Department of Health Studies, University of Zadar; Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek Anesthesiology and ICU, General Hospital Zadar, University of Zadar
Full Prof Tatjana Šimurina, MD, PhD is a board certificated in anesthesiology, resuscitation, emergency medicine, and intensive medicine. She has extensive professional experience in perioperative medicine and intensive medicine. She is a member of the ESA Scientific Subcommittee and Executive board member of national anesthesiology societies CSARIM (HDARIM) and CSRAA (HDRAA) and active member of the European Federation for Medical Informatics Working Group (EFMI WG IDeS). She has been a faculty member, invited lecturer and chairman at multiple conferences nationally and abroad. She has been involved with WFSA and ESA as part of the ambulatory anesthesia committee. She was the principal investigator and coordinator for several clinical studies. As a Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Osijek and Department of Health Studies, University of Zadar, she has been teaching on undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate levels.
EDUCATION
1988 Doctor of Medicine (MD), School of Medicine, University of Zagreb.
1993 - 1997 – Residency in Anesthesiology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb
1997 Certificate: Specialist in Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia
2011 Ph.D., University of Zagreb; Ph.D. thesis “Predictive model for Postoperative Vomiting in Patients undergoing General Anesthesia for Gynecologic Laparoscopic Surgery” was a part of the scientific project “Predictive Models in Health”, supported by Ministry of Science, Education and Sport.
07/2012 Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia, Board Certification: Subspecialist in Intensive Care Medicine
10/2011 Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia, Board Certification: Specialist in Emergency Medicine
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Anesthesiology, Intensive care medicine, PONV, OSA, Postoperative recovery, Regional anesthesia and analgesia
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Scholar Citations
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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Safety and equity in scaling minimally invasive surgery worldwide in 109 countries using cholecystectomy as a tracer procedure: a prospective cohort study NGHRUGS the GlobalSurg Collaborative Lancet Glob Health 14 (doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X), e199-e212 , 2026 2026
Hitni medicinski prijevoz životno ugroženog bolesnika S Veger, T Šimurina Sveučilište u Zadru , 2025 2025
Bakterijski izolati i ishodi u bolesnika sa neutropeničnom vrućicom u Općoj bolnici Šibensko – kninske županije J Kraljević, T Šimurina Sveučilište u Zadru , 2025 2025
Palliative Care as a Predictor of Professional Stress and Mental Health in Nurses: A Cross‐Sectional Study M Ljubičić, G Pavletić, S Šare, I Gusar, B Dželalija, M Matek Sarić, ... Nursing open 12 (9), e70219 , 2025 2025
Does the effectiveness of neuraxial morphine administration vary across different patient populations, dosing strategies, and delivery techniques? M Župčić, V Rački, T Šimurina, V Duzel Croatian Medical Journal 66 (3), 235-237 , 2025 2025
Dinamika vitalnih znakova tijekom terapijskih venepunkcija u bolesnika s policitemijom verom, sekundarnom policitemijom i nasljednom hemokromatozom V Stančić, T Šimurina Sveučilište u Zadru , 2025 2025
Does the effectiveness of neuraxial morphine administration vary across different patient populations, dosing strategies, and delivery techniques? NG Rački, M Župčić, SG Župčić, V Rački, T Šimurina, V Duzel Croatian Medical Journal 66 (3), 235-7 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Refining anesthesia practice-regional techniques, risk stratification, and evidence-based analgesia. V Duzel, M Župčić, T Šimurina, SG Župčić Croatian medical journal 66 (3) , 2025 2025
