Koen Rijs

Koen Rijs is an active Researcher in the Department of Anesthesiology at Erasmus MC, Erasmus University Medical Center. His work focuses on clinical anesthesia with particular expertise in pain management and neuromonitoring techniques. His research spans multiple medical specialties including obstetrics, pediatrics, and neurosurgery.

Dr. Rijs's primary research interests include paracetamol pharmacology (100% focus), postoperative pain management (68%), neuromonitoring (50%), nerve sheath monitoring (50%), lidocaine applications (50%), tracheal intubation techniques (50%), spinal cord tumor surgery (50%), and sequential analysis in clinical trials (50%). His work demonstrates a strong translational approach connecting basic pharmacological principles with clinical applications.

Analysis of his recent publications (2021-2025) reveals a consistent focus on optimizing pain management protocols, particularly regarding paracetamol administration routes and lidocaine applications. His research increasingly incorporates advanced statistical methods like network meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis, while maintaining strong clinical relevance across multiple surgical contexts including maternal medicine, pediatric anesthesia, and neurosurgery.

Dr. Rijs actively collaborates with researchers across multiple departments at Erasmus MC, particularly in obstetrics and neurosurgery. His work has been cited in Scopus and Web of Science, with his 2021 systematic review on paracetamol administration accumulating 32 citations. His research has gained attention through social media platforms (145 X users) and academic networks (79 Mendeley readers) for his work on peri-operative pain management.