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'''Michael Frass''' (born 1954, [[Vienna]]) is an [[Austria]]n 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''' (born 1954) 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]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
He is First Chairman of the ''Scientific Society for Homeopathy'' (WissHom),<ref name="WissHom">{{cite web |title=Scientific Society for Homeopathy! |url=https://www.wisshom.de/ |website=wisshom.de |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref> founded in 2010, president of the ''Umbrella organization of Austrian Doctors for Holistic Medicine'',<ref name="Dachverband">{{cite web |title=Österreichischer Dachverband für ärztliche Ganzheitsmedizin |url=https://www.ganzheitsmed.at/ |website=ganzheitsmed.at |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=de}}</ref> since 2002 and since 1994 Vicepresident of the ''Doctors Association for Classical Homeopathy''.<ref name="Ärtzeges">{{cite web |title=Ärztegesellschaft für klassische Homöopathie |url=http://www.aekh.at/ |website=aekh.at |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=de}}</ref>
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),<ref name="WissHom">http://www.wisshom.de/</ref> founded in 2010, president of the ''Umbrella organization of Austrian Doctors for Holistic Medicine'',<ref name="Dachverband">http://www.ganzheitsmed.at/</ref> since 2002 and since 1994 Vicepresident of the ''Doctors Association for Classical Homeopathy''.<ref name="Ärtzeges">http://www.aekh.at/</ref> Frass is the inventor of the [[Combitube]], an emergency airway allowing blind insertion used in the pre-hospital and emergency setting.<ref name="link.springer">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}}</ref> Frass holds several patents and registered designs.


== Homoeopathic research ==
== Homoeopathic research ==
A major interest of Frass is [[homeopathy]]. He has published several papers on this subject.
A major interest of Frass is homeopathy according to Hahnemann.<ref>Samuel Hahnemann: Organon of Medicine. 6th Edition. Gazelle Distribution Trade. 2009</ref> He has published several papers on this subject,<ref name="Frass-2">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</ref><ref name="Frass-3">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</ref> in addition, he has edited a text book ''Homeopathy in Intensive- Care and [[emergency medicine|Emergency Medicine]]'' together with Martin Bündner.<ref name="Frass-4">Michael Frass, Martin Bündner (Hrsg.): Homöopathie in der Intensiv- und Notfallmedizin. Elsevier, Urban & Fischer, 2007</ref>

