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Dirk J Varelmann MD

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentAnesthesiology at UMass Chan - Lahey
AddressLahey Hospital and Medical Center
41 Mall Road
Burlington MA 01805
Phone781-901-5646
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentAnesthesiology at UMass Chan - Lahey


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    University of Bonn Medical School, Bonn, , GermanyMD

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    1. Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Mendez-Pino L, Rehman MJ, Sarin P, Nasra S, Varelmann D. Preoperative Multivariable Model for Risk Stratification of Hypoxemia During One-Lung Ventilation. Anesth Analg. 2025 May 01; 140(5):1029-1036. PMID: 39773746.
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    2. Greco K, Varelmann D, Patel J. Anesthetic Management of a Jehovah's Witness Patient for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting With Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome and Renal Transplant. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 Sep; 28(3):177-180. PMID: 38400727.
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    3. Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Law M, Messinger CJ, Pelosi P, Varelmann D. Dexmedetomidine improves pulmonary outcomes in thoracic surgery under one-lung ventilation: A meta-analysis. J Clin Anesth. 2024 05; 93:111345. PMID: 37988813.
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    4. Ostrominski JW, Wang CJ, Campia U, Connors JM, Varelmann DJ, Mladinov D, Keshk M, Skali H. Pulmonary embolism with thrombus-in-transit across a patent foramen ovale. Lancet. 2023 Sep 30; 402(10408):1170. PMID: 37777336.
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    5. Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Rehman M, Sarin P, Mendez-Pino L, Urman RD, Varelmann D. Performance Comparison of Pulmonary Risk Scoring Systems in Lung Resection. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 09; 37(9):1734-1743. PMID: 37330329.
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    6. Chatterjee S, Arora RC, Crisafi C, Crotwell S, Gerdisch MW, Katz NM, Lobdell KW, Morton-Bailey V, Pirris JP, Reddy VS, Salenger R, Varelmann D, Engelman DT. State of the art: Proceedings of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery Summit. JTCVS Open. 2023 Jun; 14:205-213. PMID: 37425466.
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    7. Gonzalez-Ciccarelli LF, Bartz R, Varelmann D. Post-ECMO decannulation right atrial fibrin sheath. Intensive Care Med. 2023 06; 49(6):695-696. PMID: 37016203.
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    8. Harloff MT, Vlassakov K, Sedghi K, Shorten A, Percy ED, Varelmann D, Kaneko T. Efficacy of opioid-sparing analgesia after median sternotomy with continuous bilateral parasternal subpectoral plane blocks. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024 Jun; 167(6):2157-2169.e4. PMID: 37212769.
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    9. Zorrilla-Vaca A, Grant MC, Rehman M, Sarin P, Varelmann D, Urman RD. Postoperative Hypoxemia After Dual-Controlled vs Volume-Controlled Ventilation?in Lung Surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2023 07; 116(1):173-179. PMID: 36608756.
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    10. Li D, Ren H, Varelmann DJ, Sarin P, Xu P, Wu D, Li Q, Lin X. Risk assessment for acute kidney injury and death among new COVID-19 positive adult patients without chronic kidney disease: retrospective cohort study among three US hospitals. BMJ Open. 2022 02 21; 12(2):e053635. PMID: 35190428.
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    11. Varelmann DJ, Mizuguchi KA. Commentary: Evaluating the pieces of the puzzle in building a?high-quality transcatheter aortic valve replacement team. JTCVS Open. 2022 Mar; 9:82-83. PMID: 36003456.
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    12. Ort T, Hanumara N, Antonini A, Araki B, Abu-Khalaf M, Detienne M, Hagan D, Jung K, Ramirez A, Shaligram S, Unger C, Kwon A, Slocum A, Nabzdyk C, Varelmann D, Connor J, Rus D, Slocum A. MIT Emergency-Vent: An Automated Resuscitator Bag for the COVID-19 Crisis. Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2021 11; 2021:4998-5004. PMID: 34892330.
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    13. Yazdchi F, Hirji S, Harloff M, McGurk S, Morth K, Zammert M, Shook D, Varelmann D, Shekar P, Kaneko T, Bedeir K, Madou ID, Choi J, Percy E, Kiehm S, Woo S, Bentain-Melanson M, Swanson J, Rawn J, Rinewalt D, Mallidi HR, Sabe A, Aranki S. Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery: A Propensity-Matched Analysis. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022; 34(2):585-594. PMID: 34089824.
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    14. Bertsimas D, Borenstein A, Mingardi L, Nohadani O, Orfanoudaki A, Stellato B, Wiberg H, Sarin P, Varelmann DJ, Estrada V, Macaya C, Gil IJN. Personalized prescription of ACEI/ARBs for hypertensive COVID-19 patients. Health Care Manag Sci. 2021 Jun; 24(2):339-355. PMID: 33721153.
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    15. Kwon AH, Varelmann D, Karamnov S, Slocum AH, Pradhan-Nabzdyk LK, Xu JL, Mauermann WJ, Brown DR, Mantilla CB, Nabzdyk CGS. Anesthesiologists Wake Up! It Is Time for Research and Innovative Medical Entrepreneurism. J Educ Perioper Med. 2021 Jan-Mar; 23(1):E657. PMID: 33778102.