Intrathecal morphine, current practice-an overview V Đuzel, M Župčić, T Šimurina 2025
Utjecaj inicijalnog liječenja na ponovne hospitalizacije bolesnika s akutnom upalom žučnjaka u Općoj bolnici Šibensko-kninske županije M Valovičić Krečak, I Krečak, T Šimurina Medica Jadertina 54 (4), 263-272 , 2024 2024
Mučnina i povraćanje nakon anestezije T Tokić, T Šimurina Sveučilište u Zadru , 2024 2024
Neuromišićni relaksansi u anesteziologiji (završni rad) I Bajramović, T Šimurina Sveučilište u zadru , 2024 2024
Lokalni anestetici: farmakologija i toksičnost T Šimurina Neurologija Regionalna anestezija Liječenje bola 5. tečaj. Šotošek V., ur … , 2024 2024
THE INFLUENCE OF INITIAL TREATMENT ON HOSPITAL READMISSION RATES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS IN THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OF ŠIBENIK-KNIN COUNTY KM VALOVIČIĆ, I KREČAK, T ŠIMURINA MEDICA JADERTINA 54 (4), 263-272 , 2024 2024
Utjecaj inicijalnog liječenja na ponovne hospitalizacije bolesnika s akutnom upalom žučnjaka M Valovičić Krečak, T Šimurina https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:036451 , 2024 2024
Prijeanestezijska procjena i premedikacija (završni rad) A Majhen, ŠT mentor) https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:778976 , 2024 2024
UTJECAJ PRIJEOPERATIVNE ANKSIOZNOSTI, DEPRESIVNOSTI I BOLI NA KVALITETU POSLIJEOPERATIVNOG OPORAVKA I ZADOVOLJSTVO BOLESNIKA NAKON RADIKALNE PROSTATEKTOMIJE, doktorska disertacija N Sulen, ŠT mentor ) https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:152:984650 , 2024 2024
Effects of preoperative anxiety, depression and pain on quality of postoperative recovery and acute postoperative pain after radical prostatectomy: a prospective observational … N Sulen, T Šimurina, I Požgain, M Župčić, T Sorić, EB Kasap, B Mraović Acta clinica Croatica 62 (4), 677 , 2023 2023 Citations: 7
Validation of the quality of recovery-40 questionnaire adapted for Croatian population N Sulen, T Šimurina, M Milošević, M Župčić, B Mraović Acta clinica Croatica 62 (3), 426-435 , 2023 2023 Citations: 5
Effects of an intravenous lidocaine bolus before tracheal extubation on recovery after breast surgery – Lidocaine at the End (LATE) study: a randomized controlled clinical … B Mraović, T Šimurina Croat Med J 64, 222-30 , 2023 2023 Citations: 9
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
COVIDSurg Collaborative. Elective surgery cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic: global predictive modelling to inform surgical recovery plans [published online ahead of … C Collaborative British Journal of Surgery, doi:10.1002/bjs.11746 , 2020 2020 Citations: 1796
Mortality after surgery in Europe: a 7 day cohort study P RM, M RP, P Bauer, P Pelosi, P Metnitz, C Spies, B Vallet, V JL, A Hoef, ... Lancet 380 (doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736 PMID 22998715), 1059-65 , 2012 2012 Citations: 1688
Incidence of severe critical events in paediatric anaesthesia (APRICOT): a prospective multicentre observational study in 261 hospitals in Europe W Habre, N Disma, K Virag, K Becke, TG Hansen, M Jöhr, B Leva, ... The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 5 (5), 412-425 , 2017 2017 Citations: 851
Epidemiological characteristics, practice of ventilation, and clinical outcome in patients at risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome in intensive care units from 16 … N AS, B CS, et al. Simonis FD, PRoVENT, PN investigators, C 303) Lancet Respir Med. 4 (doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(1), 882-893 , 2016 2016 Citations: 196
The dose–response of nitrous oxide in postoperative nausea in patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopic surgery: a preliminary study B Mraovic, T Šimurina, Z Sonicki, N Skitarelic, TJ Gan Anesthesia & Analgesia 107 (3), 818-823 , 2008 2008 Citations: 62