=== Article in ''the Oncologist'' ===
In 2020 Frass published an article<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Oncologist|title=Homeopathic Treatment as an Add-On Therapy May Improve Quality of Life and Prolong Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Three-Arm, Multicenter Study|volume=25|issue=12|pages=e1930–e1955|issn=1083-7159|pmc=8108047|pmid=33010094|date=2020-12-01|language=German|doi=10.1002/onco.13548 |last1=Frass |first1=Michael |last2=Lechleitner |first2=Peter |last3=Gründling |first3=Christa |last4=Pirker |first4=Claudia |last5=Grasmuk-Siegl |first5=Erwin |last6=Domayer |first6=Julian |last7=Hochmair |first7=Maximilian |last8=Gaertner |first8=Katharina |last9=Duscheck |first9=Cornelia |last10=Muchitsch |first10=Ilse |last11=Marosi |first11=Christine |last12=Schumacher |first12=Michael |last13=Zöchbauer-Müller |first13=Sabine |last14=Manchanda |first14=Raj K. |last15=Schrott |first15=Andrea |last16=Burghuber |first16=Otto }}{{Expression of Concern|doi=10.1093/oncolo/oyac221|pmid=36314553|intentional=yes}}</ref> in the scientific journal ''The Oncologist.'' The results of the article were discussed outside of academic circles for example in the [[Wiener Zeitung]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Komplementärmedizin - Studie sieht verbesserte Lebensqualität bei Lungenkrebs|url=https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/wissen/mensch/2098072-Studie-zeigt-Erfolg-bei-Lungenkrebs.html|access-date=2022-11-20|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Alexandra Grass|date=26 March 2021|language=de|pages=|quote=}}</ref> After criticism (for example from the Informationsnetzwerk Homöopathie<ref>{{cite web|title=Verbesserungen beim Überleben von Lungenkrebspatienten mit homöopathischer Komplementärbehandlung (Frass et al. 2020) – Pressemitteilung des INH (31.10. / 03.11.2022)|periodical=Informationsnetzwerk Homöopathie|publisher=|url=https://netzwerk-homoeopathie.info/frass-et-al-2020-pressemitteilung-inh-mit-update-2022-11-03/|url-status=|format=|access-date=2022-11-20|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=INH-Team|date=2022-11-03|language=de-DE|pages=|quote=}}</ref>), the ''Austrian Agency for Scientific Integrity'' (Österreichische Agentur für wissenschaftliche Integrität) concluded that the article contains data manipulation and forgery.<ref>{{cite web|title=Homöopathie: Wie gehabt, eine neue Mogelei|periodical=|publisher=[[Der Standard]]|url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000140529797/homoeopathie-wie-gehabt-eine-neue-mogelei|url-status=|format=|access-date=2022-11-20|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Christian Kreil|date=2022-11-08|language=de-AT|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Homöopathie bei Krebspatienten: Fast zu schön, um wahr zu sein|periodical=|publisher=Profil|url=https://www.profil.at/wissenschaft/homoeopathie-bei-krebspatienten-fast-zu-schoen-um-wahr-zu-sein/402198219|url-status=|format=|access-date=2022-11-20|archive-url=|archive-date=|last=Alwin Schoenberger|date=2022-10-28|language=de|pages=|quote=}}</ref> The Oncologist released an "Expression of Concern".


