Dr. Gianfranco Umberto Meduri MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1910 Nonconnah Blvd Suite 120 Memphis TN, 38132About
Dr. Gianfranco Meduri practices Pulmonology in Memphis, TN. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Meduri manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
University of Padova / Faculty of Medicine And Surgery 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Levels of evidence for the pharmacological effectiveness of prolonged methylprednisolone treatment in unresolving acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- Levels of evidence for the pharmacologic effectiveness of prolonged methylprednisolone treatment in unresolving ARDS.
- Cytokines IL-1beta, IL-6, and TNF-alpha enhance in vitro growth of bacteria.
- Noninvasive ventilation for treatment of acute respiratory failure in patients undergoing solid organ transplantation: a randomized trial.
- New rationale for glucocorticoid treatment in septic shock.
- Enhanced extracellular growth of Staphylococcus aureus in the presence of selected linear peptide fragments of human interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-1 receptor antagonist.
- Time-variant increase in methylprednisolone clearance in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a population pharmacokinetic study.
- Predictors of failure of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure: a multi-center study.
- Clinical review: a paradigm shift: the bidirectional effect of inflammation on bacterial growth. Clinical implications for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation vs. conventional oxygen supplementation in hypoxemic patients undergoing diagnostic bronchoscopy.
- Noninvasive ventilation for treating acute respiratory failure in AIDS patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
- Noninvasive vs. conventional mechanical ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease after failure of medical treatment in the ward: a randomized trial.
- Glucocorticoids and inflammation revisited: the state of the art. NIH clinical staff conference.
- International Consensus Conference: clinical investigation of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Introduction.
- The standardization of bronchoscopic techniques for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
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