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    16. Kwon AH, Slocum AH, Varelmann D, Nabzdyk CGS. Rapidly scalable mechanical ventilator for the COVID-19 pandemic. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Aug; 46(8):1642-1644. PMID: 32588066.
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    17. Varelmann DJ, Muehlschlegel JD. Noteworthy Literature published in 2017 for Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologists. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Mar; 22(1):9-17. PMID: 29400260.
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    18. Varelmann DJ, Muehlschlegel JD. Noteworthy Literature Published in 2016 for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Mar; 21(1):8-16. PMID: 28118792.
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    19. Ende H, Varelmann D. Respiratory Considerations Including Airway and Ventilation Issues in Critical Care Obstetric Patients. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2016 Dec; 43(4):699-708. PMID: 27816155.
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    20. Edrich T, Stopfkuchen-Evans M, Scheiermann P, Heim M, Chan W, Stone MB, Dankl D, Aichner J, Hinzmann D, Song P, Szabo AL, Frendl G, Vlassakov K, Varelmann D. A Comparison of Web-Based with Traditional Classroom-Based Training of Lung Ultrasound for the Exclusion of Pneumothorax. Anesth Analg. 2016 07; 123(1):123-8. PMID: 27159073.
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    21. Varelmann DJ, D'Ambra MN. Big fish, little fish. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2016 09; 152(3):890. PMID: 27325492.
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    22. Varelmann DJ, Muehlschlegel JD. Noteworthy Articles in 2015 for the Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Mar; 20(1):7-13. PMID: 26783263.
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    23. Varelmann DJ, Hilberath JN. Misplacement of a pulmonary artery catheter. A A Case Rep. 2014 Nov 15; 3(10):127-9. PMID: 25611982.
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    24. Hilberath JN, Burrage PS, Shernan SK, Varelmann DJ, Wilusz K, Fox JA, Eltzschig HK, Epstein LM, Nowak-Machen M. Rescue transoesophageal echocardiography for refractory haemodynamic instability during transvenous lead extraction. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Aug; 15(8):926-32. PMID: 24686256.
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    25. Kreyer S, Muders T, Luepschen H, Kricklies C, Linden K, Tolba R, Varelmann D, Zinserling J, Putensen C, Wrigge H. Pumpless extracorporeal CO(2) removal restores normocapnia and is associated with less regional perfusion in experimental acute lung injury. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2014 Jan; 58(1):52-60. PMID: 24341694.
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    26. Varelmann D, Pancaro C, Cappiello EC, Camann WR. Nocebo-induced hyperalgesia during local anesthetic injection. Anesth Analg. 2010 Mar 01; 110(3):868-70. PMID: 20042440.
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    27. Guenther U, Varelmann D, Putensen C, Wrigge H. Extended therapeutic hypothermia for several days during extracorporeal membrane-oxygenation after drowning and cardiac arrest Two cases of survival with no neurological sequelae. Resuscitation. 2009 Mar; 80(3):379-81. PMID: 19150159.
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    28. Varelmann D, Muders T, Zinserling J, Guenther U, Magnusson A, Hedenstierna G, Putensen C, Wrigge H. Cardiorespiratory effects of spontaneous breathing in two different models of experimental lung injury: a randomized controlled trial. Crit Care. 2008; 12(6):R135. PMID: 18980696.
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    29. Wrigge H, Zinserling J, Muders T, Varelmann D, G?nther U, von der Groeben C, Magnusson A, Hedenstierna G, Putensen C. Electrical impedance tomography compared with thoracic computed tomography during a slow inflation maneuver in experimental models of lung injury. Crit Care Med. 2008 Mar; 36(3):903-9. PMID: 18431279.
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    30. Putensen C, Muders T, Varelmann D, Wrigge H. The impact of spontaneous breathing during mechanical ventilation. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2006 Feb; 12(1):13-8. PMID: 16394778.
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    31. Hering R, Zinserling J, Wrigge H, Varelmann D, Berg A, Kreyer S, Putensen C. Effects of spontaneous breathing during airway pressure release ventilation on respiratory work and muscle blood flow in experimental lung injury. Chest. 2005 Oct; 128(4):2991-8. PMID: 16236977.
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    32. Varelmann D, Wrigge H, Zinserling J, Muders T, Hering R, Putensen C. Proportional assist versus pressure support ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure: cardiorespiratory responses to artificially increased ventilatory demand. Crit Care Med. 2005 Sep; 33(9):1968-75. PMID: 16148467.
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    33. Wrigge H, Varelmann D, Zinserling J, Hering R, Kuhlen R, Putensen C. [Proportional assist ventilation combined with automatic tube compensation. A promising concept of augmented spontaneous breathing?]. Anaesthesist. 2003 Apr; 52(4):341-8. PMID: 12715137.
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    34. Zinserling J, Wrigge H, Varelmann D, Hering R, Putensen C. Measurement of functional residual capacity by nitrogen washout during partial ventilatory support. Intensive Care Med. 2003 May; 29(5):720-6. PMID: 12595980.
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