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Nils Kristian Skjærvold

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Nils Kristian Skjærvold

Professor
Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

nils.k.skjervold@ntnu.no
+4799375774 AHL-senteret, 343.02.009, Øya, Prinsesse Kristinas gate 3
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Anaesthesiologist, researcher, med-tech entrepreneur, and lecturer at St Olav University Hospital and NTNU with a special interest in in vivo biosensors and complex physiological regulation.

Current positions

  • Senior consultant anaesthesiologist, Dep of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, St Olav University Hospital
  • Professor, Dep of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Background

  • Professional study medicine at NTNU 1997 – 2003
  • Residency Narvik and Meløy 2003 – 2005
  • Anaesthesiologist since 2005, registered specialist 2010, cardiothoracic anaesthesiologist since 2012; St Olav University Hospital
  • PhD at NTNU 2009 – 2012
  • Postdoc researcher NTNU 2015 – 2020
  • Associate Professor NTNU 2021 – 2023
  • Supervisor (previous/ongoing) of 13 Master Thesis and 3 PhD Thesis
  • Lecturer at the Medical Faculty NTNU since 2015
  • Research experience within animal- and clinical studies, physiological studies (circulation), high-resolution sensor-data, medical-technological innovation and development, and research management

Previous research

  • 2009 – 2012: PhD. Automated Glucose Control: Continuous glucose measurement, insulin pharmacology, and development of a regulation algorithm
  • 2009 – 2019: Cooperation/unpaid medical consultant GlucoSet (previous InvivoSense)
  • 2012 – 2015: Co-founder and early participant in the research group Artificial Pancreas Trondheim.
  • 2015 – 2020: Complex physiological regulation and oscilliations. Postdoc project, PhD-supervisor, supervisor of several master thesis
  • 2017 – 2020: Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer Moon Labs; prototyping of the Evo biosensor

Ongoing research

  • Development of non-invasive sensors and systems for patient monitoring
  • Postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery patients (prevention, sensortechnology)

Teaching and supervision

  • Supervisor at the Master and PhD programs at NTNU
  • Head of the anaesthesia teaching at the professional study in medicine at NTNU
  • Miscellaneous internal teaching for doctors and nurses at St Olav University Hospital
  • Link: my teaching material (Norwegian page)

Publications

  • Chronological
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2023

  • Stenwig, Eline; Salvi, Giampiero; Salvo Rossi, Pierluigi; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2023) Comparison of correctly and incorrectly classified patients for in-hospital mortality prediction in the intensive care unit. BMC Medical Research Methodology
    Academic article

2022

  • Langeland, Halvor; Bergum, Daniel; Løberg, Magnus; Bjørnstad, Knut; Skaug, Thomas Renhult; Nordseth, Trond. (2022) Characteristics of circulatory failure after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective cohort study. Open heart
    Academic article
  • Neerland, Bjørn Erik; Busund, Rolf; Haaverstad, Rune; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Landsverk, Svein A.; Martinaityte, Ieva. (2022) Alpha-2-adrenergic receptor agonists for the prevention of delirium and cognitive decline after open heart surgery (ALPHA2PREVENT): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Stenwig, Eline; Salvi, Giampiero; Salvo Rossi, Pierluigi; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2022) Comparative analysis of explainable machine learning prediction models for hospital mortality. BMC Medical Research Methodology
    Academic article

2021

  • Langeland, Halvor Johannes Breivik; Damås, Jan Kristian; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Ludviksen, Judith K; Ueland, Thor; Michelsen, Annika Elisabet. (2021) The inflammatory response is related to circulatory failure after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective cohort study. Resuscitation
    Academic article
  • Langeland, Halvor; Bergum, Daniel; Nordseth, Trond; Løberg, Magnus; Skaug, Thomas Renhult; Bjørnstad, Knut. (2021) Circulatory trajectories after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study. BMC Anesthesiology
    Academic article

2020

  • Harbo, Erlend Flinstad; Fuglerud, Silje Skeide; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2020) Visualisation of Limb Movements by Accelerometers in Sedated Patients. Critical Care
    Academic article
  • Knai, Kathrine; Aadahl, Petter; Skjærvold, Nils Kristian. (2020) Cardiac surgery does not lead to loss of oscillatory components in circulatory signals. Physiological Reports
    Academic article
  • Schaanning, Sebastian G.; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2020) Rapid declines in systolic blood pressure are associated with an increase in pulse transit time. PLOS ONE
    Academic article

