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List of works by Alberto Zangrillo

"Ultrasound comet-tail images": a marker of pulmonary edema: a comparative study with wedge pressure and extravascular lung water

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

A Bayesian network meta-analysis for binary outcome: how to do it.

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A Bayesian network meta-analysis on the effect of inodilatory agents on mortality.

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A Systematic Review and International Web-Based Survey of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Perioperative and Critical Care Setting: Interventions Increasing Mortality

scientific article published on 23 March 2019

A Systematic Review and International Web-Based Survey of Randomized Controlled Trials in the Perioperative and Critical Care Setting: Interventions Reducing Mortality

scientific article published on 22 November 2018

A comprehensive appraisal of meta-analyses focusing on nonsurgical treatments aimed at decreasing perioperative mortality or major cardiac complications.

scientific article published on 03 April 2012

A meta-analysis of complications and mortality of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published on September 2013

A multilevel approach to network meta-analysis within a frequentist framework

scientific article published on 21 March 2015

A new clinical multivariable model that predicts postoperative acute kidney injury: impact of endogenous ouabain

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A new method for managing emergency calls

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A new phosphorylcholine-coated polymethylpentene oxygenator for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a preliminary experience.

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A randomized controlled trial of levosimendan to reduce mortality in high-risk cardiac surgery patients (CHEETAH): Rationale and design.

scientific article published on 23 April 2016

A smartphone application with augmented reality for estimating weight in critically ill paediatric patients

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

A survey on the use of intra-aortic balloon pump in cardiac surgery.

scientific article published in October 2012

Abdominal compartment syndrome during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

scientific article published on 14 October 2011

Activities of a medical emergency team twenty years after its introduction.

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Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution Reduces Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Trials.

scientific article published on 23 September 2016

Acute renal failure and cardiac surgery

scientific article published on January 1, 2009

Additive Effect on Survival of Anaesthetic Cardiac Protection and Remote Ischemic Preconditioning in Cardiac Surgery: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.

scientific article published on 31 July 2015

Administration of blood products to prevent bleeding complications associated with central venous catheter insertion in patients at risk: a systematic review.

scientific article published on April 2017

Afterload mismatch after MitraClip insertion for functional mitral regurgitation

scientific article published on 18 March 2014

An innovative technique to improve safety of volatile anesthetics suction from the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit

scientific article published on October 2017

An international survey on noninvasive ventilation use for acute respiratory failure in general non-monitored wards.

scientific article published on 18 November 2014

An unusual "swinging" biatrial mass

scientific article published on 22 February 2012

An unusual cause of hypoxaemia in a patient with pneumonia

scientific article published in January 2008

An updated systematic review and meta-analysis on impedance threshold devices in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation

scientific article published on January 2014

Anaesthesia for ultrasound guided oocyte retrieval: midazolam/remifentanil versus propofol/fentanyl regimens

scientific article published in November 1999

Anaesthetic drugs and survival: a Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized trials in cardiac surgery

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Anesthesiologic Management of Patients Undergoing Cardiac Transapical Procedures: Which Challenges in the Modern Era?

scientific article published on 28 October 2018

Anesthetic Management of Cardioband Implantation: Data From a Preliminary Experience and New Insights.

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Anesthetic management for percutaneous aortic valve implantation: an overview of worldwide experiences

scientific article published on January 1, 2012

Anesthetic management of carcinoid heart disease after cardiac surgery. A possible use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

Anesthetic management of percutaneous aortic valve implantation: focus on challenges encountered and proposed solutions.

scientific article published on 23 February 2009

Anesthetic management of transcatheter aortic valve implantation with transaxillary approach.

scientific article published on 29 October 2010

Anesthetic management of transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

scientific article published on August 2011

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors predispose to hypotension refractory to norepinephrine but responsive to methylene blue

scientific article published in February 2004

Anticoagulation for critically ill cardiac surgery patients: is primary bivalirudin the next step?

