SILVIA FIORELLI

November 10, 2025

CURRICULUM VITAE- Silvia Fiorelli, MD

BORN:

March 07, 1984; Rome, Italy

ADDRESS: (Office)

Department of Medical-Surgical Science and Translational Medicine, Division of Thoracic Surgery,“Sapienza”
University

of Rome
Via di Grottarossa1035,00189 Rome, Italy Telephone +390633775518 (office)
E-mail: silvia.fiorelli@uniroma1.it

SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Italian, English

PRESENT POSITION:
Associate Professor
Department of Medical-Surgical Science and Translational Medicine Sapienza University of Rome Division of Anesthesia and Intensive care University Sapienza,
Sant’Andrea Hospital, via di Grottarossa 1035 00189 Roma
Italy
EDUCATION:

High School
Bachelor in classical studies, Rome 2003

Graduate
MD, (110/110), “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, 2011

Post-Graduate
Residency and Board Certification, Summa Cum Laude, in ANESTHESIA, RESUSCITATION, INTENSIVE CARE
AND PAIN THERAPY, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, 2017

Master in STATISTICAL METHODS FOR BIOMEDICAL
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Department of Statistical Sciences, Sapienza University, 2019

ACADEMIC POSITIONS /EMPLOYMENT:

July 2012-July 2017

Residency “Sapienza” University of Rome
January 2018- September 2022

October 2022- present Research Fellow, Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome

Assistant Professor
Anesthesia and Intensive care
Department of Medical-Surgical Science and Translational Medicine
Sapienza University of Rome
University Sapienza, Sant’Andrea Hospital

MEDICAL AND BOARD CERTIFICATION:

March 2012
Medical Board Certification, Rome, Italy

July 2017

Anesthesiology Certification

EDITORIAL R ES P O N SI BI LI TI ES:

2010- present
REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS:

◊ “JOURNAL OF CARDIOTHORACIC AND VASCULAR ANESTHESIA”, ELSEVIER PUBLICATIONS

◊ “ANNALS OF PALLIATIVE MEDICINE”, AME PUBLISHING COMPANY

◊ “JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE”, THIEME MEDICAL PUBLISHERS ◊ “MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR”, INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ◊ "JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PAIN THERAPY", MEDIJOURNALSHUB ◊ “JOURNAL OF PAIN RESEARCH”, DOVE MEDICAL PRESS

◊ "WORLD JOURNAL OF CLINICAL CASES", BAISHIDENG PUBLISHING GROUP

From July 14, 2022 to present

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
Member of the Editorial Board as Academic Editor of the scientific journal PLOS ONE, performing duties related to manuscript review, assignment to independent reviewers, and providing an editorial decision regarding the publication of scientific articles in the journal.
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2015- present
Member of SIAARTI (Italian Society of Anesthesia Analgesia Intensive Care and Intensive Care),

2019- present
Member of the Cardio-Thoracovascular Anesthesia and Resuscitation Study Group SIAARTI

2020- present
Member of ESAIC (European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care)

MAJOR INVITED PROFESSORSHIPS AND LECTURESHIPS:

2021
CARACT, CARDIO THORACO-VASCULAR ANESTHESIA

AND RESUSCITATION CONGRESS CARDIO- THORACO-VASCULAR ANESTHESIA AND SARS-COV- 2:

IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THORACIC SURGERY PATIENTS AND ANESTHESIOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT

2021
Congress of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery – AATS 101st Annual Meeting – A Virtual Learning Experience
Presentation Title: “Bilateral Ultrasound-guided Erector Spinae Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Management After Surgical Repair of Pectus Excavatum: A Retrospective Study”

2021
SIAARTI Webinar"Update on Airway Management for Monopulmonary Ventilation"

2022
1st Congress Chest and Abdominal Wall Blocks: meet the experts at the PEAK. Rocca delle Caminate (FC) "Thoracic Surgery: pain management "

2022

2022

2022

2023

2023

2024

2024

2024

2024

2024
THEORETICAL-PRACTICAL COURSE: ULTRASOUND BLOCKS NERVOUS AND FASCIA, SANT'ANDREA HOSPITALVIA DI GROTTAROSSA, “Nerve Blocks in
Thoracic Surgery”

First Congress on Thoracic and Abdominal Wall Blocks: Meet the Experts at the PEAK – Rocca delle Caminate (FC)
Session: Surgery and Pain Management: The Anesthesiologist’s and Surgeon’s Perspective
Presentation Title: “Thoracic Surgery: Pain Management”