==Airway==
==Airway==
He has also published several papers investigating the influence of controlled mechanical ventilation on the release of [[atrial natriuretic peptide]].<ref name="Frass-5">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</ref><ref name="Frass-6">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</ref><ref name="Frass-7">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</ref> 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.<ref name="Frass-8">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</ref><ref name="Frass-9">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</ref><ref name="Frass-10">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</ref><ref name="Frass-11">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</ref><ref name="Frass-12">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</ref><ref name="Frass-13">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</ref><ref name="Frass-14">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</ref>
He has also published several papers investigating the influence of controlled mechanical ventilation on the release of [[atrial natriuretic peptide]].<ref name="Frass-5">{{cite journal | doi=10.1097/00003246-199303000-00009 | title=Atrial natriuretic peptide release in response to different positive end-expiratory pressure levels | date=1993 | last1=Frass | first1=Michael | last2=Watschinger | first2=Bruno | last3=Traindl | first3=Otto | last4=Popovic | first4=Rainer | last5=Podolsky | first5=Andrea | last6=Gisslinger | first6=Heinz | last7=Falger | first7=Susanne | last8=Goldin | first8=Michel | last9=Schuster | first9=Ernst | last10=Leithner | first10=Christian | journal=Critical Care Medicine | volume=21 | issue=3 | pages=343–347 | pmid=8440102 }}</ref><ref name="Frass-6">{{cite journal | doi=10.1097/00003246-198809000-00002 | title=Atrial natriuretic peptide decrease during spontaneous breathing with continuous positive airway pressure in volume-expanded healthy volunteers | date=1988 | last1=Frass | first1=Michael | last2=Popovic | first2=Rainer | last3=Hartter | first3=Engelbert | last4=Auinger | first4=Christian | last5=Woloszczuk | first5=Wolfgang | last6=Leithner | first6=Christian | journal=Critical Care Medicine | volume=16 | issue=9 | pages=831–835 | pmid=2969791 }}</ref><ref name="Frass-7">{{cite journal | doi=10.1097/00003246-198705000-00005 | title=Mechanical ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure decreases release of alpha-atrial natriuretic peptide | date=1987 | last1=Leithner | first1=Christian | last2=Frass | first2=Michael | last3=Pacher | first3=Richard | last4=Hartter | first4=Engelbert | last5=Pesl | first5=Harald | last6=Woloszczuk | first6=Wolfgang | journal=Critical Care Medicine | volume=15 | issue=5 | pages=484–488 | pmid=2952461 }}</ref> Furthermore, Frass has investigated devices designed for securing the airway under emergency conditions. He has performed studies on a broad range of different alternate airways.<ref name="Frass-8">{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.11.031 | title=Recommendation of the Minimal Volume Technique to Avoid Tongue Engorgement with Prolonged Use of the Esophageal-Tracheal Combitube | date=2005 | last1=Rabitsch | first1=Werner | last2=Köstler | first2=Wolfgang J. | last3=Burgmann | first3=Heinz | last4=Krafft | first4=Peter | last5=Frass | first5=Michael | journal=Annals of Emergency Medicine | volume=45 | issue=5 | pages=565–566 | pmid=15855963 }}</ref><ref name="Frass-9">{{cite journal | doi=10.1097/00000542-200501000-00005 | title=Evaluation of Seldinger Technique Emergency Cricothyroidotomy versus Standard Surgical Cricothyroidotomy in 200 Cadavers | date=2005 | last1=Schaumann | first1=Nikolaus | last2=Lorenz | first2=Veit | last3=Schellongowski | first3=Peter | last4=Staudinger | first4=Thomas | last5=Locker | first5=Gottfried J. | last6=Burgmann | first6=Heinz | last7=Pikula | first7=Branko | last8=Hofbauer | first8=Roland | last9=Schuster | first9=Ernst | last10=Frass | first10=Michael | journal=Anesthesiology | volume=102 | issue=1 | pages=7–11 | pmid=15618780 }}</ref><ref name="Frass-10">{{cite journal | pmid=15333426 | date=2004 | last1=Rabitsch | first1=W. | last2=Köstler | first2=W. J. | last3=Fiebiger | first3=W. | last4=Dielacher | first4=C. | last5=Losert | first5=H. | last6=Sherif | first6=C. | last7=Staudinger | first7=T. | last8=Seper | first8=E. | last9=Koller | first9=W. | last10=Daxböck | first10=F. | last11=Schuster | first11=E. | last12=Knöbl | first12=P. | last13=Burgmann | first13=H. | last14=Frass | first14=M. | title=Closed suctioning system reduces cross-contamination between bronchial system and gastric juices | journal=Anesthesia and Analgesia | volume=99 | issue=3 | pages=886-92, table of contents | doi=10.1213/01.ANE.0000143353.85428.39 | doi-broken-date=2024-06-09 }}</ref><ref name="Frass-11">{{cite journal | doi=10.1002/aet2.10699 | title=Randomized controlled trial comparing an open surgical technique and a Seldinger technique for cricothyrotomy performed on a simulated airway | date=2021 | last1=Mallows | first1=James L. | last2=Tyler | first2=Perry A. | journal=Aem Education and Training | volume=5 | issue=4 | pages=e10699 | pmid=34859169 | pmc=8616178 }}</ref><ref name="Frass-12">{{cite journal | doi=10.1097/00000539-199904000-00016 | title=The Assessment of Four Different Methods to Verify Tracheal Tube Placement in the Critical Care Setting | date=1999 | last1=Knapp | first1=Sylvia | last2=Kofler | first2=Julia | last3=Stoiser | first3=Brigitte | last4=Thalhammer | first4=Florian | last5=Burgmann | first5=Heinz | last6=Posch | first6=Martin | last7=Hofbauer | first7=Roland | last8=Stanzel | first8=Margit | last9=Frass | first9=Michael | journal=Anesthesia & Analgesia | volume=88 | issue=4 | pages=766–770 | pmid=10195521 }}</ref><ref name="Frass-13">{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.01.008 | title=Performance and skill retention of intubation by paramedics using seven different airway devices—A manikin study | date=2011 | last1=Ruetzler | first1=Kurt | last2=Roessler | first2=Bernhard | last3=Potura | first3=Lukasz | last4=Priemayr | first4=Anita | last5=Robak | first5=Oliver | last6=Schuster | first6=Ernst | last7=Frass | first7=Michael | journal=Resuscitation | volume=82 | issue=5 | pages=593–597 | pmid=21353364 }}</ref><ref name="Frass-14">{{cite journal | doi=10.2310/8000.2012.120658 | title=Feasibility and speed of insertion of seven supraglottic airway devices under simulated airway conditions | date=2012 | last1=Robak | first1=Oliver | last2=Leonardelli | first2=Marco | last3=Zedtwitz-Liebenstein | first3=Konstantin | last4=Rützler | first4=Kurt | last5=Schuster | first5=Ernst | last6=Vaida | first6=Sonia | last7=Salem | first7=Ramez | last8=Frass | first8=Michael | journal=CJEM | volume=14 | issue=6 | pages=330–334 | pmid=23131479 }}</ref>


