Carolin Klotz
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Carolin Klotz is a leading anaesthesiologist and critical care researcher whose work focuses on perioperative lung protection, particularly in the context of minimally invasive surgery. Her major contributions centre on individualising mechanical ventilation strategies using advanced monitoring techniques. In her landmark 2020 randomised controlled trial, she demonstrated that electrical impedance tomography (EIT) can guide individualised positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) settings during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, significantly improving intraoperative oxygenation and lung mechanics. This study, cited nearly 90 times, has influenced clinical protocols for ventilation in the Trendelenburg position. Klotz’s research bridges the gap between cutting-edge technology and practical patient care, showing how real-time lung imaging can replace one-size-fits-all approaches. Her work has been recognised with multiple awards from the European Society of Anaesthesiology, and she continues to advance personalised respiratory support in high-risk surgical populations. For students and clinicians, Klotz exemplifies how translational research can directly improve outcomes in the operating room.
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