XXI NATIONAL CONGRESS – Italian Society of Thoracic Endoscopy – Rome
Presentation Titles:

“Pathophysiology of Laryngotracheal Stenosis”
“Anesthetic Airway Management in Laryngotracheal and Tracheal Stenosis”

MASTERCLASS ON UNIPORTAL ROBOTIC-ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY – School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Chieti “G. d’Annunzio”
Presentation Titles:

“Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery: Anaesthesiologist's Perspectives”
“Non-Intubated/Awake Thoracic Surgery”

20th CARACT Congress – Cardio-Thoraco-Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Aci Castello (CT), December
Presentation Title: “Lung-Protective Ventilation in One-Lung Ventilation”, Session: UpToDate in Thoracic Surgery

Conference Organization: Updates in Anesthesia and Thoracic Surgery, held at the Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome
Presentation (FOCUS ON: AIRWAY AND TRACHEAL SURGERY): “The Endoscopic Suite in Thoracic Surgery: Anesthetic Management”

22nd National Congress of the Italian Society of Thoracic Endoscopy (SIET), Florence
Session: Hot Topics in Thoracic Anesthesia
Presentation Title: “High-Flow Oxygen Therapy: Perspectives in Thoracic Surgery”

Studies, Reflections, and Proposals on Road Safety: First Aid and the First Hours

NATIONAL CONGRESS – BASIC PAIN SUPPORT, 3rd Edition
Anesthesiological Techniques in Thoracic Surgery and Prevention of CPSP (Chronic Post-Surgical Pain)

ROMANESTESIA XX
Theoretical and Practical Workshop on Airway Management – Supraglottic Devices, Protected Extubation, and Tube Exchange

RESEARCH SUPPORT:

From: November 9, 2022 to: present

From: January 11, 2024 to: present

From: September 25, 2024 to: present

From: December 27, 2021 to: April 30, 2022

From: June 20, 2022 to: present

From: November 9, 2022 to: present

2021 Role: Co-Investigator
Research Project: Sapienza University Research Grant 2022 – Funded Project, Protocol No. RM122181668478CC
Title: Macintosh Laryngoscope versus C-MAC Videolaryngoscope with D-Blade for Double-Lumen Tube Placement in Thoracic Surgery

Role: Principal Investigator
Research Project: Sapienza University Research Grant – Funded Project, Protocol No. RG123188B0E20087
Title: Efficacy of Prophylactic High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy Versus Conventional Oxygen Therapy in Patients at High Risk for Respiratory Complications After Lobectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Role: Co-Investigator
Study: Complexity and Frailty in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia (CAfCA) – Prospective Multicenter Observational Study
Sponsor: Italian Society of Anaesthesiology, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI)

Role: Co-Investigator and Hospital Lead
Study: International Multicenter Observational Study “CovidSurg-3: Outcomes of surgery in COVID-19 infection”, promoted by the NIHR Global Research Unit on Global Surgery

Role: Principal Investigator – International Multicenter Study
Study: “Management and Outcomes of Perioperative Care among European Diabetic Patients (MOPED): A prospective observational, international cohort study”, promoted by the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care

Role: Principal Investigator
Research Project: Sapienza University Research Grant 2022 – “USE OF THE NOCICEPTION LEVEL INDEX (NOL) VS STANDARD CARE FOR INTRAOPERATIVE PAIN CONTROL IN THORACIC SURGERY” (Protocol No. AR122181668A43C3)

Plasmatic Concentration Of Ropivacaine After Erector Spinae Plane Block: Perspective Observation Study
Protocol N° Ar12117a824b1932 Principal Investigator
This Grant Funded By The Italian Ministry Of Instruction Sapienza University Of Rome (Ateneo)

2020 Effect Of Tidal Volume On Lung Extra-Vascular Water Assessed By Chest Ultrasound After Monopulmonar Ventilation
Protocol N°: Rm120172aee7b540
Coinvestigator
This Grant Funded By The Italian Ministry Of Instruction Sapienza University Of Rome (Ateneo)

2018 Efficacy Of The Erector Spinae Block In The Control Of Acute Chest Pain Post Thoracotomy Protocol N°: Rm11816431d68bff Coinvestigator