Geoeconomic variations in epidemiology, ventilation management, and outcomes in invasively ventilated intensive care unit patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome … L Pisani, AG Algera, AS Neto, L Azevedo, T Pham, F Paulus, ... The Lancet global health 10 (2), e227-e235 , 2022 2022 Citations: 49
Influence of the menstrual cycle on the incidence of nausea and vomiting after laparoscopic gynecological surgery: a pilot study T Šimurina, B Mraovic, N Skitarelić, T Andabaka, Z Sonicki Journal of clinical anesthesia 24 (3), 185-192 , 2012 2012 Citations: 49
Giant pilomatrixoma (benign calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe) of the neck and face M Kovacic, M Rudic, I Nekic, N Lisica-Sikic, Z Kranjcec, T Simurina Dermatologic surgery 33 (3), 340-343 , 2007 2007 Citations: 44
Local Anesthetics and Steroids: Contraindications and Complications - Clinical Update /Lokalni anestetici i steroidi: kontraindikacije i komplikacije-trenutni klinički pregled T Šimurina, B Mraović, M Župčić, S Graf Župčić, M Vulin Acta clinica Croatica 58 (Supplement 1), 53-61 , 2019 2019 Citations: 42
Nonelective Surgery at Night and In-Hospital Mortality: Prospective Observational Data From the European Surgical Outcomes Study RA van Zaane B, van Klei WA, Buhre WF, Bauer P, Boerma EC, Hoeft A, Metnitz ... Eur J Anaesthesiol 32 (2015doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000256.), 477-85 , 2015 2015 Citations: 32
Effects of high intraoperative inspired oxygen on postoperative nausea and vomiting in gynecologic laparoscopic surgery T Šimurina, B Mraović, S Mikulandra, Z Sonicki, N Sulen, B Dukić, TJ Gan Journal of clinical anesthesia 22 (7), 492-498 , 2010 2010 Citations: 31
Prognostic value of venoarterial carbon dioxide gradient in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock R Troskot, T Šimurina, M Žižak, K Majstorović, I Marinac, I Mrakovčić-Šutić Croatian medical journal 51 (6), 501-508 , 2010 2010 Citations: 30
Sevoflurane preserves regional cerebral oxygen saturation better than propofol: Randomized controlled trial T Ružman, T Šimurina, D Gulam, N Ružman, M Miškulin Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 36 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinan … , 2017 2017 Citations: 27
Nitrous oxide added at the end of isoflurane anesthesia hastens early recovery without increasing the risk for postoperative nausea and vomiting – a randomized clinical trial. B Mraović, T Šimurina, TJ Gan Canadian Journal of Anesthesia 65 (doi: 10.1007/s12630-017-1013-y), 162-169 , 2018 2018 Citations: 24
A combination of levobupivacaine and lidocaine for paravertebral block in breast cancer patients undergoing quadrantectomy causes greater hemodynamic oscillations than … M Župčić, S Graf Župčić, V Duzel, T Šimurina, L Šakić, J Fudurić, J Peršec, ... Croatian medical journal 58 (4), 270-280 , 2017 2017 Citations: 18
Clinical and Biochemical Influence of Prostatic Stones. DJ Soric Tomislav , Selimovic Mirnes, Bakovic Lada, Simurina Tatjana ... Urol Int , 2017 2017 Citations: 18
Transcranial cerebral oxymetric monitoring reduces brain hypoxia in obese and elderly patients undergoing general anesthesia for laparoscopic cholecystectomy T Ružman, B Mraović, T Šimurina, D Gulam, N Ružman, M Miškulin Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech , 2017 2017 Citations: 14
The effect of propofol and fentanyl as compared with sevoflurane on postoperative vomiting in children after adenotonsillectomy T Šimurina, S Mikulandra, B Mraović, Z Sonicki, M Kovačić, B Dželalija, ... Collegium antropologicum 30 (2), 343-347 , 2006 2006 Citations: 12
Effects of IV lidocaine administered prior to extubation on early and late recovery after breast surgery: 1AP1–5 B Mraovic, T Simurina, S Mikulandra, J Seric, Z Sonicki European Journal of Anaesthesiology| EJA 27 (47), 8 , 2010 2010 Citations: 10
Effects of an intravenous lidocaine bolus before tracheal extubation on recovery after breast surgery – Lidocaine at the End (LATE) study: a randomized controlled clinical … B Mraović, T Šimurina Croat Med J 64, 222-30 , 2023 2023 Citations: 9