2018

  • Langeland, Halvor; Bergum, Daniel; Løberg, Magnus; Bjørnstad, Knut; Damås, Jan Kristian; Mollnes, Tom Eirik. (2018) Transitions Between Circulatory States After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Protocol for an Observational, Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Research Protocols
    Academic article
  • Tannvik, Tomas Dybos; Rimehaug, Audun Eskeland; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Kirkeby-Garstad, Idar. (2018) Post cardiac surgery stunning reduces stroke work, but leaves cardiac power output unchanged in patients with normal ejection fraction. Physiological Reports
    Academic article
  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Knai, Kathrine; Elvemo, Nicolas-Andreas L.. (2018) Some oscillatory phenomena of blood glucose regulation: An exploratory pilot study in pigs. PLOS ONE
    Academic article

2017

  • Knai, Kathrine; Kulia, Geir; Molinas Cabrera, Maria Marta; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2017) Instantaneous frequencies of continuous blood pressure A comparison of the power spectrum, the continuous wavelet transform and the Hilbert-Huang transform. Advances in Adaptive Data Analysis
    Academic article
  • Knai, Kathrine; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2017) A pig model of acute right ventricular afterload increase by hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. BMC Research Notes
    Academic article
  • Carlsen, Anders Wetting; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Berg, Nils Johan; Karlsen, Øystein; Gunnarson, Eli; Wahba, Alexander. (2017) Swedish-Norwegian co-operation in the treatment of three hypothermia victims: a case report. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
    Academic article
  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Brovold, Helge; Rahmati, Hodjatolah; Martens, Harald; Tøndel, Kristin; Cedersund, Gunnar. (2017) Multivariate Analyses and the Bridging of Biology's ‘Math-Gap’. John Wiley & Sons
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Langeland, Halvor J.B.; Lyng, Oddveig; Aadahl, Petter; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2017) The coherence of macrocirculation, microcirculation, and tissue metabolic response during nontraumatic hemorrhagic shock in swine. Physiological Reports
    Academic article

2016

  • Fougner, Anders Lyngvi; Kölle, Konstanze; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Elvemo, Nicolas-Andreas L.; Hjelme, Dag Roar; Ellingsen, Reinold. (2016) Intraperitoneal Glucose Sensing is Sometimes Surprisingly Rapid. MIC Journal: Modeling, Identification and Control
    Academic article
  • Kjetså, Erik; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Skogvoll, Eirik; Kirkeby-Garstad, Idar. (2016) Synchronizing thermodilution cardiac output measurements with spontaneous breathing does not improve precision. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
    Academic article

2013

  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Østling, Dan; Hjelme, Dag Roar; Spigset, Olav; Lyng, Oddveig; Aadahl, Petter. (2013) Blood Glucose Control Using a Novel Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor and Repetitive Intravenous Insulin Boluses: Exploiting Natural Insulin Pulsatility as a Principle for a Future Artificial Pancreas. International Journal of Endocrinology
    Academic article

2012

  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Lyng, Oddveig; Spigset, Olav; Aadahl, Petter. (2012) Pharmacology of Intravenous Insulin Administration: Implications for Future Closed-Loop Glycemic Control by the Intravenous/Intravenous Route. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
    Academic article
  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2012) Automated Blood Glucose Control - Development and Testing of an Artificial Endocrine Pancreas Using a Novel Intravascular Glucose Monitor and a New Approach to Insulin Pharmacology. NTNU-trykk
    Doctoral dissertation
  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Aadahl, Petter. (2012) Comparison of arterial and mixed venous blood glucose levels in hemodynamically unstable pigs: implications for location of a continuous glucose sensor. Acta Diabetologica
    Academic article

2011

  • Skjærvold, Nils Kristian; Solligård, Erik; Hjelme, Dag Roar; Aadahl, Petter. (2011) Continuous Measurement of Blood Glucose Validation of a New Intravascular Sensor. Anesthesiology
    Academic article