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Anticoagulation management in patients undergoing open heart surgery by activated clotting time and whole blood heparin concentration.

scientific article published on December 2006

Any rationale for propofol use in cardiac surgery?

scientific article published on 22 January 2010

Argatroban anticoagulation for heparin induced thrombocytopenia in patients with ventricular assist devices

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Assessment of diaphragmatic dysfunction in the critically ill patient with ultrasound: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 12 September 2016

Assessment of noise levels in the intensive care unit using Apple Watch

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Awake Fiberoptic Intubation Protocols in the Operating Room for Anticipated Difficult Airway: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

scientific article published on 01 May 2019

Beneficial impact of fenoldopam in critically ill patients with or at risk for acute renal failure: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

scientific article published on January 2007

Benefits and risks of epidural analgesia in cardiac surgery

scientific article published on July 2015

Bioline heparin-coated ECMO with bivalirudin anticoagulation in a patient with acute heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: the immune reaction appeared to continue unabated

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Bivalirudin versus heparin as an anticoagulant during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case-control study

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Blood Purification With CytoSorb in Critically Ill Patients: Single-Center Preliminary Experience

scientific article published on 29 August 2018

Blood cyst of the mitral valve

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Bystander-initiated chest compression-only CPR is better than standard CPR in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

scientific article published on January 2010

CASE 12-2016 Ascending Aorta Dissection in a Jehovah's Witness Patient on Warfarin

scientific article published on 3 March 2016

COVID-19 survival associates with the immunoglobulin response to the SARS-CoV-2 spike Receptor Binding Domain

scientific article published on 29 September 2020

Cardiac biomarker release after CABG with different surgical techniques.

scientific article published in February 2004

Cardiac index assessment by the pressure recording analytic method in critically ill unstable patients after cardiac surgery.

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Cardiac index assessment by the pressure recording analytic method in unstable patients with atrial fibrillation.

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Cardiac index validation using the pressure recording analytic method in unstable patients

scientific article published on 11 December 2009

Cardiac protection by volatile anaesthetics: a multicentre randomized controlled study in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass

scientific article published on 8 December 2006

Cardiac protection by volatile anesthetics in non-cardiac surgery? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies on clinically relevant endpoints

scientific article published on January 2009

Cardiac protection by volatile anesthetics. A review

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Cardiac protection with phosphocreatine: a meta-analysis

Cardiac protection with phosphocreatine: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 17 June 2016

Cardiac protection with volatile anesthetics in stenting procedures

scientific article published on 14 May 2008

Cardiac support with IABP during venovenous ECMO for ARDS.

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Cardiac surgery in 260 octogenarians: a case series.

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Cardioprotection by volatile anesthetics in noncardiac surgery? No, not yet at least

scientific article published in April 2008

Cardiothoracic Surgeons in Pandemics: Ethical Considerations

scientific article published on 09 April 2020

Cerebral involvement in COVID-19 is associated with metabolic and coagulation derangements: an EEG study

scientific article published on 15 June 2020

Clinical aspects of sepsis: an overview

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Clinical significance of a new Q wave after cardiac surgery.

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Closed-Loop Delivery Systems Versus Manually Controlled Administration of Total IV Anesthesia: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials

scientific article published on February 2017

Coagulation Derangements in Patients With Refractory Cardiac Arrest Treated With Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

scientific article published on 14 November 2018

Combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a paraplegic woman: difficulty in obtaining the expected level of block

scientific article published in May 2000

Comparison of fentanyl with clonidine as adjuvants for epidural analgesia with 0.125% bupivacaine in the first stage of labor: a preliminary report.

