Present positions:
Professor in Anaesthesiology, NTNU
Senior Consultant Physician, Dept of Anaesthesia and
Intensive Care, St Olavs Hospital, Trondheim
Director, Medical Simulation Centre
Medical adviser,  Invivo|Sense

Academic degree: dr.med. (Doctorate in Medicine)

 
Main Research Interest
Cardiovascular anaesthesia, intensive care, vascular access

Physiology (intestinal ischemia, pulmonary function)

Medical technology (temperature, biosensors)

Medical simulation, medical education

1996 Doctorate in Medicine (dr.med.), NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

1988 Board approved Specialist in Anaesthesiology

1980 Medical Doctor, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

Publications 2000..........

• P. Åsheim, PE Uggen, K Aasarød and P Aadahl. Intraperitoneal fluid therapy: an alternative to intravenous treatment in a patient with limited vascular access. Anaesthesia 2006; 502-504
• Trine O. Eide, Pål R. Romundstad,  Petter Aadahl, Hans O. Myhre: Spinal fluid dynamics during thoracic-and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery. Int Angiology 2006; 25: 1-6
• Yunus Yavuz, Petter Aadahl, Ronald Mårvik, Jon Erik Grønbech: Hemodynamic and tissue blood flow responses to long-term pneumoperitoneum and hypercapnia in the pig. Surgical Endoscopy 2006 [Epub ahead of print]
• Erik Solligård MD, Ingebjørg S. Juel MD, Karin Bakkelund MSc, Per Jynge MD, PhD, Kåre E. Tvedt PhD, Harald Johnsen MD, Petter Aadahl MD, PhD, Jon Erik Grønbech MD, PhD. Gut luminal microdialysis of glycerol as a marker of intestinal ischemic injury and recovery. Crit Care Med 2005; 33:2278-85.
• Jenny Aasland, RN, Jan Lundbom, MD PhD, Trine O. Eide, RN, MA, Asbjørn Ødegård MD, Petter Aadahl MD PhD, Pål R. Romundstad, MSc, Hans O. Myhre, MD PhD:  Recovery following treatment of descending thoracic aortic disease. A comparison between endovascular repair and open surgery.  Int Angiology; 2005: 24: 231-237
• Eide TO, Aasland J, Romundstad P, Stenseth R, Sæther OD, Aadahl P, Myhre HO: Changes in haemodynamics and acid base-balance during cross-clamping of the descending thoracic aorta. A study in patients operated on for thoracic- and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. Eur Surg Res 2005; 37:330-4.
  
• Ingebjørg S. Juel, Oddveig Lyng, Tonje Strømholm, Kåre Tvedt, Harald Johnsen, Per Jynge, Ola D. Sæther, Petter Aadahl, Jon Erik Grønbech. Intestinal injury after thoracic aortic crossclamping in the pig. Journal of Surgical Research 2004; 117: 283-295
• Erik Solligård, Ingebjørg S. Juel, Karin Bakkelund, Harald Johnsen, Ola D. Sæther, Jon Erik Grøndbech, Petter Aadahl. Gut barrier dysfunction as detected by intestinal luminal microdialysis. Int Care Med 2004: 30; 1188-1194
• Jan Lundbom, Staal Hatlinghus, Asbjørn Ødegaard, Trine Olberg Eide,  Conrad Lange, Jenny Aasland, Petter Aadahl, Hans O. Myhre. Combined open and endovascular treatment of complex aortic disease.  Vascular 2004; 12: 93-98
• Olberg Eide T,  Romundstad P, Sæther OD, Myhre HO, Aadahl P. A strategy for treatment of type III and IV thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Annals of Vascular Surgery 2004; 18: 408-413
• Olberg Eide T, Aadahl P, Skomsvoll JF, Aasarød K, Karevold K, Grong Smethurst HB, Myhre HO. Resection and graft replacement of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with Takayasu`s disease. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg Extra 2004; 8: 107-110
• Sandsund M, Geving IH, Reinertsen RE, Aadahl P. Body temperature measurements in the clinic; evaluation of practice in a Norwegian hospital. J Thermal Biology 2004; 29: 877-880
• ES Haug, P Romundstad, P Aadahl, HO Myhre. Symptomatic non-ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms. Emergency surgery is contributing to postoperative mortality. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2004; 28: 612-618
• Dale O, Bergum H, Lund T, Nilsen T, Aadahl P, Stenseth R. a validated method for rapid analysis of ethane in breath and its application in kinetic studies in human volunteers. Free Radical Research 2003; 37: 815-821
• P Aadahl, OD Sæther, J Lundbom, R Stenseth, S Dragsund, A Karevold, HO Myhre. Delayed-onset paraplegia after thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Reversal with cerebrospinal fluid drainage. EJVES Extra 2003; 39-42
  
