Nicolino Ambrosino
Prof Nicolino Ambrosino is Director of Respiratory Unit, Cardio-Thoracic Department, University Hospital of Pisa, Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Weaning Center, Auxilium Vitae, Volterra, and is and/or has been appointed professor at Italian Universities of Pisa, Pavia, Firenze, Trieste, Milano.
His research activity has been devoted to COPD, Respiratory Critical Care, Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Home Respiratory Care. He contributed to the development of the use of Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation techniques in acute and chronic respiratory failure with several clinical trials and original experimental studies. Results of such studies have been published in more than 150 articles on peer reviewed international journals with about 1300 citations. Last 10 original papers are attached.
Former head of Pulmonary Rehabilitation Working Group of the European Respiratory Society (ERS), Chief Editor of the Europena Respiratory Topics, and Co-Editor of Breath he is a member of the Editorial Boards of several International Journals.
Degrees:
- Medical Doctor
- Specialist : Occupational Medicine
- Specialist: Internal Medicine
- Specialist: Pulmonary Diseases
Professional Activity
Actual Position: Head, Pulmonary Division, Respiratory Intensive Care, Interventional Pneumolgy. Cardio-Thoracic Department, University Hospital, Pisa.
Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Weaning Center, Auxilium Vitae, Volterra
Former Head : Pulmonary Division and Intermediate Intensive Care. Medical Center of Gussago, S. Maugeri Foundation
Research
A. Pulmonary Rehabilitation
B. Mechanical Ventilation
C. Respiratory Intensive Care
D. Lung Transplantation and Thoracic Surgery
E. Respiratory Pattern
F. Respiratory problems in sistemic diseases
G. Markers of Respiratory Diseases
F. COPD drug Therapy
PUBBLICATIONS
Author or co-author of Monographies and articles on International and Italian Journals (abstracts excluded) :
16 Books
118 Original Articles on International Peer Rewiewed Journal
59 State of the art on International Peer Rewiewed Journal
33 Editorials on International Peer Rewiewed Journal
5 State of the art on Web
22 Chapters on International Books
41 Chapters on Italian Books
126 Articles on Italian Journals
21 Chapters on Meeting Proceedings.
Teaching
Appointed Professor: Universities of Pisa, Pavia, Firenze, Trieste, Milano
Cogresses and Courses
Invited speaker at 110 International Meetings , 6 Consensus Conferences, 262 Italian Meetings or Postgraduate Courses.
Journals
Former Chief Editor EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY TOPICS.
Former Co-Chief Editor BREATHE
Associate editor EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
Associate Editor MONALDI'S ARCHIVES OF CHEST DISEASES
Associate Editor RASSEGNA DI PATOLOGIA DELL'APPARATO RESPIRATORIO
Associate Editor RIVISTA ITALIANA DI FISIOTERAPIA E RIABILITAZIONE RESPIRATORIA
Advisory Board THORAX
Advisory Board RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
Editorial Board EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY TOPICS
Editorial Board BUYER'S GUIDE
Editorial Board LE MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO RESPIRATORIO
Editorial Board TRENDS IN MEDICINE
Editorial Board F1000 MEDICINE
Editorial Board EXPERT REVIEW OF RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
"Reviewer" :
- American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
- Chest
- European Respiratory Journal
- Thorax
- Critical Care Medicine
- Intensive Care Medicine
- Respiratory Medicine
- Respiration
- Monaldi Archives for Chest Diseases
- Rassegna di Patologia dell'Apparato Respiratorio.
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
- Member of European Respiratory Society (ERS) :
2003-2006 Segretary of ERS "Clinical Assembly"
1995-1999: "Chairman" of ERS Working Group "Rehabilitation and chronic care"
- Member of American Thoracic Society (ATS)
- Member of American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
- ENMC group of European Consortium on Chronic Respiratory Insufficiency (ECCRI)
- Member of International Home Care Association
- Member of Associazione Italiana Pneumologi Ospedalieri (AIPO):
2003-2007 Member of AIPO National Council
1992-1996: Coordinator of AIPO Working Group "Rehabilitation and Intensive Care"
1996-1998: Chairman of AIPO Working Group "Intensive Care"
2000-2003: Chairman of AIPO Working Group "Pulmonary Rehabilitation"
2003-2007: Chairman of AIPO "Critical care and Rehabilitation Assembly"
Member Steering Comittee of UE supported "Concerted Action on Home Respiratory Ventilation".
Last 10 original papers
Physiological effects of meal in difficult-to wean tracheotomised patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Intensive Care Med 2005; 31: 236-242.
Effects of acute on chronic respiratory failure on hypercapnia and three-month survival. Chest 2005; 128: 1209-1215.
Quality control of equipment in home mechanical ventilation. An European survey. Eur Resp J 2005; 26: 86-94.
Supported arm training in patients recently weaned from mechanical ventilation. Chest 2005 128: 2511-2520.
Patterns of home mechanical ventilation use in Europe-results from the EUROVENT survey. Eur Resp J 2005; 25: 1025-1031
Pattern of variables describing desaturator COPD patients, as revealed by cluster analysis. Chest 2005 128: 3828-3837
Prolonged gemcitabine infusion in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer with stable disease after gemcitabine 30-min infusion. Lung Cancer. 2006; 51 :217-23.
Dyspnoea and hypoxaemia after lung surgery: role of interatrial right-to-left shunt. Eur Respir J 2006; 28:174-181.
Interventioanal bronchoscopy in the treatment of tracheal obstruction secondary to advanced thyroid cancer. J Endocrinol Invest 2006; 29: 131-135.
Clinical significance of serum mesothelin in patients with Mesothelioma and Lung Cancer. Clin Can Res 2007 Sep 1;13(17):5076-81
Seven-year time course of lung function, symptoms, health-related quality of life, and exercise tolerance in COPD patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation. Respir Med 2007; 101, 9: 1961-1970