Spital Zofingen

Dr. med. Rico Fiumefreddo

Stv. Chefarzt Innere Medizin, Ärztliche Leitung Notfallstation, Stv. Ärztliche Leitung IMC

Languages
DE IT EN ES

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Hospital (1)

Mühlethalstrasse 27, 4800 Zofingen

Work Experience

since 2025

Leitender Arzt und Stv. Chefarzt Innere Medizin

2020 - 2025

Leitender Arzt, Allgemeine Innere und Notfallmedizin, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Aarau

2013 - 2020

Oberarzt, Allgemeine Innere und Notfallmedizin, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Aarau

2012 - 2013

Assistenzarzt, Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital BaseL

2009 - 2012

Assistenzarzt, Allgemeine Innere und Notfallmedizin, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Aarau

Memberships

  • Foederatio Medicorum Helveticorum
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Allgemeine Innere Medizin
  • Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Notfall- und Rettungsmedizin 

 

Education

2026

Interdisziplinärer Schwerpunkttitel Klinische Notfallmedizin (SGNOR)

2026

Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)

2026

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

2020 - 2022

Alumnus Master of Medical Education

2019

Sanitätsdienstliche Führung Grossereignis (SFG-H)

2019

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

2014

Facharzttitel FMH Allgemeine Innere Medizin

2009

Dissertation unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. med. Beat Müller (Clinical predictors for Legionella in patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia to the emergency department)

2008

Staatsexamen Humanmedizin Universität Basel

Publications

Clinical predictors for Legionella in patients presenting with community-acquired pneumonia to the emergency department. Fiumefreddo R, Zaborsky R, Haeuptle J, Christ-Crain M, Trampuz A, Steffen I, Frei R, Müller B, Schuetz P. BMC Pulm Med. 2009 Jan 19;9:4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2466-9-4. PMID: 19152698.

Haeuptle, J., Zaborsky, R., Fiumefreddo, R. et al. Prognostic value of procalcitonin in Legionella pneumonia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 28, 55–60 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-008-0592-5.

Bolliger R, Neeser O, Merker M, Vukajlovic T, Felder L, Fiumefreddo R, Haubitz S, Koch D, Hammerer-Lercher A, Ottiger C, Fux CA, Mueller B, Schuetz P. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 4;6(7):ofz268. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz268. eCollection 2019 Jul. PMID: 31281863

Validation of a Prediction Rule for Legionella Pneumonia in Emergency Department Patients. Bolliger R, Neeser O, Merker M, Vukajlovic T, Felder L, Fiumefreddo R, Haubitz S, Koch D, Hammerer-Lercher A, Ottiger C, Fux CA, Mueller B, Schuetz P. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jun 4;6(7):ofz268. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz268. eCollection 2019 Jul. PMID: 31281863

Tackling alert fatigue with a semi-automated clinical decision support system: quantitative evaluation and end-user survey. Dahmke H, Fiumefreddo R, Schuetz P, De Iaco R, Zaugg C. Swiss Med Wkly. 2023 Jul 7;153:40082. doi: 10.57187/smw.2023.40082. PMID: 37454289

Evaluation of Triple Whammy Prescriptions After the Implementation of a Drug Safety Algorithm. Dahmke H, Schelshorn J, Fiumefreddo R, Schuetz P, Salili AR, Cabrera-Diaz F, Meyer-Massetti C, Zaugg C. Drugs Real World Outcomes. 2024 Mar;11(1):125-135. doi: 10.1007/s40801-023-00405-y. Epub 2024 Jan 6. PMID: 38183571

Development and validation of a clinical decision support system to prevent anticoagulant duplications. Dahmke H, Cabrera-Diaz F, Heizmann M, Stoop S, Schuetz P, Fiumefreddo R, Zaugg C. Int J Med Inform. 2024 Jul;187:105446. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2024.105446. Epub 2024 Apr 7. PMID: 38669733

Impact of pharmacist-evaluated clinical decision support system alerts on potentially missing or inappropriately prescribed proton pump inhibitors at hospital discharge: a retrospective cross-sectional study. Flückiger L, Zaugg C, Fiumefreddo R. Int J Clin Pharm. 2024 Oct;46(5):1143-1151. doi: 10.1007/s11096-024-01746-6. Epub 2024 Jun 13. PMID: 38869722

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