This Grant Funded By The Italian Ministry Of Instruction Sapienza University Of Rome (Ateneo)

TEACHING TITLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

2018- present Teaching activity of Anesthesia and intensive care at Anesthesia Residency course at “Sapienza” University of Rome

2019/2020 Teaching activity of Anesthesia and intensive care at MASTER IN CRITICAL AREA FOR NURSES THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME STUDIES "LA SAPIENZA"

2019/2020 Teaching activity of Anesthesia and intensive care at MASTER iN "PRE AND INTRA-HOSPITAL TRAUMA TREATMENT" FOR NURSES THE UNIVERSITY OF ROME STUDIES "LA
SAPIENZA”

CLINICAL TITLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

June 2023 Attendee, Division of ANESTHESIA AND INTENSIVE CARE Sant’Andrea Hospital, Rome,
Italy

National Scientific Qualification for the position of Associate Professor in the Academic Discipline 06/L1 – Anesthesiology

PUBLICATIONS 48
TOTAL TIMES CITED 1322

H-INDEX
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SHORTENING ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY DURATION FOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: A CAUSAL INFERENCE MODEL FROM THE INTERNATIONAL EUROBACT-2 DATABASE. Gajdos, Lena et al. Intensive care medicine, 10.1007/s00134-025-07857-6. 7 Apr. 2025, doi:10.1007/s00134-025-07857-6

Phrenic nerve infiltration: A good practice to combine pulmonary expansion and pain control in patients with high risk of prolonged air leak. Trabalza Marinucci B, D'Andrilli A, Menna C, Fiorelli S, Siciliani A, Andreetti C, Ciccone AM, Maurizi G, Vanni C, Tiracorrendo M, Massullo D, Rendina EA, Ibrahim M. JTCVS Open. 2024 Nov 6;23:349-357. doi: 10.1016/j.xjon.2024.10.026. PMID: 40061559; PMCID: PMC11883717.

ROBOTIC VERSUS STERNOTOMY, THORACOTOMY AND VIDEO-THORACOSCOPY APPROACHES FOR THYMOMA RESECTION: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SHORT-TERM RESULTS. Trabalza Marinucci B, Tiracorrendo M, Vanni C, Messa F, Piccioni G, Siciliani A, Fiorelli S, Ibrahim M, Rendina EA, D'Andrilli A. J Pers Med. 2025 Jan 17;15(1):34. doi: 10.3390/jpm15010034. PMID: 39852226; PMCID: PMC11767127.

EFFECT OF ADEQUACY OF EMPIRICAL ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY FOR HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS ON INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENT PROGNOSIS: A CAUSAL INFERENCE APPROACH USING DATA FROM THE EUROBACT2 STUDY. Loiodice A, Bailly S, Ruckly S, et al. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2024;30(12):1559-1568. doi:10.1016/j.cmi.2024.09.011

PRESENTATION, MANAGEMENT, AND OUTCOMES OF OLDER COMPARED TO YOUNGER ADULTS WITH HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT: A MULTICENTER COHORT STUDY
Margalit I, Yahav D, Hoffman T, et al [published correction appears in Infection. 2024 Dec;52(6):2565-2566. doi: 10.1007/s15010-024-02377-9.]. Infection. 2024;52(6):2435-2443. doi:10.1007/s15010-024-02304-y

NEW INSIGHT INTO LARYNGO-TRACHEAL SURGERY: HIGH-FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY TO PREVENT EARLY COMPLICATIONS AFTER SURGERY. Trabalza Marinucci B, Fiorelli S, Siciliani A, et al. J Pers Med. 2024;14(5):456. Published 2024 Apr 25. doi:10.3390/jpm14050456

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TRACHEAL RESECTION FOR COVID-19-RELATED STENOSIS: A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING ANALYSIS. Menna C, Fiorelli S, Marinucci BT, et al. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2024;168(5):1385-1393. doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.03.028

THE ROLE OF CENTRE AND COUNTRY FACTORS ON PROCESS AND OUTCOME INDICATORS IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS WITH HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS. Buetti, Niccolò et al. Intensive care medicine vol. 50,6 (2024): 873-889. doi:10.1007/s00134-024-07348-0

PREHOSPITAL BLOOD TRANSFUSION IN HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES: AN ITALIAN SURVEY. Facchetti G, Facchetti M, Schmal M, Lee R, Fiorelli S, Marzano TF, Lupi C, Daminelli F, Sbrana G, Massullo D, Marinangeli F.Air medical journal vol. 43,2 (2024): 140-145. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2023.11.007