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Comparison of triple-lumen central venous catheters impregnated with silver nanoparticles (AgTive®) vs conventional catheters in intensive care unit patients.

scientific article published on 28 August 2012

Comparisons of two diaphragm ultrasound-teaching programs: a multicenter randomized controlled educational study

scientific article published on 03 October 2019

Concomitant implantation of Impella® on top of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation may improve survival of patients with cardiogenic shock

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Contemporary applications of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation for cardiogenic shock: a "real world" experience.

scientific article published in April 2018

Contributing factors for a late spontaneous peripherally inserted central catheter migration: a case report and review of literature

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Correction to: Tracheal intubation in critically ill patients: a comprehensive systematic review of randomized trials

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

Correction: Dexmedetomidine as a Sedative Agent in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

scientific article published on 9 January 2014

Critical care in the near future: patient-centered, beyond space and time boundaries.

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Democracy-based consensus in medicine

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Desflurane and sevoflurane in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

scientific article published on 7 May 2007

Desflurane versus propofol in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery

scientific article published on 22 February 2007

Desmopressin after cardiac surgery in bleeding patients. A multicenter randomized trial.

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Desmopressin reduces transfusion needs after surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

scientific article published in December 2008

Dexmedetomidine as a sedative agent in critically ill patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Dexmedetomidine reduces the risk of delirium, agitation and confusion in critically Ill patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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Dexmedetomidine vs midazolam as preanesthetic medication in children: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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Diagnosis of infection in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case-control study

scientific article published on 2 February 2012

Differences in Biomarkers Pattern Between Severe Isolated Right and Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Cardiac Surgery

scientific article published on 21 July 2019

Different strategies for mechanical VENTilation during CardioPulmonary Bypass (CPBVENT 2014): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 07 June 2017

Dilated coronary sinus and a ring structure between the left atrial appendage and the left superior pulmonary vein.

scientific article published on 16 April 2007

Drotrecogin alpha and anticoagulants in septic patients after cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 23 October 2006

Dual lumen catheter cannulation for venovenous ECMO.

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Dynamic assessment of 'valvular reserve capacity' in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis

scientific article published on 5 December 2011

ECG changes after CABG: the role of the surgical technique.

scientific article published in February 2004

ECMO criteria for influenza A (H1N1)-associated ARDS: role of transpulmonary pressure

scientific article published on 10 February 2012

Early heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia (HIT) after cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

Echocardiographic patterns of incomplete Shone's syndrome in adults.

scientific article published in September 2011

Editor's Choice - A Rotational Thromboelastometry Driven Transfusion Strategy Reduces Allogenic Blood Transfusion During Open Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Propensity Score Matched Study

scientific article published on 08 June 2019

Effect of Continuous Epinephrine Infusion on Survival in Critically Ill Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

scientific article published on 01 March 2020

Effect of Hemoadsorption for Cytokine Removal in Pneumococcal and Meningococcal Sepsis

scientific article published on 19 June 2018

Effect of Levosimendan on Renal Outcome in Cardiac Surgery Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Perioperative Cardiovascular Dysfunction: A Substudy of a Multicenter Randomized Trial.

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Effect of blood transfusion strategy on mortality in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Effect of fenoldopam on use of renal replacement therapy among patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: a randomized clinical trial.

scientific article published on December 2014

Effects of levosimendan on mortality and hospitalization. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

scientific article published in February 2012

Effects of non-invasive ventilation on reintubation rate: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised studies of patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery

scientific article published on September 2013

Effects of vasopressinergic receptor agonists on sublingual microcirculation in norepinephrine-dependent septic shock

scientific article published on 19 September 2011

Efficacy and Safety of Fibrinogen Concentrate in Surgical Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Endogenous Ouabain: An Old Cardiotonic Steroid as a New Biomarker of Heart Failure and a Predictor of Mortality after Cardiac Surgery.

scientific article published on November 2015

Enhanced recovery after surgery program in elective infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

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Epidural Analgesia in Open Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

scientific article published on 29 October 2018

Epidural analgesia improves outcome in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 11 December 2009

Epidural anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

scientific article published on 19 April 2009

Esmolol administration in patients with VV ECMO: why not?

scientific article published on 02 June 2013

Esmolol before cardioplegia and as cardioplegia adjuvant reduces cardiac troponin release after cardiac surgery. A randomized trial.

scientific article published on 8 December 2016

Esmolol reduces perioperative ischemia in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

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Esmolol reduces perioperative ischemia in noncardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies.

scientific article published on 2 October 2009

Ethics and methodology, not bureaucracy

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Examination of regional anesthesia for carotid endarterectomy.