• TO Eide, HO Myhre, OD Sæther, P Aadahl: Shunting of the coeliac and superior mesenteric arteries during thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2003; 26: 602-606
• Jan P. Loennechen, Odd G. Nilsen, Ingrid Arbo, Petter Aadahl, Helge L. Waldum, Arne K. Sandvik, Øyvind Ellingsen: Chronic Exposure to Carbon Monoxide and Nicotine: Endothelin ET(A) Receptor Antagonism Attenuates Carbon Monoxide-Induced Myocardial Hypertrophy in Rat. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2002;178(1):8-14.
• Per Åsheim, Ulf Mostad and Petter Aadahl. Ultrasound-guided central venous cannulation in infants and children. Acta Anaestesiol Scand 2002 Apr;46(4):390-2
• Per Åsheim, Sigurd Fasting, Ulf Mostad, Petter Aadahl: The reliability of end-tidal CO2 in spontaneously breathing children during anaestehsia with Laryngeal Mask,  low flow, sevoflurane and caudal epidural. Pediatric Anaesthesia 2002; 12: 438-441
• Eirik Skogvoll, Anne-Thora Grammeltvedt, Petter Aadahl, Ulf Mostad, Sverre Slørdahl: Life-threatening upper airway obstruction in a child caused by retropharyngeal emphysema. Acta Anesthesiol Scand 2001; 45: 393-395
• J Lundbom, J Wesche, S Hatlinghus, A Ødegaard, P Aadahl, A Tromsdal, A Karevold, JH Kaspersen and HO Myhre: Endovascular treatment of type B aortic dissections. Cardiovascular Surgery 2001; 9: 266-271
• Baeckstrøm T, Sæther OD, Norgren L, Aadahl P, Myhre HO, Ungerstedt U. Spinal cord metabolism during thoracic aortic cross-clamping with special reference to the effect of allopurinol. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2001; 22: 410-417
• Petter Aadahl, Svend Aakhus, Ola D. Sæther, Tonje Strømholm and Hans O. Myhre: Cardiac output measurements during cross-clamping of the descending thoracic aorta in pigs. A comparison between transit-time ultrasound, thermodilution and pulsed Doppler ultrasound. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand; 2000; 44; 180-185
• Ola D. Sæther, Tobias Backstrøm, Petter Aadahl, Hans O. Myhre, Lars Norgren and Urban Ungerstedt: Microdialysis of the spinal cord during thoracic aortic cross-clamping in a porcine model. Spinal Cord; 2000; 153-157
• J Lundbom, S Hatlinghus, P Aadahl and HO Myhre: Endovascular treatment of vascular emergencies and complications following previous vascular surgery. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg; 2000; 19; 205-209
• Tore Amundsen, Jørn Kværness, Petter Aadahl, Anders Waage, Leif Bjermer, Asbjørn Ødegård and Olav Haraldseth, A Closed-Chest Pulmonary Artery Occlusion-Reperfusion Model in the Pig: Using MR Perfusion Imaging and Pulmonary Angiography in the detection of Non-perfused Lung Regions. Investigative Radiology 2000; 35: 295-303
  
• A. Ødegård, H.O. Myhre, J. Lundbom, S. Hatlinghus, K. Bergh, A. Waage, K. Bjerve, T.E. Mollnes, P. Aadahl, T.A. Lie, V. Videm: The inflammatory response following treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm: A comparison between open surgery and endovascular repair. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg: 2000; 19; 536-544

 
Reviews, editorials and book chapters

• Hans O. Myhre, Jan Lundbom, Alexander Wahba, Petter Aadahl, Staal Hatlinghuus, Jenny Aasland: Thoracic aneurysms and type B dissections should be treated by stent-graft. In: RM Greenhalgh: The Evidence for Vascular or Endovascular Reconstruction, WB Saunders, London 2002
• Petter Aadahl : Perkutan dilatasjonstrakeostomi. i: Knut Dybwik: Respiratorbehandling, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 2000
• Johan-Arnt Hegvik og Petter Aadahl: Høy-frekvent oscillator ventilasjon. i: Knut Dybwik: Respiratorbehandling, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 2000
• Jørgensen KU, Aadahl P, Reinertsen RE: Evaluering av Thermoscan Pro 3000 termometer for klinisk bruk. Fortrolig Sintef rapport (2000)

• Randi Salvesen, Ulf Mostad, Petter Aadahl. Oppfølging av barn med trakeostomiTidsskrift for den norske lægeforening 2005; 125: 907-909
• Erik Solligård, Odd Veddeng og Petter Aadahl. Pilotprosjektet i anestesiologi. NAForum 2005; 238-40
• Tommy Aronsen, Lars Martin Rekkedal, Anton Hole, Petter Aadahl. Journaldokumentasjon for alvorlig syke. Tidsskr Nor Lægeforen 2003; 16:  21-23
• Per Åsheim, Ulf Mostad, Petter Aadahl: Ultralydveiledet SVK innleggelse på barn: En ny og bedre metode. NAForum: 2000; 13; 5-6