ChatAbout Prof. Dr. Claudia Spies
- Prof. Dr. Claudia Spies is a well-known Anaesthesiologist with experience of more than 31 years.
- She is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Clean Hands Campaign, Presidium of the AWMF, Presidium of the Patient Safety Alliance, Anti-Infectives, Resistance and Therapy Commission at Robert Koch Institute, and also Chair of the Perioperative Intensive Care Medicine Section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM).
- She completed her graduation from Nuremberg and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, the USA in 1980, and started working as an assistant doctor in anesthesia and intensive care medicine, Nuremberg Municipal Hospital.
- Later the worked as a research assistant and specialist training at the clinic for Anaesthesiology and operative intensive care medicine at the University Hospital Steglitz der, Free University of Berlin.
- Dr. Spies has worked in specialties such as neuro, head and neck, urology, gastrointestinal, obstetrics, vascular, thoracic, pediatrics, etc.
- She has published more than 730 articles with more than 16,000 citations, and her research focuses on “risk reduction in anesthesia and intensive care” with the main interest being etiologies and repercussions of acquired neurocognitive disorders after surgery and intensive care.
Hospital
Charite University Hospital
Hospital Location
Berlin, Germany 
LocationSpecial Interest
Adult and pediatric cardiac procedures Heart transplant LVAD insertion Cathlab procedures Hybrid procedures Transesophageal echocardiography
Work Experience of Prof. Dr. Claudia Spies
Prof. Dr. Claudia Spies's
- Graduation, 1980, Nuremberg and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI) Badge of Honour in Gold, 2011 - Braun Critical Care Award, 2008 - Wilhelm Feuerlein Research Prize in the area of Applied and Clinical Research, German Addiction Foundation Matthias Gottschaldt, 2005 - August Bier Prize from the German Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DGAI), 2003
-
Martin J et al. Evidence and consensus-based German guidelines for the management of analgesia, sedation and delirium in intensive care – short version. Ger Med Sci. 2010 Feb 2;8:Doc02.
-
Luetz A et al. Different assessment tools for intensive care unit delirium: which score to use? Crit Care Med. 2010 Feb;38(2):409-18.
-
Radtke FM, Franck M, MacGuill M, Seeling M, Lütz A, Westhoff S, Neumann U, Wernecke KD, Spies CD. Duration of fluid fasting and choice of analgesic are modifiable factors for early postoperative delirium. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2010;27(5):411-6.
-
Nachtigall I, Tamarkin A, Tafelski S, Deja M, Halle E, Gastmeier P, Wernecke KD, Bauer T, Kastrup M, Spies C. Impact of Adherence to Standard Operating Procedures for Pneumonia on Outcome of ICU Patients. Crit Care Med. 2009 Jan;37(1):350-2
-
Kastrup M, von Dossow V, Seeling M, Ahlborn R, Tamarkin A, Conroy P, Boemke W, Wernecke KD, Spies C. Key performance indicators in intensive care medicine. A retrospective matched cohort study. J Int Med Res. 2009 Sep-Oct;37(5):1267-84
-
Kip M, Neumann T, Jugel C, Kleinwächter R, Weiss-Gerlach E, MacGuill M, Spies C. New Strategies to Detect Alcohol Use Disorders in the Preoperative Assessment Clinic of a German University Hospital. Anesthesiology, 109:171-179, 2008
-
Spies CD et al. Intervention of the Neuroendocrine-Immune Axis and Postoperative Pneumonia Rate in Alcoholic Patients. Am J Resp Crit Care 174:408-14; 2006
-
Hannemann P, Lassen K, Hausel J, Nimmo S, Ljungqvist O, Nygren J, Soop M, Fearon K, Andersen J, Revhaug A, von Meyenfeldt MF, Dejong CH, Spies C. Patterns in current anesthesiological peri-operative practice for colonic resections: a survey in five northern-European countries. Acta Anaesth Scand, 50(9): 1152-60, 2006;
-
Martin J, Franck M, Fischer M, Spies C. Sedation, and analgesia in German intensive care units: how is it done in reality? Results of a patient-based survey of analgesia and sedation. Intensive Care Med, 32:1137-1142, 2006
-
von Heymann C, Redlich U, Jain U, Kastrup M, Schroeder T, Sander M, Grosse J, Ziemer S, Koscielny J, Konertz W, Wernecke KD, Spies C. Recombinant Activated Factor VII for Refractory Bleeding After Cardiac Surgery – A Retrospective Analysis of Safety and Efficacy. Crit Care Med 33:2241-2246, 2005
(Get Free opinion, Quote, Medical Visa Invitation and Assistance at every step of your treatment.)