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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Hemodynamic Support of Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation

scientific article published in December 2016

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A New Way to Study Toxic Drugs in Chronic Diseases

scientific article published in December 2011

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Beyond Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care Unit: Unconventional Uses and Future Perspectives

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with H1N1 influenza infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis including 8 studies and 266 patients receiving ECMO

scientific article published on February 13, 2013

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and lethal diseases: a new perspective.

scientific article published on 27 September 2013

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to resuscitate a 14-year-old boy after 43min drowning.

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

Faster rings in the survival chain: Mobile phones could improve the response to the dedicated emergency call system

scientific article published on 12 July 2007

Feasibility of Anesthesia Maintenance With Sevoflurane During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Pilot Pharmacokinetics Study.

scientific article published on 18 December 2016

Fenoldopam and acute renal failure in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials.

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Fenoldopam reduces the need for renal replacement therapy and in-hospital death in cardiovascular surgery: a meta-analysis

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Fenoldopam to prevent renal replacement therapy after cardiac surgery. Design of the FENO-HSR study

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First in man prolonged pressure-controlled intermittent coronary sinus occlusion to treat refractory left ventricular dysfunction and ischemia with patent epicardial coronary arteries

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

Fluoroless placement of Impella: a single center experience

scientific article published on 6 November 2014

Gender differences in septic intensive care unit patients

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Glutamine and antioxidants in critically ill patients

scientific article published in August 2013

Halogenated agents and cardiovascular surgery: has mortality really decreased

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Halogenated anaesthetics and cardiac protection in cardiac and non-cardiac anaesthesia.

scientific article published on January 2009

Heart failure after Caesarean section for twin delivery.

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Hemodynamic and echocardiographic effects of aortic regurgitation on femoro-femoral veno-arterial ECMO.

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen vs. Conventional Oxygen Therapy and Noninvasive Ventilation in Emergency Department Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

How to explain a PaO2 of 140 mmHg in a venous line?

scientific article published on 01 January 2009

How to obtain severe hypoglycemia without causing brain or cardiac damage

scientific article published on 11 June 2019

Human protein C zymogen concentrate in patients with severe sepsis and multiple organ failure after adult cardiac surgery.

scientific article published in August 2009

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest System-of-Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published in 2021

Impact of impedance threshold devices on cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies.

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Improving fiberoptic intubation in the conscious patient using the new Janus mask

scientific article published on 31 March 2017

Incidence of deep venous thrombosis in COVID-19 hospitalized patients during the first peak of the Italian outbreak

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

Infections occurring in adult patients receiving mechanical circulatory support: the two-year experience of an Italian National Referral Tertiary Care Center

scientific article published on 3 October 2012

Intensive Care and Anesthesia Specialists Would Do More Research If They Could.

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Intermittent furosemide administration in patients with or at risk for acute kidney injury: Meta-analysis of randomized trials.

scientific article published on 24 April 2018

Intermittent levosimendan improves mid-term survival in chronic heart failure patients: meta-analysis of randomised trials

scientific article published on 25 December 2013

Interventions affecting mortality in critically ill and perioperative patients: A systematic review of contemporary trials.

