Lorenzo Berra Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Biography Publications Institution JoVE Articles Lorenzo Berra has not added a biography. If you are Lorenzo Berra and would like to personalize this page please email our Author Liaison for assistance. Publications A Physiological Hypothesis to Support the Use of CPAP at Extubation Among Patients with Obesity American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Feb, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35134319 Nitric Oxide: Clinical Applications in Critically Ill Patients Nitric Oxide : Biology and Chemistry. Feb, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35123061 In Memoriam: Warren M. Zapol Intensive Care Medicine. Jan, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35061052 Noninvasive Respiratory Support for COVID-19 Patients: When, for Whom, and How? Journal of Intensive Care. Jan, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 35033204 Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Among SARS-CoV-2 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Patients Current Opinion in Critical Care. 02, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34932525 High-Dose Nitric Oxide From Pressurized Cylinders and Nitric Oxide Produced by an Electric Generator From Air Respiratory Care. 02, 2022 | Pubmed ID: 34413210 Unsuccessful and Successful Clinical Trials in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Addressing Physiology-Based Gaps Frontiers in Physiology. 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34916959 Milrinone As Compared with Dobutamine in the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock The New England Journal of Medicine. Nov, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34818494 Transpulmonary Pressure-Guided Lung-Protective Ventilation Improves Pulmonary Mechanics and Oxygenation Among Obese Subjects on Mechanical Ventilation Respiratory Care. 11, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34686587 Inhaled High Dose Nitric Oxide is a Safe and Effective Respiratory Treatment in Spontaneous Breathing Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia Nitric Oxide : Biology and Chemistry. 11, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34400339 Efficiency of Prolonged Prone Positioning for Mechanically Ventilated Patients Infected with COVID-19 Journal of Clinical Medicine. Jul, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34279453 Individualized Multimodal Physiologic Approach to Mechanical Ventilation in Patients With Obesity and Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Reduced Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Utilization Critical Care Explorations. Jul, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34235455 Respiratory Physiology of Prone Positioning With and Without Inhaled Nitric Oxide Across the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Severity Spectrum Critical Care Explorations. Jun, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34151287 Pleural Pressure Targeted Positive Airway Pressure Improves Cardiopulmonary Function in Spontaneously Breathing Patients With Obesity Chest. 06, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34099131 Severe Bleeding in the ICU Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. Aug, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34039847 Inhaled Nitric Oxide Delivery Systems for Mechanically Ventilated and Nonintubated Patients: A Review Respiratory Care. Jun, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34039761 The Repurposed Use of Anesthesia Machines to Ventilate Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) BMC Anesthesiology. 05, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 34016056 A Retrospective Cohort Study of 12,306 Pediatric COVID-19 Patients in the United States Scientific Reports. 05, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33986390 Diminishing Efficacy of Prone Positioning With Late Application in Evolving Lung Injury Critical Care Medicine. Apr, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33938714 Notch4 Signaling Limits Regulatory T-cell-mediated Tissue Repair and Promotes Severe Lung Inflammation in Viral Infections Immunity. 06, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33915108 Identifying Clinical and Biochemical Phenotypes in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Secondary to Coronavirus Disease-2019 EClinicalMedicine. Apr, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33875978 Weaning Patients with Obesity from Ventilatory Support Current Opinion in Critical Care. 06, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33797429 Right Ventricular Strain Is Common in Intubated COVID-19 Patients and Does Not Reflect Severity of Respiratory Illness Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. Aug, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33783269 The Repurposed Use of Anesthesia Machines to Ventilate Critically Ill Patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Research Square. Feb, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33594358 Free Hemoglobin Ratio As a Novel Biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury After On-Pump Cardiac Surgery: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial Anesthesia and Analgesia. 06, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33481401 Consequences to the Lungs When Gas Swings Between Lung Units During Patient Triggered Mechanical Ventilation Respiratory Care. 01, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33380502 Bedside Electrical Impedance Tomography Unveils Respiratory "Chimera" in COVID-19 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 01, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33196303 Reply to Mezidi : Assessment of Airway Closure and Expiratory Airflow Limitation to Set Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Morbidly Obese Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 02, 2021 | Pubmed ID: 33080156 Trends and Geographic Variation in Acute Respiratory Failure and ARDS Mortality in the United States Chest. Oct, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33393472 Improving Mucosal Anesthesia for Awake Endotracheal Intubation with a Novel Method: a Prospective, Assessor-blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial BMC Anesthesiology. 12, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33317460 Rescue Treatment With High-Dose Gaseous Nitric Oxide in Spontaneously Breathing Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Critical Care Explorations. Nov, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33225304 In Response Anesthesia and Analgesia. 11, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33094984 Geographic Variation in Racial Disparities in Health and Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) Mortality Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Innovations, Quality & Outcomes. Dec, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 33043273 High Pleural Pressure Prevents Alveolar Overdistension and Hemodynamic Collapse in ARDS with Class III Obesity American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Sep, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32876469 Bedside Monitoring of Lung Perfusion by Electrical Impedance Tomography in the Time of COVID-19 British Journal of Anaesthesia. 11, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32859359 High Concentrations of Nitric Oxide Inhalation Therapy in Pregnant Patients With Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Obstetrics and Gynecology. 12, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32852324 Ideation and Assessment of a Nitric Oxide Delivery System for Spontaneously Breathing Subjects Nitric Oxide : Biology and Chemistry. 11, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32835810 Transthoracic Echocardiography in Prone Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Feasibility Study Critical Care Explorations. Aug, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32832914 Above and Beyond: Biofilm and the Ongoing Search for Strategies to Reduce Ventilator-associated Pneumonia (VAP) Critical Care (London, England). 08, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32811553 High-Dose Inhaled Nitric Oxide As Adjunct Therapy in Cystic Fibrosis Targeting Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32685229 Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) MedRxiv : the Preprint Server for Health Sciences. Mar, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32511534 Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial Testing Inhaled Nitric Oxide Therapy in Spontaneously Breathing Patients with COVID-19 MedRxiv : the Preprint Server for Health Sciences. Mar, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32511450 In-hospital Airway Management of COVID-19 Patients Critical Care (London, England). 06, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32503600 Personal Protective Equipment N95 Facemask Shortage Quick Fix: The Modified Airway From VEntilatoR Circuit (MAVerIC) Cureus. May, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32440384 Home Nitric Oxide Therapy for COVID-19 American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 07, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32437250 Indoor Temperature and Relative Humidity in Hospitals: Workplace Considerations During the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 07, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32424023 Application of Lung Ultrasound During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Narrative Review Anesthesia and Analgesia. 08, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32366774 Acute Upper Airway Obstruction The New England Journal of Medicine. 02, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32074438 Development of a Lung Rescue Team to Improve Care of Subjects With Refractory Acute Respiratory Failure Respiratory Care. Apr, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32019849 Ventilatory Mechanics in the Patient with Obesity Anesthesiology. 05, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 32011342 Intratracheal Injection of Nitric Oxide, Generated from Air by Pulsed Electrical Discharge, for the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension in Awake Ambulatory Lambs Nitric Oxide : Biology and Chemistry. 04, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31982629 The Intensive Care Unit: How to Make This Unfriendly Environment Geriatric-friendly European Journal of Surgical Oncology : the Journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology. 03, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31973926 A Lung Rescue Team Improves Survival in Obesity with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Critical Care (London, England). 01, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31937345 Old, Older, the Oldest: Red Blood Cell Storage and the Potential Harm of Using Older Red Blood Cell Concentrates Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology. Apr, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31876784 Bedside Evaluation of Pulmonary Embolism by Electrical Impedance Tomography Anesthesiology. 04, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31770145 The Role of Nitric Oxide in Preventing Cardiopulmonary Bypass-associated Acute Kidney Injury Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. 03, 2020 | Pubmed ID: 31606280 Symposium: Hostility to Hospitality: Do I Need Mercy to Be a Physician? Society. Apr, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31814652 Effect of Nitric Oxide on Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Who Underwent Cardiopulmonary Bypass: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis Annals of Intensive Care. Nov, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31754841 Independent Lung Ventilation: Implementation Strategies and Review of Literature World Journal of Critical Care Medicine. Jul, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31667133 Hemolysis and Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery: The Protective Role of Nitric Oxide Therapy Seminars in Nephrology. 09, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31514912 Electrically Generated Nitric Oxide from Air: a Safe and Economical Treatment for Pulmonary Hypertension Intensive Care Medicine. 11, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31451859 Protocol of a Randomised Controlled Trial in Cardiac Surgical Patients with Endothelial Dysfunction Aimed to Prevent Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury by Administering Nitric Oxide Gas BMJ Open. 07, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31278097 Nitric Oxide Treatment for Lungs and Beyond. Novel Insights from Recent Literature American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Sep, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 31185176 In Response Anesthesia and Analgesia. 05, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30896594 Lung Recruitment in Obese Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Anesthesiology. 05, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30844949 Depletion of Vascular Nitric Oxide Contributes to Poor Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 05, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30785772 Cardiovascular Events and Hospital Deaths Among Patients With Severe Sepsis The American Journal of Cardiology. 05, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30773249 Inhaled Nitric Oxide Prevents Systemic and Pulmonary Vasoconstriction Due to Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carrier Infusion: A Case Report Journal of Critical Care. 06, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30709560 Improvement in Outcomes After Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation by Inhibition of S-Nitrosoglutathione Reductase Circulation. 02, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30586713 Silver-Coated Endotracheal Tubes Cleaned With a Mechanism for Secretion Removal Respiratory Care. Jan, 2019 | Pubmed ID: 30181363 On the Road to Surface Monitoring of Diaphragmatic Activity in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Respiratory Care. 11, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30389833 Why Not Prevent ARDS? The Possible Role of Plasma Biomarkers in Surgery Respiratory Care. 11, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30389832 Interpretation of Transpulmonary Pressure Measurements in a Patient with Acute Life-Threatening Pulmonary Edema American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 12, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 30095991 Nitric Oxide Decreases Acute Kidney Injury and Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease After Cardiac Surgery American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 11, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29932345 What Does the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Trial (ART) Teach Us?-it is Time for Precision Medicine and Precision Trials in Critical Care! Journal of Thoracic Disease. Mar, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29707281 High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Allows Extubation of an Obese Patient American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 08, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29702003 Ted Kolobow Intensive Care Medicine. 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29663042 "Size Matters" in Regard to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Case Volume and Mortality! Critical Care Medicine. 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29652713 A Triazole Disulfide Compound Increases the Affinity of Hemoglobin for Oxygen and Reduces the Sickling of Human Sickle Cells Molecular Pharmaceutics. 05, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29634905 Exhaled CO, a Guide to ARDS Management During Lung-protective Ventilation? Journal of Critical Care. 06, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29550109 Prediction of ARDS Outcome: What Tool Should I Use? The Lancet. Respiratory Medicine. 04, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29477449 Targeted Temperature Management After Cardiac Arrest: Systematic Review and Meta-analyses Anesthesia and Analgesia. 03, 2018 | Pubmed ID: 29239942 Randomized, Multicenter Trial of Lateral Trendelenburg Versus Semirecumbent Body Position for the Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Intensive Care Medicine. Nov, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 29149418 Transpulmonary Pressure Describes Lung Morphology During Decremental Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Trials in Obesity Critical Care Medicine. Aug, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28708679 Beware the Siren's Song of Novel Endotracheal Tube Designs Intensive Care Medicine. 11, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28364302 Pathogenic Link Between Postextubation Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: An Experimental Study Anesthesia and Analgesia. 04, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 28221200 Performance of the PneuX System: A Bench Study Comparison With 4 Other Endotracheal Tube Cuffs Respiratory Care. Jan, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27879379 Optimization of Mechanical Ventilation in a 31-Year-Old Morbidly Obese Man With Refractory Hypoxemia A & A Case Reports. Jan, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27782908 Pulmonary and Systemic Vascular Resistances After Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Role of Hemolysis Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Apr, 2017 | Pubmed ID: 27590461 Electric Plasma-generated Nitric Oxide: Hemodynamic Effects in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 11, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27797618 Respiratory Management of Perioperative Obese Patients Respiratory Care. Dec, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27624632 Endotracheal Tubes Cleaned With a Novel Mechanism for Secretion Removal: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study Respiratory Care. Nov, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27460104 On-demand Erythrocyte Disposal and Iron Recycling Requires Transient Macrophages in the Liver Nature