EFFECT OF COLCHICINE ON PERIOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION AND MYOCARDIAL INJURY AFTER NON-CARDIAC SURGERY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR THORACIC SURGERY (COP-AF): AN INTERNATIONAL RANDOMISED TRIAL. Conen, David et al. Lancet (London, England) vol. 402,10413 (2023): 1627-1635. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(23)01689-6

DO MORE WITH LESS? LOBECTOMY VS. SEGMENTECTOMY FOR PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL PULMONARY MALFORMATIONS.
Marinucci, B. T., Menna, C., Scanagatta, P., Fiorelli, S., Tiracorrendo, M., Naldi, G., Inserra, A., Macchini, F., Rendina, E. A., & Ibrahim, M. (2023). Journal of clinical medicine, 12(16), 5237. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uniroma1.it/10.3390/jcm12165237

A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR USING THE EZ-BLOCKER ENDOBRONCHIAL BLOCKER: TIPS AND TRICKS AFTER 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. Rispoli, M., Nespoli, M. R., Ferrara, M., Rosboch, G. L., Templeton, L. B., Templeton, T. W., Massullo, D., Fiorelli, S., Granell Gil, M., Coccia, C., & Piccioni, F. (2023). Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 37(10), 1884–1893. https://doi-org.ezproxy.uniroma1.it/10.1053/j.jvca.2023.06.015

THE SAFETY OF THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK AND ERECTOR SPINAE PLANE BLOCK IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH ANTICOAGULANT OR ANTIPLATELET THERAPY. A NARRATIVE REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE. Nisi, F., Sella, N., DI Gregorio, G., Lubian, M., Giustiniano, E., Rosboch, G. L., Balzani, E., Toscano, A., Strano, G., Rispoli, M., Massullo, D., Fiorelli, S., Santonastaso, D., Agnoletti, V., & Piccioni, F.. Minerva Anestesiol. 2023;89(10):914-922. doi:10.23736/S0375-9393.23.17288-9

COVID-19 LUNG ULTRASOUND SCORES AND LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC: A NARRATIVE REVIEW. Maggi L, De Fazio G, Guglielmi R, Coluzzi F, Fiorelli S, Rocco M. Diagnostics (Basel). 2023;13(11):1972. Published 2023 Jun 5. doi:10.3390/diagnostics13111972

National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery. REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SURGERY ON A GLOBAL SCALE: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND CO-PRIORITIZATION WITH HEALTHCARE WORKERS IN 132 COUNTRIES [published correction appears in Br J Surg. 2023 Nov 9;110(12):1907. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad317.]. Br J Surg. 2023;110(7):804-817. doi:10.1093/bjs/znad092

PREOPERATIVE SARS-COV-2 INFECTION SCREENING BEFORE THORACIC SURGERY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A MULTICENTER RETROSPECTIVE STUDY. Fiorelli S, Menna C, Piccioni F, et al.. Int J Clin Pract. 2023;2023:8993295. Published 2023 Mar 4. doi:10.1155/2023/8993295

EPIDEMIOLOGY AND OUTCOMES OF HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS: THE EUROBACT-2 INTERNATIONAL COHORT STUDY. Tabah A, Buetti N, Staiquly Q, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2023;49(2):178-190. doi:10.1007/s00134-022-06944-2

RATIONALE AND DESIGN OF THE COLCHICINE FOR THE PREVENTION OF PERIOPERATIVE ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING MAJOR NONCARDIAC THORACIC SURGERY (COP-AF) TRIAL. Conen D, Popova E, Wang MK, et al. Am Heart J. 2023;259:87-96. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2023.01.018

COVIDSURG COLLABORATIVE. ELECTIVE SURGERY SYSTEM STRENGTHENING: DEVELOPMENT, MEASUREMENT, AND VALIDATION OF THE SURGICAL PREPAREDNESS INDEX ACROSS 1632 HOSPITALS IN 119 COUNTRIES. NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Surgery; Lancet. 2022;400(10363):1607-1617. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01846-3

DIFFERENT EPIDEMIOLOGY OF BLOODSTREAM INFECTIONS IN COVID-19 COMPARED TO NON-COVID-19 CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS: A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EUROBACT II STUDY. Buetti N, Tabah A, Loiodice A, et al. Crit Care. 2022;26(1):319. Published 2022 Oct 18. doi:10.1186/s13054-022-04166-y

BILATERAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED ERECTOR SPINAE PLANE BLOCK FOR PECTUS EXCAVATUM SURGERY: A RETROSPECTIVE PROPENSITY-SCORE STUDY. Fiorelli S, Menna C, Andreetti C, et al. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022;36(12):4327-4332. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2022.08.018

INTRAOPERATIVE CARDIAC FUNCTION ASSESSMENT BY T RANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY VERSUS FLOTRAC/VIGILEOTM SYST EXCAVATUM
SURGICAL REPAIR. Fiorelli S*, Capua, G, Menna C,
Andreetti A, Giorni E, Riva E, Agostini E, D’Andrea F, Massullo E, Peitore E, Rocco M, Massullo D. J Anesth Analg Crit Care 1, 21 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s44158-021-00025-4
OPIOID-FREE ANESTHESIA VERSUS OPIOID-INCLUSIVE ANESTHESIA FOR BREAST CANCER SURGERY: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
Di Benedetto P, Pelli M, Loffredo C, La Regina R, Policastro F, Fiorelli S*, De Blasi RA, Coluzzi F, Rocco M.. J Anesth Analg Crit Care 1, 6 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s44158- 021-00008-5
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT FOR ONE LUNG VENTILATION DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: A SURVEY WITHIN ITALIAN ANESTHESIOLOGISTS. Rispoli M, Piccioni, F,
Di Giacinto I, Cortese G, Falcetta S, Massullo D, Fiorelli S*, Zdravcovich I, Coccia C, Corcione A, Sorbello M J Anesth Analg Crit Care 2, 3 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s44158-021-00029-0
LUNG ULTRASOUND: A DIAGNOSTIC LEADING TOOL FOR SARS-COV-2
PNEUMONIA: A NARRATIVE REVIEW. Maggi L, Biava AM, Fiorelli S, Coluzzi F, Ricci A, Rocco M. Diagnostics. 2021 Dec 17;11(12):2381.

SUCCESSFUL TOTAL TRACHEAL REPLACEMENT BY CRYOPRESERVED AORTIC ALLOGRAFT IN A PATIENT POST-COVID-19 INFECTION. M enna C, Andreetti C,
Ibrahim M, Ciccone AM, D'Andrilli A, Maurizi G, Massullo DM, Fiorelli S, Rendina EA. Chest. 2021 Dec;160(6):e613-e617.

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AFTER LIVER TRANSPLANTATION, PERIOPERATIVE RISK FACTORS, AND OUTCOME: PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY OF 1681 PATIENTS (OLTX STUDY).
Fiorelli S, Biancofiore G, Feltracco P, Lavezzo B, DE Gasperi A, Pompei L, Masiero L, Testa S, Ricci A, Della Rocca G; OLTx Study Group. Minerva Anestesiol. 2021 Oct 28. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.21.15860-2. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34709014.
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF AN ADULT PATIENT WITH DOWN SYNDROME FOR
THORACIC SURGERY.Pelli M, Loffredo C, Menna C, Fiorelli S, Massullo D.. C ureus. 2021 Aug 12;13(8):e17130. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17130. PMCID: PMC8437012.

SARS-COV-2 INFECTION AND VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM
AFTER SURGERY: AN INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY COVIDSurg
Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Anaesthesia. 2021 Aug 24. doi: 10.1111/anae.15563. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34428858.

EFFECTS OF PRE-OPERATIVE ISOLATION ON POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS AFTER ELECTIVE SURGERY:AN INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTIVE
COHORT STUDY. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Anaesthesia. 2021 Nov;76(11):1454-1464. doi: 10.1111/anae.15560. Epub 2021 Aug 9. PMID:
34371522.

THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT GAS MIXTURES ON INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES IN
ADVANCED RECREATIONAL DIVERS. Rocco M, Maggi L, Loffredo C, Pelli M, Benedetto PD, Fiorelli S, Simmaco M, De Blasi RA.. Diving Hyperb Med. 2021 Jun 30;51(2):140-
146. doi: 10.28920/dhm51.2.140-146. PMID: 34157728.