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Intracardiac Clots Masked by Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Venous Cannula

scientific article published on 11 December 2011

Intraoperative prophylactic and therapeutic non-invasive ventilation: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 19 January 2014

Intraoperative use of tranexamic acid to reduce transfusion rate in patients undergoing radical retropubic prostatectomy: double blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Intrathecal lactate as a predictor of early- but not late-onset spinal cord injury in thoracoabdominal aneurysmectomy

scientific article published on 18 April 2014

Intrathecal lactate concentration and spinal cord injury in thoracoabdominal aortic surgery.

scientific article published on 31 May 2010

Intrathecal lactate to predict spinal cord ischemia in major abdominal surgery

scientific article published on 17 March 2014

Is flow really continuous in last generation continuous flow Ventricular Assist Devices? A comparison between HeartMate II and HeartWare HVAD.

scientific article published in January 2012

Is time to change to halogenated drugs in cardiac surgery, what do we have to do with propofol?

scientific article published on January 2014

Lanosterol Synthase Genetic Variants, Endogenous Ouabain, and Both Acute and Chronic Kidney Injury

scientific article published on 16 January 2019

Left atrial appendage closure without general anaesthesia

Levosimendan for Hemodynamic Support after Cardiac Surgery

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Levosimendan reduces cardiac troponin release after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies.

scientific article published on 12 February 2009

Levosimendan reduces mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: A meta-analysis of randomized trials

scientific article published on 29 May 2015

Levosimendan, meta-analysis, and the Levosimendan Infusion versus Dobutamine study

scientific article published in September 2012

Liberal transfusion strategy improves survival in perioperative but not in critically ill patients. A meta-analysis of randomised trials

scientific article published on October 2015

Long-Term Survival Rate in Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure Treated With Noninvasive Ventilation in Ordinary Wards

scientific article published on 4 August 2016

Long-term outcome and quality of life of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery

scientific article published in April 2004

Long-term outcome of patients who require renal replacement therapy after cardiac surgery

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Long-term outcome of perioperative low cardiac output syndrome in cardiac surgery: 1-year results of a multicenter randomized trial

scientific article published on 17 April 2020

Magic Bullets in Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care

scientific article published on March 28, 2012

Management and decision-making strategy for systolic anterior motion after mitral valve repair

scientific article published in February 2009

Management of refractory hypoxemia during venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for ARDS.

scientific article published on May 2015

Management of ventricular tachycardia in the setting of a dedicated unit for the treatment of complex ventricular arrhythmias: long-term outcome after ablation.

scientific article published on 25 February 2013

Mechanical Ventilation and Diaphragmatic Atrophy in Critically Ill Patients: An Ultrasound Study

scientific article published on 17 March 2016

Meta-analysis of randomized trials of effect of milrinone on mortality in cardiac surgery: an update

scientific article published on 10 October 2012

Meta-analysis: pitfalls and hints

scientific article published on January 2013

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus species in a cardiac surgical intensive care unit: a 5-year experience.

scientific article published in December 2005

Methylene blue as a vasopressor: a meta-analysis of randomised trials.

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Methylene blue for lithium-induced refractory hypotension in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft: report of two cases.

scientific article published in February 2004

Methylene blue: between scylla (meta-analysis) and charybdis (propensity).

scientific article published in April 2014

Milrinone and mortality in adult cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 22 September 2011

Miniaturized cardiopulmonary bypass improves short-term outcome in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

scientific article published on 22 September 2009

Minimally invasive closed circuit versus standard extracorporeal circulation for aortic valve replacement

scientific article published in February 2007

Minimise nosocomial spread of 2019-nCoV when treating acute respiratory failure

scientific article published on 11 February 2020

Mitral valve surgery and acute renal failure

scientific article published on 11 October 2006

Monitoring of central retinal artery and vein with color Doppler ultrasound during heart surgery as an alternative to transcranial Doppler ultrasonography: a case report.