== Inventions ==
== Invention ==
Rapid assessment and management of respiratory structure and function are imperative in emergency intubation.<ref>Benumof JL: Management of the difficult adult airway. Anesthesiology 75:1087, 1991</ref> [[Endotracheal intubation]] remains the gold standard in airway maintenance. However, endotracheal intubation may be impossible due to difficult circumstances with respect to space and illumination or anatomy even for skilled physicians. Therefore, the need arises for a simple and efficient alternative. The Combitube was designed with this goal in mind.<ref>Ochs M, Vilke GM, Chan TC, Moats T, Buchanan J. Successful prehospital airway management by EMT-Ds using the combitube. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2000;4:333-7</ref><ref>Lefrancois DP, Dufour DG. Use of the esophageal tracheal combitube by basic emergency medical technicians. Resuscitation 2002;52:77-83</ref><ref>Frass M, Salem MR, Vaida S, Hagberg CA. Esophageal-tracheal double-lumen airways: the Combitube and Easytube. Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management, 3rd Edition, 2013, Publisher Saunders</ref>
Rapid assessment and management of respiratory structure and function are imperative in emergency intubation.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1097/00000542-199112000-00021 | title=Management of the Difficult Adult Airway with Special Emphasis on Awake Tracheal Intubation | date=1991 | last1=Biebuyck | first1=Jullen F. | last2=Benumof | first2=Jonathan L. | journal=Anesthesiology | volume=75 | issue=6 | pages=1087–1110 | pmid=1824555 }}</ref> [[Endotracheal intubation]] remains the gold standard in airway maintenance. However, endotracheal intubation may be impossible due to difficult circumstances with respect to space and illumination or anatomy even for skilled physicians. Therefore, the need arises for an alternative. The [[Combitube]] was designed with this goal in mind.<ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1080/10903120090941065 | title=S Uccessful P Rehospital a Irway M Anagement by Emt-D S U Sing the C Ombitube | date=2000 | last1=Ochs | first1=Mel | last2=Vilke | first2=Gary M. | last3=Chan | first3=Theodore C. | last4=Moats | first4=Thomas | last5=Buchanan | first5=Jean | journal=Prehospital Emergency Care | volume=4 | issue=4 | pages=333–337 | pmid=11045413 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | doi=10.1016/s0300-9572(01)00441-5 | title=Use of the esophageal tracheal combitube™ by basic emergency medical technicians | date=2002 | last1=Lefrançois | first1=Daniel P. | last2=Dufour | first2=Daniel G. | journal=Resuscitation | volume=52 | issue=1 | pages=77–83 | pmid=11801352 }}</ref><ref>Frass M, Salem MR, Vaida S, Hagberg CA. Esophageal-tracheal double-lumen airways: the Combitube and Easytube. Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management, 3rd Edition, 2013, Publisher Saunders.</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Frass|first=Michael|title=Combitube|journal=The Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine|date=1 January 2001|volume=5|issue=2|doi=10.5580/14e7}}</ref><ref name="Combitube-3">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</ref> Frass holds also patients and registered designs:
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.<ref name="Combitube-3">{{cite journal | doi=10.1097/00005373-198911000-00004 | title=Esophageal Tracheal Combitube, Endotracheal Airway, and Mask | date=1989 | last1=Frass | first1=Michael | last2=Rodler | first2=Suzanne | last3=Frenzer | first3=Reinhard | last4=Ilias | first4=Wilfried | last5=Leithner | first5=Christian | last6=Lackner | first6=Franz | journal=The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care | volume=29 | issue=11 | pages=1476–1479 | pmid=2585558 }}</ref>