2004

  • Skjaervold, Nils K; Bergh, Kåre; Bevanger, Lars Solbu. (2004) Distribution of PFGE types of invasive Norwegian group B streptococci in relation to serotypes. Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR)
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Stenwig, Eline; Salvi, Giampiero; Salvo Rossi, Pierluigi; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2023) Comparison of correctly and incorrectly classified patients for in-hospital mortality prediction in the intensive care unit. BMC Medical Research Methodology
    Academic article
  • Langeland, Halvor; Bergum, Daniel; Løberg, Magnus; Bjørnstad, Knut; Skaug, Thomas Renhult; Nordseth, Trond. (2022) Characteristics of circulatory failure after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective cohort study. Open heart
    Academic article
  • Neerland, Bjørn Erik; Busund, Rolf; Haaverstad, Rune; Helbostad, Jorunn L.; Landsverk, Svein A.; Martinaityte, Ieva. (2022) Alpha-2-adrenergic receptor agonists for the prevention of delirium and cognitive decline after open heart surgery (ALPHA2PREVENT): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open
    Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Stenwig, Eline; Salvi, Giampiero; Salvo Rossi, Pierluigi; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2022) Comparative analysis of explainable machine learning prediction models for hospital mortality. BMC Medical Research Methodology
    Academic article
  • Langeland, Halvor Johannes Breivik; Damås, Jan Kristian; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Ludviksen, Judith K; Ueland, Thor; Michelsen, Annika Elisabet. (2021) The inflammatory response is related to circulatory failure after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A prospective cohort study. Resuscitation
    Academic article
  • Langeland, Halvor; Bergum, Daniel; Nordseth, Trond; Løberg, Magnus; Skaug, Thomas Renhult; Bjørnstad, Knut. (2021) Circulatory trajectories after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study. BMC Anesthesiology
    Academic article
  • Harbo, Erlend Flinstad; Fuglerud, Silje Skeide; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2020) Visualisation of Limb Movements by Accelerometers in Sedated Patients. Critical Care
    Academic article
  • Knai, Kathrine; Aadahl, Petter; Skjærvold, Nils Kristian. (2020) Cardiac surgery does not lead to loss of oscillatory components in circulatory signals. Physiological Reports
    Academic article
  • Schaanning, Sebastian G.; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2020) Rapid declines in systolic blood pressure are associated with an increase in pulse transit time. PLOS ONE
    Academic article
  • Langeland, Halvor; Bergum, Daniel; Løberg, Magnus; Bjørnstad, Knut; Damås, Jan Kristian; Mollnes, Tom Eirik. (2018) Transitions Between Circulatory States After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: Protocol for an Observational, Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Research Protocols
    Academic article
  • Tannvik, Tomas Dybos; Rimehaug, Audun Eskeland; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Kirkeby-Garstad, Idar. (2018) Post cardiac surgery stunning reduces stroke work, but leaves cardiac power output unchanged in patients with normal ejection fraction. Physiological Reports
    Academic article
  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Knai, Kathrine; Elvemo, Nicolas-Andreas L.. (2018) Some oscillatory phenomena of blood glucose regulation: An exploratory pilot study in pigs. PLOS ONE
    Academic article
  • Knai, Kathrine; Kulia, Geir; Molinas Cabrera, Maria Marta; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2017) Instantaneous frequencies of continuous blood pressure A comparison of the power spectrum, the continuous wavelet transform and the Hilbert-Huang transform. Advances in Adaptive Data Analysis
    Academic article
  • Knai, Kathrine; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2017) A pig model of acute right ventricular afterload increase by hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. BMC Research Notes
    Academic article
  • Carlsen, Anders Wetting; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Berg, Nils Johan; Karlsen, Øystein; Gunnarson, Eli; Wahba, Alexander. (2017) Swedish-Norwegian co-operation in the treatment of three hypothermia victims: a case report. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
    Academic article
  • Langeland, Halvor J.B.; Lyng, Oddveig; Aadahl, Petter; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2017) The coherence of macrocirculation, microcirculation, and tissue metabolic response during nontraumatic hemorrhagic shock in swine. Physiological Reports
    Academic article
  • Fougner, Anders Lyngvi; Kölle, Konstanze; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Elvemo, Nicolas-Andreas L.; Hjelme, Dag Roar; Ellingsen, Reinold. (2016) Intraperitoneal Glucose Sensing is Sometimes Surprisingly Rapid. MIC Journal: Modeling, Identification and Control
    Academic article
  • Kjetså, Erik; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Skogvoll, Eirik; Kirkeby-Garstad, Idar. (2016) Synchronizing thermodilution cardiac output measurements with spontaneous breathing does not improve precision. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
    Academic article
  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Østling, Dan; Hjelme, Dag Roar; Spigset, Olav; Lyng, Oddveig; Aadahl, Petter. (2013) Blood Glucose Control Using a Novel Continuous Blood Glucose Monitor and Repetitive Intravenous Insulin Boluses: Exploiting Natural Insulin Pulsatility as a Principle for a Future Artificial Pancreas. International Journal of Endocrinology
    Academic article
  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Lyng, Oddveig; Spigset, Olav; Aadahl, Petter. (2012) Pharmacology of Intravenous Insulin Administration: Implications for Future Closed-Loop Glycemic Control by the Intravenous/Intravenous Route. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
    Academic article
  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Aadahl, Petter. (2012) Comparison of arterial and mixed venous blood glucose levels in hemodynamically unstable pigs: implications for location of a continuous glucose sensor. Acta Diabetologica
    Academic article
  • Skjærvold, Nils Kristian; Solligård, Erik; Hjelme, Dag Roar; Aadahl, Petter. (2011) Continuous Measurement of Blood Glucose Validation of a New Intravascular Sensor. Anesthesiology
    Academic article
  • Skjaervold, Nils K; Bergh, Kåre; Bevanger, Lars Solbu. (2004) Distribution of PFGE types of invasive Norwegian group B streptococci in relation to serotypes. Indian Journal of Medical Research (IJMR)
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Brovold, Helge; Rahmati, Hodjatolah; Martens, Harald; Tøndel, Kristin; Cedersund, Gunnar. (2017) Multivariate Analyses and the Bridging of Biology's ‘Math-Gap’. John Wiley & Sons
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

  • Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2012) Automated Blood Glucose Control - Development and Testing of an Artificial Endocrine Pancreas Using a Novel Intravascular Glucose Monitor and a New Approach to Insulin Pharmacology. NTNU-trykk
    Doctoral dissertation

Outreach

2023

  • Academic lecture
    Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Kotopoulis, Spiros; Løvskar, Sverre; Dyrset, Eirik; Uleberg, Oddvar. (2023) Oxycate - utvikling av en trådløs engangs cerebral oksygenmonitor for prehospital bruk. Norsk Anestesiologisk Forening Norsk Anestesiologisk høstmøte , Bergen 2023-10-25 - 2023-10-27

2019

  • Poster
    Åsnes, Tord; Veisdal, Julian; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2019) Utvikling av sensor og programvare for elektronisk sengepostovervåkning. Norsk Anestesiologisk Forening Norsk Anestesiologisk Forenings Høstmøte 2019-10-23 - 2019-10-25
  • Poster
    Harbo, Erlend; Fuglerud, Silje Skeide; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2019) Visualization of limb movements in sedated patients by accelerometers - a tool for future neurological outcome prognostication. Norsk Anestesiologisk Forening Norsk Anestesiologisk Forenings Høstmøte , Soria Moria, Oslo 2019-10-23 - 2019-10-25
  • Poster
    Knai, Kathrine; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2019) Synchronization of systolic blood pressure, heart rate and R-wave amplitude in healthy individuals. Norsk Anestesiologisk Forening Norsk Anestesiologisk Forenings Høstmøte 2019-10-23 - 2019-10-25

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Martens, Harald; Fortuna, João; Reberg, Jan Otto; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2016) Høydimesjonale datastrømmer i helsesektoren. StOlavs HelsIT , Trondheim 2016-08-28 - 2016-08-29

2015

  • Poster
    Fougner, Anders Lyngvi; Kölle, Konstanze; Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Elvemo, Nicolas-Andreas L.; Ellingsen, Reinold; Carlsen, Sven Magnus. (2015) Intraperitoneal Glucose Sensing — Rapid and Accurate. Kenes International Organizers of Congresses S.A. Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) , Paris 2015-02-18 - 2015-02-21
  • Academic lecture
    Skjaervold, Nils Kristian. (2015) Acute right ventricular afterload increase by hypoxic pulmonary hypertension – establishing a pig model for further studies. The Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine 33rd Congress 2015-06-10 - 2015-10-12

2014

  • Poster
    Skjaervold, Nils Kristian; Fougner, Anders Lyngvi; Elvemo, Nicolas-Andreas L.. (2014) Intelligent Predictive Artificial Pancreas by Biomimicry of the Native Beta Cells - Concept, Prototype and the Future. NTNU Virtual Physiological Human Conference 2014 , Trondheim 2014-09-09 - 2014-09-12

2010

  • Poster
    Brønstad, Maria; Skjærvold, Nils Kristian; Uggen, Per Einar; Aadahl, Petter; Kidd, Mark; Gustafsson, Bjørn I. (2010) Intestinal ischemia activates local production and secretion of serotonin from enterochromaffin cells that may trigger cascade reactions in remote organs. ASGE Digestive Disease Week 2010 , New Orleans 2010-05-01 - 2010-05-05

2008

  • Poster
    Skjærvold, Nils Kristian; Tyvold, Stig Sverre; Grønbech, Jon Erik; Espevik, Terje; Aadahl, Petter; Solligård, Erik. (2008) Detection of cytokines in the intestinal lumen by microdialysis. ESICM Annual Congress of The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine , Lisboa 2008-09-15 - 2008-09-18

2002

  • Poster
    Skjærvold, Nils Kristian; Bergh, Kåre; Bevanger, Lars Solbu. (2002) Distribution of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types of invasive Norwegian group B streptococci in relation to serotype. XV Lancefield International Symposium on Streptococci and Streptococcal Diseases, 6-11 Oct.,2002 in Goa, India. , Goa, India 2002-10-11 -

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