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MortalitY in caRdIAc surgery (MYRIAD): A randomizeD controlled trial of volatile anesthetics. Rationale and design.

scientific article published on 19 May 2017

Mortality in Multicenter Critical Care Trials: An Analysis of Interventions With a Significant Effect.

scientific article published on August 2015

Mortality reduction in cardiac anesthesia and intensive care: results of the first International Consensus Conference

scientific article published on 01 March 2011

Mortality, morbidity, and quality of life after circumferential pulmonary vein ablation for atrial fibrillation: outcomes from a controlled nonrandomized long-term study

scientific article published on July 2003

Myocardial damage prevented by volatile anesthetics: a multicenter randomized controlled study.

scientific article published in August 2006

N-terminal B-natriuretic Peptide after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

scientific article published on 21 December 2008

New frontiers in aortic surgery and anesthesia

scientific article published on January 1, 2010

Non-Adrenergic Vasopressors in Patients with or at Risk for Vasodilatory Shock. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

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Non-invAsive VentIlation for early General wArd respiraTory failurE (NAVIGATE): A multicenter randomized controlled study. Protocol and statistical analysis plan

scientific article published on 07 February 2019

Non-invasive ventilation after cardiac surgery

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Non-invasive ventilation during upper endoscopies in adult patients. A systematic review

scientific article published on February 18, 2013

Non-invasive ventilation, ordinary wards and medical emergency team: maximizing effectiveness while preserving safety.

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Noninvasive Ventilation After Thoracoabdominal Aortic Surgery: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

scientific article published on 02 November 2018

Noninvasive ventilation after cardiac and thoracic surgery in adult patients: a review.

scientific article published on 11 August 2011

Noninvasive ventilation and survival in acute care settings: a comprehensive systematic review and metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on April 2015

Noninvasive ventilation during left atrial appendage closure under sedation: Preliminary experience with the Janus Mask

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Noninvasive ventilation failure: the answer is blowing in the leaks

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Noninvasive ventilation in H1N1-correlated severe ARDS in a pregnant woman: please, be cautious!

scientific article published on 26 May 2010

Noninvasive ventilation outside the intensive care unit from the patient point of view: a pilot study

scientific article published on 6 December 2011

Noninvasive ventilation practice in cardiac surgery patients: insights from a European survey

scientific article published on 01 October 2013

Nonsurgical Strategies to Reduce Mortality in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: An Updated Consensus Process.

scientific article published on 7 June 2017

Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting reduces postoperative neurologic complications.

scientific article published in April 2005

Open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in the modern era: results from a 6-year single-centre experience

Operative morbidity and mortality in octogenarians after carotid endarterectomy: a propensity score matching study

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Organ protection by volatile anesthetics in non-coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

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Out of hospital "smart" resuscitation

scientific article published on 02 February 2012

Outcome of cardiac surgery in patients with low preoperative ejection fraction.

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Outcomes after transcatheter aortic valve implantation with both Edwards-SAPIEN and CoreValve devices in a single center: the Milan experience.

scientific article published in November 2010

Percutaneous aortic valve implantation: the anesthesiologist perspective

scientific article published on January 2009

Percutaneous tracheostomy in patients on anticoagulants.

scientific article published on July 2015

Percutaneous tracheostomy, a systematic review

scientific article published on 20 December 2011

Periferic intravenous infusion of fenoldopam through an elastomeric pump

scientific article published on January 1, 2009

Perioperative evaluation of primary hemostasis in patients undergoing mitral valve repair.

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Perioperative magnesium supplementation to prevent atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery surgery: a randomized controlled study.

scientific article published in December 2005

Peripheral VA-ECMO venous cannulation: which side for the femoral cannula?

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Periprocedural and perioperatory management of patients with tricuspid valve disease.

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Phosphocreatine in Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

Phosphorylcholine coating may limit thrombin formation during high-risk cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on March 2006

Platelet activation is a preoperative risk factor for the development of thromboembolic complications in patients with continuous-flow left ventricular assist device.

