Part 1/7: Lung Protective Ventilation in ARDS: Hypoxic patient and the concept of VILI
Speakers
Watch Module 1 of 7 in this educational series presented by Dr. Salvatore M. Maggiore, MD, PhD on the topic of lung protective ventilation in ARDS patients. Dr. Maggiore will discuss the pathophysiological mechanisms of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, the concept of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury (VILI), and lung damage associated with mechanical ventilation. This webinar series is presented in Italian with English subtitles.
Dr. Salvatore M. Maggiore, MD, PhD
Dr. Maggiore is currently a full Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, “Gabriele d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chair of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, SS. Annunziata Hospital, Chieti, Italy.
He graduated in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (cum laude) from the University of Bari, Italy, and obtained a PhD in Respiratory Physiology (cum laude) at the Paris XII University. After a clinical and research fellowship at the Medical ICU of Henri Mondor University Hospital in Paris, Prof. Maggiore worked first as a senior physician, then as Assistant Professor in the General ICU of the Agostino Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University of Rome, Italy. In 2015, he was appointed Associate Professor at the "Gabriele d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, working at the SS. Annunziata Hospital of Chieti, Italy, and, since December 2018, he is Full Professor and the Chair of the Anesthesia and Intensive Care Department at the same hospital.
Prof. Maggiore’s professional career has been involved in several research programs focusing on acute respiratory failure, respiratory mechanics, invasive and non-invasive ventilatory support, the cardiovascular effects of mechanical ventilation, and ethics in intensive care. Dr. Maggiore published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, reviews, editorials and book chapters on these subjects. He has been honored with several awards from national and international Scientific Societies and is regularly invited at the main international meetings in Critical Care Medicine.
He is a member of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM), the European Society of Anesthesiology (ESA), and the Italian Society of Anesthesia and Intensive Care (SIAARTI). He is the actual Chair of the Acute Respiratory Failure and Respiratory Support Section of SIAARTI, he has been a former Deputy Editor of the journal “Intensive Care Medicine”, and the Chair of the Editorial and Publishing Committee and a member of the ESICM Executive Committee from 2011 to 2014.
