Steffen Weber-Carstens

Summary

Affiliation: Humboldt University
Country: Germany

Publications

  1. ncbi Hypercapnia in late-phase ALI/ARDS: providing spontaneous breathing using pumpless extracorporeal lung assist
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 35:1100-5. 2009
  2. ncbi Risk factors in critical illness myopathy during the early course of critical illness: a prospective observational study
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite University Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care 14:R119. 2010
  3. ncbi Bolus or continuous hydrocortisone--that is the question
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care 11:113. 2007
  4. ncbi Impact of bolus application of low-dose hydrocortisone on glycemic control in septic shock patients
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Mitte, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 33:730-3. 2007
  5. ncbi Nonexcitable muscle membrane predicts intensive care unit-acquired paresis in mechanically ventilated, sedated patients
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine SW C, SK, CDS, FB, MD, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Charite Mitte, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care Med 37:2632-7. 2009
  6. ncbi Critical illness myopathy is frequent: accompanying neuropathy protracts ICU discharge
    Susanne Koch
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Mitte, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin D 13353, Germany
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 82:287-93. 2011
  7. ncbi Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Sven Bercker
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care Med 33:711-5. 2005
  8. ncbi Early type II fiber atrophy in intensive care unit patients with nonexcitable muscle membrane
    Jeffrey Bierbrauer
    Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Mitte, Charite University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care Med 40:647-50. 2012
  9. ncbi Social support during intensive care unit stay might improve mental impairment and consequently health-related quality of life in survivors of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Maria Deja
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D 13353 Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care 10:R147. 2006
  10. ncbi Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor to reverse sepsis-associated immunosuppression: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter trial
    Christian Meisel
    Department of Medical Immunology, Charite Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:640-8. 2009

Detail Information

Publications14

  1. ncbi Hypercapnia in late-phase ALI/ARDS: providing spontaneous breathing using pumpless extracorporeal lung assist
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 35:1100-5. 2009
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  2. ncbi Risk factors in critical illness myopathy during the early course of critical illness: a prospective observational study
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite University Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care 14:R119. 2010
    ..Non-excitable muscle membrane indicates critical illness myopathy (CIM) during early critical illness. We investigated predisposing risk factors for non-excitable muscle membrane at onset of critical illness...
  3. ncbi Bolus or continuous hydrocortisone--that is the question
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care 11:113. 2007
    ..They found continuous infusion of hydrocortisone to be associated with fewer hyperglycaemic episodes and reduced staff workload compared with bolus application...
  4. ncbi Impact of bolus application of low-dose hydrocortisone on glycemic control in septic shock patients
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Clinic of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Mitte, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 33:730-3. 2007
    ..To determine whether glycemic control is less feasible when hydrocortisone is given as a bolus compared with continuous application in septic shock patients...
  5. ncbi Nonexcitable muscle membrane predicts intensive care unit-acquired paresis in mechanically ventilated, sedated patients
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine SW C, SK, CDS, FB, MD, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Charite Mitte, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care Med 37:2632-7. 2009
    ..To investigate the predictive value of electrophysiological measurements including validation of muscle membrane excitability on the development of intensive care unit (ICU)-aquired paresis...
  6. ncbi Critical illness myopathy is frequent: accompanying neuropathy protracts ICU discharge
    Susanne Koch
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Mitte, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin D 13353, Germany
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 82:287-93. 2011
    ..However, it is unknown whether differential diagnosis has an impact on prognosis. This study investigates whether there is an association between the early differentiation of CIM versus CIP and clinical prognosis...
  7. ncbi Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Sven Bercker
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care Med 33:711-5. 2005
    ..However, since this is a retrospective survey, a causal relation is not clearly supported. In this study, the use of early electrophysiologic testing in ARDS patients was a valuable diagnostic tool for detecting CIP/CIM...
  8. ncbi Early type II fiber atrophy in intensive care unit patients with nonexcitable muscle membrane
    Jeffrey Bierbrauer
    Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Mitte, Charite University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care Med 40:647-50. 2012
    ..We investigated whether nonexcitable muscle membrane indicates fast-twitch myofiber atrophy during the early course of critical illness...
  9. ncbi Social support during intensive care unit stay might improve mental impairment and consequently health-related quality of life in survivors of severe acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Maria Deja
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charite, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D 13353 Berlin, Germany
    Crit Care 10:R147. 2006
    ..We wished to evaluate the influence of PTSD on HRQoL and to investigate the influence of perceived social support during intensive care unit (ICU) treatment on both PTSD symptoms and HRQoL...
  10. ncbi Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor to reverse sepsis-associated immunosuppression: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled multicenter trial
    Christian Meisel
    Department of Medical Immunology, Charite Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 180:640-8. 2009
    ..Sustained sepsis-associated immunosuppression is associated with uncontrolled infection, multiple organ dysfunction, and death...
  11. ncbi [Insulin resistance and protein catabolism in critically ill patients]
    Jeffrey Bierbrauer
    Klinik für Anästhesiologie mit Schwerpunkt operative Intensivmedizin, Campus Charite Mitte, der Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany Jeff
    Anasthesiol Intensivmed Notfallmed Schmerzther 46:268-74; quiz 275. 2011
    ..Furthermore, animal models of sepsis suggest a decrease in anabolic insulin signalling within skeletal muscle...
  12. ncbi Acute respiratory failure after aspiration of activated charcoal with recurrent deposition and release from an intrapulmonary cavern
    Roland C E Francis
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Campus Virchow Klinikum and Campus Charite Mitte, Charite, Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany
    Intensive Care Med 35:360-3. 2009
    ..To report on the recurrent release of charcoal from an intrapulmonary cavern in a case of acute respiratory failure after charcoal aspiration...
  13. ncbi Gastrointestinal zygomycosis caused by Mucor indicus in a patient with acute traumatic brain injury
    Maria Deja
    Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, , Berlin, Germany
    Med Mycol 44:683-7. 2006
    ..Reviewing other reports on Mucor indicus infections, primary gastrointestinal manifestations seem to be typical and indicate an oral route of infection...
  14. ncbi Paresis following mechanical ventilation
    Steffen Weber-Carstens
    JAMA 289:1634; author reply 1634-5. 2003