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Polypoid atrial myxoma

scientific article published on 01 August 2012

Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) level to prevent expiratory flow limitation during cardiac surgery: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial (EFLcore study)

scientific article published on 26 November 2018

Postoperative complications after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a comparison between the off-pump and on-pump techniques.

scientific article published in September 2004

Predicting mortality risk in patients undergoing venovenous ECMO for ARDS due to influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia: the ECMOnet score

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Predicting the Need for Intra-operative Large Volume Blood Transfusions During Thoraco-abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

scientific article published on 6 January 2017

Predictors of Intensive Care Unit Admission in Patients Undergoing Lead Extraction: A 10-Year Observational Study in a High-Volume Center

scientific article published on 13 February 2019

Predictors of atrial fibrillation after off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

scientific article published in December 2004

Predictors of cardiac troponin release after mitral valve surgery

scientific article published on 15 September 2010

Preoperative endogenous ouabain predicts acute kidney injury in cardiac surgery patients

scientific article published on March 2013

Preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump to reduce mortality in coronary artery bypass graft: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 14 January 2015

Preoperative urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and outcome in high-risk heart failure patients undergoing cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 2 December 2013

Preoxygenation for tracheal intubation in critically ill patients: one technique does not fit all.

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Preventing deaths related to percutaneous tracheostomy: safety is never too much!

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Preventing mortality in cardiac surgery with anesthetic drugs and techniques. There is need for a consensus conference

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Prevention of iatrogenic atrial tachycardia after ablation of atrial fibrillation: a prospective randomized study comparing circumferential pulmonary vein ablation with a modified approach

scientific article published on 01 November 2004

Prevention of organ dysfunction in septic shock: still looking for an effective treatment

scientific article published on December 2016

Preventive and therapeutic noninvasive ventilation in cardiovascular surgery.

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Primary anticoagulation with bivalirudin for patients with implantable ventricular assist devices

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Prolonged transesophageal echocardiography during percutaneous closure of the left atrial appendage without general anesthesia: the utility of the Janus mask.

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Propofol and survival: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

scientific article published on 14 October 2014

Protecting High-Risk Cardiac Patients During the COVID-19 Outbreak

scientific article published on 27 March 2020

Protein C zymogen in adults with severe sepsis or septic shock

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Protein C zymogen in severe sepsis: a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomized study.

scientific article published on 25 June 2016

Publication trends in the journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia: a 10-year analysis

scientific article published in December 2010

Pulmonary Complications After Open Abdominal Aortic Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

scientific article published on October 2016

Pulmonary vein denervation enhances long-term benefit after circumferential ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation

scientific article (publication date: 27 January 2004)

Randomized Evidence for Reduction of Perioperative Mortality: An Updated Consensus Process

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Randomized evidence for reduction of perioperative mortality.

scientific article published on 20 June 2012

Recombinant activated factor VII in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 10 December 2008

Recombinant activated factor VII increases stroke in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

scientific article published on 18 May 2011

Reducing mortality in acute kidney injury patients: systematic review and international web-based survey

scientific article published on 05 October 2013

Reducing mortality in cardiac surgery with levosimendan: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

scientific article published on 22 August 2009

Reducing perioperative myocardial infarction with anesthetic drugs and techniques

scientific article published on September 2009

Reduction of hemodilution in small adults undergoing open heart surgery: a prospective, randomized trial

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Remifentanil in cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published on 05 August 2011

Remifentanil in critically ill cardiac patients.

scientific article published on January 2011

Renal failure and replacement therapy after cardiac surgery

scientific article published on 23 February 2009

Renoprotective action of fenoldopam in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective, double-blind, randomized clinical trial.

scientific article published in June 2005

Reply to Wolvetang et al: "Serotonin Syndrome After Methylene Blue Administration During Cardiac Surgery: A Case Report and Review".