LARYNGEAL MASK VERSUS ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE FOR AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN TRACHEAL SURGERY: A CASE-CONTROL MATCHING ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF THE CURRENT LITERATURE
Menna C, Fiorelli S, Massullo D, Ibrahim M, Rocco M, Rendina EA.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2021 May 6:ivab092. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivab092. Epu 33956960.

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT BY I-GEL FOR OPEN TRACHEAL RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION VIA COMBINED CERVICOTOMY AND STERNOTOMY SURGICAL
APPROACH: A CASE REPORT. Fiorelli S, Saltelli G, Teodonio L, Massullo D. Ann Card Anaesth. 2021 Apr-Jun;24(2):260-262. doi: 10.4103/aca.ACA_59_19. PMID: 33884991.
SARS-COV-2 VACCINATION MODELLING FOR SAFE SURGERY TO SAVE LIVES: DATA FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. COVIDSurg
Collaborative, GlobalSurg Collaborative Br J Surg. 2021 Mar 24:znab101. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab101. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33761533; PMCID: PMC7995808.

TIMING OF SURGERY FOLLOWING SARS-COV-2 INFECTION: AN INTERNATIONAL
PROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. COVIDSurg Collaborative; GlobalSurg Collaborative. Anaesthesia. 2021 Jun;76(6):748-758. doi: 10.1111/anae.15458. Epub 2021 Mar 9. PMID: 33690889.

MOUNTAIN RESCUE DURING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK: CONSIDERATIONS AND
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS. D Massullo, S Fiorelli, P Rubcich, D Romano, G Facchetti Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

MEASUREMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE: POSSIBLE LIMITS TO ITS CLINICAL
APPLICATION RA De Blasi, S Fiorelli
Minerva anestesiologica 86 (10), 1008-1010

MANAGING BENIGN TRACHEAL STENOSIS DURING COVID-19 OUTBREAK
Fiorelli S, Menna C, Massullo D, Rendina EA. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;1-2. doi:10.1007/s11748-020-01466-4

PERSPECTIVES IN SURGICAL AND ANAESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF LUNG CANCER IN THE ERA OF CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) Fiorelli S,
Massullo D, Ibrahim M, et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2020; ezaa295. doi:10.1093/ejcts/ezaa295

THE CUTTING EDGE OF THORACIC ANESTHESIA DURING THE 2019 CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) OUTBREAK.
Fiorelli S, Menna C, Piccioni F, Ibrahim M, Rendina EA, Rocco M, Massullo D. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020;doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2020.05.042

CHRONIC PAIN AFTER LUNG RESECTION: RISK FACTORS, NEUROPATHIC PAIN,
AND QUALITY OF LIFE. Fiorelli S, Cioffi L, Menna C, Ibrahim M, De Blasi RA, Rendina EA, Rocco M, Massullo D, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.012.
ULTRASOUND GUIDED ERECTOR SPINAE PLANE BLOCK VERSUS INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK FOR POST MINI-THORACOTOMY ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Fiorelli S, Leopizzi G, Menna C, Teodonio L, Ibrahim M, Rendina EA, Ricci A , De Blasi RA, Rocco M, Massullo D. Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Sep;34(9):2421-2429.
doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2020.01.026. Epub 2020 Jan 21. PMID: 32144056.

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT IN ANESTHESIA FOR THORACIC SURGERY: A "REAL LIFE" OBSERVATIONAL STUDY.
Langiano N, Fiorelli S, Deana C, Baroselli A, Bignami EG, Matellon C, Pompei L, Tornaghi A, Piccioni F, Orsetti R, Coccia C, Sacchi N, D'Andrea R, Brazzi L, Franco C, Accardo R, Di Fuccia A, Baldinelli F, De Negri P, Gratarola A, Angeletti C, Pugliese F, Micozzi MV, Massullo D, Della Rocca G. J Thorac Dis. 2019 Aug;11(8):3257-3269. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.08.57.

DEXMEDETOMIDINE SEDATION AFTER TRACHEAL SURGERY: A PROSPECTIVE PILOT STUDY”
Fiorelli S, Creazzola F, Massullo D, Defraia V, Maggi L, Rocco M, Rendina EA. Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Mar 1. pii: S0003-4975(19)30243-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.01.047. PMID: 30831108

BILATERAL ULTRASOUND-GUIDED ERECTOR SPINAE PLANE BLOCK FOR POSTOPERATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT IN SURGICAL REPAIR OF PECTUS
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