, Flachskampf FA, Hanrath P. Dobutamine stress echocardiography after coronary artery bypass grafting. Transthoracic vs biplane transoesophageal imaging. European Heart Journal 1996;17(2):222-9. Pubmed ID=8732375 more...

Reviews

Hoole SP, Falter F. Evaluation of hypoxemic patients with transesophageal echocardiography. Critical Care Medicine 2007;35(8 Suppl):S408-13. [Review] PMID=17667466

Case Reports

Choong CK, Calvert PA, Falter F, Mathur R, Appleton D, Wells FC, Schofield PM, Crawford R. Life-threatening impending paradoxical embolus caught "red-handed": successful management by multidisciplinary team approach. Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery 2008;136(2):527-8. [Case-Report] PMID=18692671

Saravanan P, Rege K, Falter F. Use of continuous venovenous hemofiltration for reversal of anticoagulation with lepirudin post-cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia after heart transplantation. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2007;21(2):269-72. [Case-Report] PMID=17418747

Webb ST, Falter F. Use of transoesophageal echocardiography in impending paradoxical embolism due to thrombus straddling a patent foramen ovale. European Journal of Anaesthesiology 2007;24(4):383-5. [Case-Report] PMID=17054813

Ilgner J, Falter F, Westhofen M. Long-term follow-up after laser-induced endotracheal fire. The Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2002;116(3):213-5. [Case-Report] PMID=11893266

Letters

Valchanov K, Falter F. Methylene blue for CPB. Anesthesia & Analgesia 2007;104(5):1296. [Letter] PMID=17456696

Falter F, Kuhlen R, Janssens U, Max M, Walbert E, Rossaint R. The necessity of performing transesophageal echocardiography in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Intensive Care Medicine 1999;25(6):637. [Letter] PMID=10416921

Chapters

Arrowsmith JE, Falter F. Cardiovascular support: Pharmacological. In: Griffiths M, Cordingley J, Petrou M, Price S (Eds) Management of Cardiovascular Conditions of Adults . Oxford: Blackwell. 2008. pp. [ISBN ]

Varley J, Falter F. Tracheostomy. In: Klein A, Vuylsteke A, Nashef SAM (Eds) Core Topics in Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Cambridge: University Press. 2008. pp65-9. [ISBN 978-0-521-87283]

Moro C, Falter F. Noninvasive ventilation. In: Klein A, Vuylsteke A, Nashef SAM (Eds) Core Topics in Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Cambridge: University Press. 2008. pp183-8. [ISBN 978-0-521-87283]

Mackay JH, Falter F. Cardiomyopathies and constrictive pericarditis. In: Mackay JH, Arrowsmith JE (Eds) Core Topics in Cardiac Anaesthesia. London: Greenwich Medical Media. 2004. pp211-214. [ISBN 1-841101-33-8]

Falter F, Mackay JH. Cardiac transplantation. In: Mackay JH, Arrowsmith JE (Eds) Core Topics in Cardiac Anaesthesia. London: Greenwich Medical Media. 2004. pp215-218. [ISBN 1-841101-33-8]

Prasad MK, Falter F. Respiratory complications. In: Mackay JH, Arrowsmith JE (Eds) Core Topics in Cardiac Anaesthesia. London: Greenwich Medical Media. 2004. pp299-302. [ISBN 1-841101-33-8]

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