Practical Trends in Anesthesia and Intensive Care 2020-2021

Prof. Davide Chiumello, MD, is Chief of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo Hospital, Milan, Italy. Prof. Chiumello's research has largely focused on understanding the pathological and clinical aspects of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), with a particular focus on respiratory physiology, esophageal pressure, lung recruitment, lung imaging, ventilator-induced lung injury, prone position, controlled and assisted mechanical ventilation, and non-invasive ventilation. He was the Editor-in-Chief of Minerva Anestesiologica (the official journal of the Societa Italiana di Analgesia, Anestesia e Terapia Intensiva) until 2015. He currently serves on the editorial board of Critical Care Medicine (the official journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine). He is also a reviewer for a number of international journals and Editor of the E-learning committee on Respiratory Failure for the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Prof. Chiumello is also the author of more than 250 scientific articles and several chapters in medical textbooks.

Part I. Anesthesia.- Perioperative Management of Patients Affected by Ischemic Cardiomyopathy.- Acute Liver Failure: Definition, Epidemiology, Management. Update 2022.- Perioperative Medicine: Technical and Organizational Issues.- Perioperative Hypertension and Anesthesia.-  Depth of Anesthesia Monitoring.- ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) in Liver Surgery.- Part II. Critical Care Medicine.- The Microbiome in Critically Ill Patients.- Coagulation Abnormalities in Patients with COVID-19.- Vascular Failure and Sepsis In Pediatrics.- Ventilatory Management of the Patient with Severe Obesity.