Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Critical Care Fellowship, Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital 2001 - 2002
  • Cardiac Anesthesiology Fellowship, Anesthesiology, Massachusetts General Hospital 2000 - 2001
  • Anesthesiology Residency, Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine 1997 - 2000
  • Family Practice Residency, Bucharest University (Romania) 1994 - 1996
  • M.D., Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Romania) 1992
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology, Cardiothoracic, Anesthesiology 2017 - 2020
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • An Anesthesia-Centered Bundle to Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: The PRIME-AIR Study awarded by The Trustees of Columbia University 2022 - 2023
  • An Anesthesia-Centered Bundle to Reduce Postoperative Pulmonary Complications: The PRIME-AIR Study awarded by Massachusetts General Hospital 2019 - 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Bartels, Karsten, Gyorgy Frendl, Juraj Sprung, Toby N. Weingarten, Balachundhar Subramaniam, Ricardo Martinez Ruiz, Jae-Woo Lee, et al. “Postoperative pulmonary complications with adjuvant regional anesthesia versus general anesthesia alone: a sub-analysis of the Perioperative Research Network study.” Bmc Anesthesiol 22, no. 1 (May 3, 2022): 136. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01679-5.
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    • Grecu, Loreta. “Anticoagulation for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Between the Rock and the Hard Place.” Crit Care Med 48, no. 2 (February 2020): 264–66. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000004157.
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    • Grecu, Loreta. “Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Hyperoxia: To Blend or Not to Blend?” Crit Care Med 47, no. 11 (November 2019): 1660–62. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000003993.
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    • Del Rio, J Mauricio, Loreta Grecu, and Alina Nicoara. “Right Ventricular Function in Left Heart Disease.” Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 23, no. 1 (March 2019): 88–107. https://doi.org/10.1177/1089253218799345.
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    • Gui, Liqiong, Hong Qian, Kevin A. Rocco, Loreta Grecu, and Laura E. Niklason. “Efficient intratracheal delivery of airway epithelial cells in mice and pigs.” Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 308, no. 2 (January 15, 2015): L221–28. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplung.00147.2014.
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    • Grecu, Loreta, and Michael A. Fishman. “Beware of life-threatening activation of air bubble detector during contrast echocardiography in patients on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenator support.” J Am Soc Echocardiogr 27, no. 10 (October 2014): 1130–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2014.06.010.
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    • Hashim, Peter W., Roland Assi, Loreta Grecu, and Alan Dardik. “Symptomatic obstruction of the brachiocephalic and left subclavian arteries obscured by aortic stenosis.” Ann Vasc Surg 28, no. 3 (April 2014): 737.e1-737.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2013.04.030.
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    • Grecu, Loreta. “Cardiac tamponade.” Int Anesthesiol Clin 50, no. 2 (2012): 59–77. https://doi.org/10.1097/AIA.0b013e318254053e.
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    • Hobai, Ion A., Edward A. Bittner, and Loreta Grecu. “Perioperative spinal cord infarction in nonaortic surgery: report of three cases and review of the literature.” J Clin Anesth 20, no. 4 (June 2008): 307–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.11.007.
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    • Grecu, Loreta, Edward A. Bittner, Jay Kher, Sarah E. Smith, and Carl E. Rosow. “Haloperidol plus ondansetron versus ondansetron alone for prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting.” Anesth Analg 106, no. 5 (May 2008): 1410–13. https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0b013e31816091f0.
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    • Rosow, Carl E., Kenneth L. Haspel, Sarah E. Smith, Loreta Grecu, and Edward A. Bittner. “Haloperidol versus ondansetron for prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting.” Anesth Analg 106, no. 5 (May 2008): 1407–9. https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0b013e3181609022.
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    • Goldhaber-Fiebert, Sara, and Loreta Grecu. “Postoperative ST-segment elevation: was vasospasm caused by anaphylaxis or by its treatment with epinephrine?” Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 97, no. 4 (October 2006): 449–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60933-7.
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    • Hong, Jung, and Loreta Grecu. “Laryngospasm after autologous blood transfusion.” Anesth Analg 103, no. 1 (July 2006): 200–202. https://doi.org/10.1213/01.ane.0000221443.99505.80.
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    • Matten, Eric C., and Loreta Grecu. “Unilateral empyema as a complication of infectious mononucleosis: a pathogenic variant of Lemierre's syndrome.” J Clin Microbiol 44, no. 2 (February 2006): 659–61. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.44.2.659-661.2006.
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    • Grecu, Loreta, Carolyn Mehaffey, and Eric Isselbacher. “Preoperative noninvasive cardiac testing: which test and why?” Int Anesthesiol Clin 40, no. 2 (2002): 121–32. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004311-200204000-00011.
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    • Afifi, S., M. Podgoreanu, and L. Grecu. “Arterial-venous Co-2 tension gradient (Pa-vCo(2)) reflects oxygen debt after cardiopulmonary bypass.” Critical Care Medicine 27, no. 12 (December 1, 1999): A77–A77.
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    • Afifi, M. S., M. Podgoraneau, and L. Grecu. “Does metabolic recovery predict time to extubation after cardiac surgery?” Critical Care Medicine 27, no. 1 SUPPL. (January 1, 1999). https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199901001-00309.
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    • Afifi, S., M. Podgoreanu, and L. Grecu. “Arterial-venous CO2 tension difference reflects oxygen debt after cardiopulmonary bypass.” Critical Care Medicine 27, no. 12 SUPPL. (January 1, 1999). https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199912001-00295.
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    • Afifi, S., M. Podgoreanu, and L. Grecu. “Arterial-venous CO2 tension gradient (Pa-vCO2) reflects oxygen debt after cardiopulmonary bypass.” Critical Care Medicine 27, no. 12 SUPPL. (January 1, 1999). https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-199912001-00192.
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    • Afifi, M. S., L. Grecu, and M. Janaby. “Elevated pulmonary artery pressures are associated with longer duration of intubation following open heart surgery.” Chest 114, no. 4 SUPPL. (October 1, 1998).

  • Book Sections

    • Grecu, L. “Central and autonomic nervous systems.” In Clinical Anesthesia Fundamentals, 2015.
    • Grecu, L. “Autonomic nervous system: Physiology and pharmacology.” In Clinical Anesthesia: Seventh Edition, 2013.
    • Bittner, E., L. Grecu, and J. A. J. Martyn. “Emergency room and acute care of the critically III burned patient.” In Intensive Care Medicine: Annual Update 2007, 767–77, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49518-7_69.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Grecu, Loreta, Harish Lecamwasam, Edward Bittner, Luca Bigatello, Anwer Qureshi, and Michael Picard. “LIMITED ECHO EXAM OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS BY TRAINED INTENSIVISTS.” In Critical Care Medicine, 33:A58–A58. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2005. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-200512002-00211.
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    • Afifi, M. S., M. L. Fontes, L. Grecu, J. C. K. Fitch, and C. Bell. “Decreased CO2 production and increased shunting prolongs time to extubation in MVR procedures.” In Anesthesia and Analgesia, 86:SCA54–SCA54. LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, 1998.
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