* Frass M., Frenzer R., Zahler, J. (1987): Respiratory tube or airway. US-Patent 4.688.568
* Frass M., Frenzer R., Long G, Kline J.S., Sheridan D.S., Fink D., Toppses A.N.: Esophageal-Tracheal Double Lumen Airway. US-Patent 5,499,625
* Frass M., Frenzer R. (1989): Ultrasound contact medium dispenser. US-Patent 4,844,080
* Frass M., Kurtaran A., Kaserer K., Halling L. (2006): Gerät für Nadelbiopsie. Österreichisches Patent AT 413 790 B
* Frass, M., Frass., A. (2005): Rasierapparat mit Leuchtvorrichtung. Österreichisches Gebrauchsmuster AT 007 606 U2

== Academic memberships ==
* [http://www.sccm.org/Pages/default.aspx Society of Critical Care Medicine]
* American College of Emergency Physicians ([http://www.acep.org/ACEP])
* Society for Academic Emergency Medicine ([http://www.saem.org/ SAEM])
* [http://samhq.com/ Society for Airway Management]
* [http://www.homeopathyusa.org/ American Institute of Homeopathy]
* ''Ärztegesellschaft für Klassische Homöopathie'' ([http://www.aekh.at/ ÄKH])
* [http://www.homoeopathie.at/ ''Österreichische Gesellschaft für homöopathische Medizin'']
* Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Homöopathie (WissHom)

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

== Publications ==
[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Frass/publications ResearchGate Publications]

[http://www.pubfacts.com/author/Michael+Frass PubFacts Publications]

Selected publications on airway management:

* {{cite journal|last=Frass|first=Michael|title=Combitube|journal=The Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine|date=1 January 2001|volume=5|issue=2|doi=10.5580/14e7}}
* 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


==References==
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== External links ==

* [https://ordination-frass.at/ Website of Frass] (German)
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Revision as of 01:44, 13 June 2024

Michael Frass
Born1954 (age 69–70)
Vienna, Austria
Known forHomeopathy and Combitube
AwardsLifetime Achievement Award, Society for Airway Management (2011)
Scientific career
FieldsHomeopathy
InstitutionsMedical University of Vienna

Michael Frass (born 1954) 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.

Biography

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]

Homoeopathic research

A major interest of Frass is homeopathy. He has published several papers on this subject.

Article in the Oncologist

In 2020 Frass published an article[4] in the scientific journal The Oncologist. The results of the article were discussed outside of academic circles for example in the Wiener Zeitung.[5] After criticism (for example from the Informationsnetzwerk Homöopathie[6]), the Austrian Agency for Scientific Integrity (Österreichische Agentur für wissenschaftliche Integrität) concluded that the article contains data manipulation and forgery.[7][8] The Oncologist released an "Expression of Concern".

Airway

He has also published several papers investigating the influence of controlled mechanical ventilation on the release of atrial natriuretic peptide.[9][10][11] Furthermore, Frass has investigated devices designed for securing the airway under emergency conditions. He has performed studies on a broad range of different alternate airways.[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]

Invention

Rapid assessment and management of respiratory structure and function are imperative in emergency intubation.[19] Endotracheal intubation remains the gold standard in airway maintenance. However, endotracheal intubation may be impossible due to difficult circumstances with respect to space and illumination or anatomy even for skilled physicians. Therefore, the need arises for an alternative. The Combitube was designed with this goal in mind.[20][21][22]