Medicine. Aug, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27428900 Should Aerosolized Antibiotics Be Used to Treat Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia? Respiratory Care. Jun, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27235310 Should Ventilator-Associated Events Become a Quality Indicator for ICUs? Respiratory Care. Jun, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 27235309 Microbiome, Biofilms, and Pneumonia in the ICU Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26855081 "Treating Lungs": The Scientific Contributions of Dr. Theodor Kolobow ASAIO Journal (American Society for Artificial Internal Organs : 1992). Mar-Apr, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26720733 Recruitment Maneuvers and Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Titration in Morbidly Obese ICU Patients Critical Care Medicine. Feb, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26584196 Evaluation of the Infection-Related Ventilator-Associated Events Algorithm for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Surveillance in a Trauma Population Respiratory Care. Mar, 2016 | Pubmed ID: 26556896 Assisted Mechanical Ventilation: the Future is Now! BMC Anesthesiology. Jul, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 26215886 Hemopexin in Severe Inflammation and Infection: Mouse Models and Human Diseases Critical Care (London, England). Apr, 2015 | Pubmed ID: 25888135 Alveolar Pentraxin 3 As an Early Marker of Microbiologically Confirmed Pneumonia: a Threshold-finding Prospective Observational Study Critical Care (London, England). Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25314919 Tracheal Tube Obstruction in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Assessed by High-resolution Computed Tomography Anesthesiology. Dec, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25254903 Autologous Transfusion of Stored Red Blood Cells Increases Pulmonary Artery Pressure American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Oct, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 25162920 Removal of Endotracheal Tube Obstruction with a Secretion Clearance Device Respiratory Care. Sep, 2014 | Pubmed ID: 24368863 Ventilator Associated Pneumonia: Evolving Definitions and Preventive Strategies Respiratory Care. Jun, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23709196 Critical Illness is Associated with Decreased Plasma Levels of Coenzyme Q10: a Cross-sectional Study Journal of Critical Care. Oct, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23618779 Use of High-definition Computed Tomography to Assess Endotracheal Tube Luminal Narrowing After Mechanical Ventilation Anesthesiology. Jul, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23535503 Altered Arterial Compliance in Hypertensive Pregnant Women is Associated with Preeclampsia Anesthesia and Analgesia. May, 2013 | Pubmed ID: 23337414 Transfusion of Stored Autologous Blood Does Not Alter Reactive Hyperemia Index in Healthy Volunteers Anesthesiology. Jul, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22531338 Novel Preventive Strategies for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Critical Care (London, England). Dec, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 22429668 A Clinical Assessment of the Mucus Shaver: a Device to Keep the Endotracheal Tube Free from Secretions Critical Care Medicine. Jan, 2012 | Pubmed ID: 21926595 Modifying Endotracheal Tubes to Prevent Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. Apr, 2011 | Pubmed ID: 21252657 Fatal Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia 8 Months After Prior Exposure to Heparin Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia. Oct, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18922432 Antimicrobial-coated Endotracheal Tubes: an Experimental Study Intensive Care Medicine. Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18418572 Internally Coated Endotracheal Tubes with Silver Sulfadiazine in Polyurethane to Prevent Bacterial Colonization: a Clinical Trial Intensive Care Medicine. Jun, 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18418571 Determinants of Tracheostomy Decannulation: an International Survey Critical Care (London, England). 2008 | Pubmed ID: 18302759 Outcome of Patients Undergoing Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation After Critical Illness Critical Care Medicine. Nov, 2007 | Pubmed ID: 17901840 Antibacterial-coated Tracheal Tubes Cleaned with the Mucus Shaver : a Novel Method to Retain Long-term Bactericidal Activity of Coated Tracheal Tubes Intensive Care Medicine. Jun, 2006 | Pubmed ID: 16601964 Kemiluminescensbaserade analyser för detektion av kväveoxid och dess derivat från autoxidation och nitroserade föreningar Raffaele Di Fenza1,3, Binglan Yu1,3, Ryan W. Carroll2,3, Lorenzo Berra1,3 1Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 3Harvard Medical School JoVE 63107 Medicine Ett nytt inhalationsmasksystem för att leverera höga koncentrationer av kväveoxidgas hos spontant andande ämnen Riccardo Pinciroli1, Lisa Traeger1, Anna Fischbach1, Stefano Gianni1, Caio Cesar Araujo Morais1, Bijan Safaee Fakhr1, Raffaele Di Fenza1, Dianna Robinson3, Ryan Carroll2, Warren M. Zapol1, Lorenzo Berra1 1Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 3Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital JoVE 61769 Medicine
Kemiluminescensbaserade analyser för detektion av kväveoxid och dess derivat från autoxidation och nitroserade föreningar Raffaele Di Fenza1,3, Binglan Yu1,3, Ryan W. Carroll2,3, Lorenzo Berra1,3 1Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, 3Harvard Medical School JoVE 63107 Medicine
Ett nytt inhalationsmasksystem för att leverera höga koncentrationer av kväveoxidgas hos spontant andande ämnen Riccardo Pinciroli1, Lisa Traeger1, Anna Fischbach1, Stefano Gianni1, Caio Cesar Araujo Morais1, Bijan Safaee Fakhr1, Raffaele Di Fenza1, Dianna Robinson3, Ryan Carroll2, Warren M. Zapol1, Lorenzo Berra1 1Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 2Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 3Respiratory Care, Massachusetts General Hospital JoVE 61769 Medicine
