Anesthesiology and intensive care Division

Anesthesiology is the science of anesthesia, use of anesthetics and the care of the critically ill patient. In Sweden, anesthesiology is a medical specialty encompassing perioperative care, anesthetics, intensive care and pain medicine.

Max Bell research group
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Max Bell research group

Our research focuses on morbidity and mortality after major surgery and critical illness. Long-term outcomes after perioperative and intensive care.


 

Lars I Eriksson research group
Lars I. Eriksson, professor at KI and senior physician at Karolinska University Hospital. Photo: Privat

Lars I Eriksson research group

Our research group is mapping the effects of surgical trauma on the brain's immune system and cognitive processes. We describe how this effect occurs and how it can be prevented with new pharmacological principles.

Malin Jonsson Fagerlund research group
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Malin Jonsson Fagerlund research group

We study oxygenation, early resuscitation in trauma and drug treatment in cardiac arrest. We do translational research and clinical trials based on clinical problems and with the aim to improve patient care.


 

Per-Arne Lönnqvist research group
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Per-Arne Lönnqvist research group

The research group “Stockholm-Pediatric Anesthesia” is performing research with regards to the following areas related to pediatric anesthesia and intensive care: regional anesthesia and postoperative pain relief, pharmacology with a focus on the various uses of alpha-2 agonists, monitoring of respiration and circulation by use of capnodynamics, neonatal anesthesia and preoperative information and premedication in association with pediatric anesthesia.


 

Johan Mårtensson research group
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Johan Mårtensson research group

Using a combination of high-resolution intensive care unit (ICU) data and health registry data, we study the impact of chronic illness, acute physiological and biochemical patterns, and intensive care therapies on short- and long-term outcomes after critical illness.


 

Anders Oldner research group
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Anders Oldner research group

Trauma and sepsis are common causes for intensive care admission. These conditions are closely linked and carry high mortality. We are conducting translational studies ranging from epidemiology to in vitro experiments in this field.


 

Eddie Weitzberg research group
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Eddie Weitzberg research group

Our research focuses on mortality and morbidity following major surgical procedures and critical illness.


 

What we do

Anesthesiology is the science of anesthesia, use of anesthetics and the care of the critically ill patient. In Sweden, anesthesiology is a medical specialty encompassing perioperative care, anesthetics, intensive care and pain medicine.

Research in anesthesiology and intensive care at the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology is carried out in connection with Function Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care at Karolinska University Hospital and Intensive Care at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital.

Our research projects are supported by an experimental research unit and a clinical research and outcome unit. This translational environment fosters strong research clusters around key areas of anesthesiology, intensive care and pain management. Experimental anesthesiology and intensive care form an important part of the translational research conducted at our home department.

We teach at both the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate level. Our teaching is characterized by a combination of basic science and its clinical application, especially in highly specialized perioperative care, intensive care medicine, and pain.

We have a wide range of courses on the undergraduate and postgraduate level and carry a key role in the education of nurses and physicians in anesthesiology, surgery and intensive care.

Staff and contact

Group leader

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Contact us

Section for anesthesiology and intensive care medicine

Mailing address:

Function Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care

Norrbacka S2:05
Karolinska University Hospital Solna
SE-171 76 Stockholm
Sweden

or

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology

Karolinska Institutet
SE-171 77 Stockholm 
Sweden

Visiting address:

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Karolinska Institutet
Biomedicum
Solnavägen 9, Solna

Keywords:
Anesthesiology Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems Physiology
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Content reviewer:
Lars I Eriksson
08-01-2025