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.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Scientific Society for Homeopathy!". wisshom.de. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Österreichischer Dachverband für ärztliche Ganzheitsmedizin". ganzheitsmed.at (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Ärztegesellschaft für klassische Homöopathie". aekh.at (in German). Retrieved 20 May 2021.
  4. ^ Frass, Michael; Lechleitner, Peter; Gründling, Christa; Pirker, Claudia; Grasmuk-Siegl, Erwin; Domayer, Julian; Hochmair, Maximilian; Gaertner, Katharina; Duscheck, Cornelia; Muchitsch, Ilse; Marosi, Christine; Schumacher, Michael; Zöchbauer-Müller, Sabine; Manchanda, Raj K.; Schrott, Andrea; Burghuber, Otto (2020-12-01). "Homeopathic Treatment as an Add-On Therapy May Improve Quality of Life and Prolong Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind, Three-Arm, Multicenter Study". The Oncologist (in German). 25 (12): e1930–e1955. doi:10.1002/onco.13548. ISSN 1083-7159. PMC 8108047. PMID 33010094. (This paper currently has an expression of concern, see doi:10.1093/oncolo/oyac221, PMID 36314553)
  5. ^ Alexandra Grass (26 March 2021). "Komplementärmedizin - Studie sieht verbesserte Lebensqualität bei Lungenkrebs" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  6. ^ INH-Team (2022-11-03). "Verbesserungen beim Überleben von Lungenkrebspatienten mit homöopathischer Komplementärbehandlung (Frass et al. 2020) – Pressemitteilung des INH (31.10. / 03.11.2022)". Informationsnetzwerk Homöopathie (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  7. ^ Christian Kreil (2022-11-08). "Homöopathie: Wie gehabt, eine neue Mogelei" (in Austrian German). Der Standard. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  8. ^ Alwin Schoenberger (2022-10-28). "Homöopathie bei Krebspatienten: Fast zu schön, um wahr zu sein" (in German). Profil. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  9. ^ Frass, Michael; Watschinger, Bruno; Traindl, Otto; Popovic, Rainer; Podolsky, Andrea; Gisslinger, Heinz; Falger, Susanne; Goldin, Michel; Schuster, Ernst; Leithner, Christian (1993). "Atrial natriuretic peptide release in response to different positive end-expiratory pressure levels". Critical Care Medicine. 21 (3): 343–347. doi:10.1097/00003246-199303000-00009. PMID 8440102.
  10. ^ Frass, Michael; Popovic, Rainer; Hartter, Engelbert; Auinger, Christian; Woloszczuk, Wolfgang; Leithner, Christian (1988). "Atrial natriuretic peptide decrease during spontaneous breathing with continuous positive airway pressure in volume-expanded healthy volunteers". Critical Care Medicine. 16 (9): 831–835. doi:10.1097/00003246-198809000-00002. PMID 2969791.
  11. ^ Leithner, Christian; Frass, Michael; Pacher, Richard; Hartter, Engelbert; Pesl, Harald; Woloszczuk, Wolfgang (1987). "Mechanical ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure decreases release of alpha-atrial natriuretic peptide". Critical Care Medicine. 15 (5): 484–488. doi:10.1097/00003246-198705000-00005. PMID 2952461.
  12. ^ Rabitsch, Werner; Köstler, Wolfgang J.; Burgmann, Heinz; Krafft, Peter; Frass, Michael (2005). "Recommendation of the Minimal Volume Technique to Avoid Tongue Engorgement with Prolonged Use of the Esophageal-Tracheal Combitube". Annals of Emergency Medicine. 45 (5): 565–566. doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.11.031. PMID 15855963.