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Residual clinical damage after COVID-19: A retrospective and prospective observational cohort study

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Response: Does Levosimendan Reduce Mortality in Cardiac Surgery?

scientific article published in June 2011

Role of Survival Scores Before Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: The New CHRiSS Compared to the HeartMate II Score

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Role of cardiac biomarkers (troponin I and CK-MB) as predictors of quality of life and long-term outcome after cardiac surgery.

scientific article published in January 2009

Role of serum biomarkers in the diagnosis of infection in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

Safety of cardiac surgery in octogenarians and nonagenarians

scientific article published on 24 March 2008

Self-citation in anaesthesia and critical care journals: introducing a flat tax.

scientific article published in September 2010

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Temperature management during off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of a circulating water system versus a forced-air system

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The Brachiocephalic Vein as a Safe and Viable Alternative to Internal Jugular Vein for Central Venous Cannulation.

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The Effect of inotropes and vasopressors on mortality: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

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The Fragility Index in peri-operative randomised trials that reported significant mortality effects in adults

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The Italian ECMO network experience during the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic: preparation for severe respiratory emergency outbreaks

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The attractiveness of network meta-analysis: a comprehensive systematic and narrative review

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The contemporary role of Impella in a comprehensive mechanical circulatory support program: a single institutional experience

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The effect of concomitant radiofrequency ablation and surgical technique (repair versus replacement) on release of cardiac biomarkers during mitral valve surgery.

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The effect of isoflurane on survival and myocardial infarction: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies.

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The effect of statins on mortality in septic patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

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The effect of vasoactive drugs on mortality in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock. A network meta-analysis of randomized trials.

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The many pros and the few cons of noninvasive ventilation in ordinary wards.

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The minimum effective dose of 0.5% hyperbaric spinal bupivacaine for cesarean section.

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The outcome of patients requiring emergency conversion from off-pump to on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

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The role of different mechanical circulatory support devices and their timing of implantation on myocardial damage and mid-term recovery in acute myocardial infarction related cardiogenic shock

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The use of esmolol to treat systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve after mitral valve repair

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Thiopental is better than propofol for electroconvulsive therapy.

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Thoracic aorta aneurysm open repair in heart transplant recipient; the anesthesiologist's perspective

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Thoracic epidural anaesthesia in valvular cardiac surgery

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Thoracic epidural anesthesia improves early outcome in patients undergoing cardiac surgery for mitral regurgitation: a propensity-matched study.

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Thoracic epidural anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery for mitral regurgitation feasibility study.

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Tracheal intubation in critically ill patients: a comprehensive systematic review of randomized trials.

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Tracheal intubation in patients at risk for cervical spinal cord injury: A systematic review

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Tranexamic acid in open aortic aneurysm surgery: a randomised clinical trial

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Treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia after cardiac surgery: preliminary experience with fondaparinux

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Tricks, tips, and literature review on the adapted vaporize system to deliver volatile agents during cardiopulmonary bypass

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Two Different Endoscopic Procedures Made Feasible by the Janus Mask in a High-Risk Patient

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Ultra-Short-Acting β-Blockers (Esmolol and Landiolol) in the Perioperative Period and in Critically Ill Patients.

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Ultrasound Imaging for Diaphragm Dysfunction: A Narrative Literature Review

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Ultrasound in critically ill patients: focus on diaphragm

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Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as an early predictor of prolonged intensive care unit stay after cardiac surgery

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Urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin time course during cardiac surgery.

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Use of the laryngeal mask airway and a modified sequential intubation technique for the management of an unanticipated difficult airway in a remote location

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Use of volatile anesthetics during cardiopulmonary bypass: a systematic review of adverse events.

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Vasopressors During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. A Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials

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Vitamin D and outcomes in adult critically ill patients. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

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Volatile agents for cardiac protection in noncardiac surgery: a randomized controlled study.

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Volatile anaesthetics added to cardiopulmonary bypass are associated with reduced cardiac troponin.

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Volatile anesthetics for lung protection: a bridge between operating rooms and intensive care units?

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Volatile anesthetics for periprocedural cardiac protection. A review

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Volatile anesthetics reduce mortality in cardiac surgery.

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Volatile compared with total intravenous anaesthesia in patients undergoing high-risk cardiac surgery: a randomized multicentre study

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