  13. ^ Schaumann, Nikolaus; Lorenz, Veit; Schellongowski, Peter; Staudinger, Thomas; Locker, Gottfried J.; Burgmann, Heinz; Pikula, Branko; Hofbauer, Roland; Schuster, Ernst; Frass, Michael (2005). "Evaluation of Seldinger Technique Emergency Cricothyroidotomy versus Standard Surgical Cricothyroidotomy in 200 Cadavers". Anesthesiology. 102 (1): 7–11. doi:10.1097/00000542-200501000-00005. PMID 15618780.
  14. ^ Rabitsch, W.; Köstler, W. J.; Fiebiger, W.; Dielacher, C.; Losert, H.; Sherif, C.; Staudinger, T.; Seper, E.; Koller, W.; Daxböck, F.; Schuster, E.; Knöbl, P.; Burgmann, H.; Frass, M. (2004). "Closed suctioning system reduces cross-contamination between bronchial system and gastric juices". Anesthesia and Analgesia. 99 (3): 886–92, table of contents. doi:10.1213/01.ANE.0000143353.85428.39 (inactive 2024-06-09). PMID 15333426.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of June 2024 (link)
  15. ^ Mallows, James L.; Tyler, Perry A. (2021). "Randomized controlled trial comparing an open surgical technique and a Seldinger technique for cricothyrotomy performed on a simulated airway". Aem Education and Training. 5 (4): e10699. doi:10.1002/aet2.10699. PMC 8616178. PMID 34859169.
  16. ^ Knapp, Sylvia; Kofler, Julia; Stoiser, Brigitte; Thalhammer, Florian; Burgmann, Heinz; Posch, Martin; Hofbauer, Roland; Stanzel, Margit; Frass, Michael (1999). "The Assessment of Four Different Methods to Verify Tracheal Tube Placement in the Critical Care Setting". Anesthesia & Analgesia. 88 (4): 766–770. doi:10.1097/00000539-199904000-00016. PMID 10195521.
  17. ^ Ruetzler, Kurt; Roessler, Bernhard; Potura, Lukasz; Priemayr, Anita; Robak, Oliver; Schuster, Ernst; Frass, Michael (2011). "Performance and skill retention of intubation by paramedics using seven different airway devices—A manikin study". Resuscitation. 82 (5): 593–597. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.01.008. PMID 21353364.
  18. ^ Robak, Oliver; Leonardelli, Marco; Zedtwitz-Liebenstein, Konstantin; Rützler, Kurt; Schuster, Ernst; Vaida, Sonia; Salem, Ramez; Frass, Michael (2012). "Feasibility and speed of insertion of seven supraglottic airway devices under simulated airway conditions". CJEM. 14 (6): 330–334. doi:10.2310/8000.2012.120658. PMID 23131479.
  19. ^ Biebuyck, Jullen F.; Benumof, Jonathan L. (1991). "Management of the Difficult Adult Airway with Special Emphasis on Awake Tracheal Intubation". Anesthesiology. 75 (6): 1087–1110. doi:10.1097/00000542-199112000-00021. PMID 1824555.
  20. ^ Ochs, Mel; Vilke, Gary M.; Chan, Theodore C.; Moats, Thomas; Buchanan, Jean (2000). "S Uccessful P Rehospital a Irway M Anagement by Emt-D S U Sing the C Ombitube". Prehospital Emergency Care. 4 (4): 333–337. doi:10.1080/10903120090941065. PMID 11045413.
  21. ^ Lefrançois, Daniel P.; Dufour, Daniel G. (2002). "Use of the esophageal tracheal combitube™ by basic emergency medical technicians". Resuscitation. 52 (1): 77–83. doi:10.1016/s0300-9572(01)00441-5. PMID 11801352.
  22. ^ Frass M, Salem MR, Vaida S, Hagberg CA. Esophageal-tracheal double-lumen airways: the Combitube and Easytube. Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management, 3rd Edition, 2013, Publisher Saunders.
  23. ^ Frass, Michael; Rodler, Suzanne; Frenzer, Reinhard; Ilias, Wilfried; Leithner, Christian; Lackner, Franz (1989). "Esophageal Tracheal Combitube, Endotracheal Airway, and Mask". The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 29 (11): 1476–1479. doi:10.1097/00005373-198911000-00004. PMID 2585558.
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