Franco Laghi, MD
Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Speaks
Languages
Italian
Spanish
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
888-584-7888
Appointments (New Patients Welcome)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
888-584-7888Services & Specialties
Areas of Specialization
- Critical Care Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
- Sleep Medicine
Locations & Contact
Primary Location
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 S First Ave
Maywood
, IL 60153
Edward Hines Jr Veterans Administration Hospital
5000 S 5th Ave
5000 S 5th Ave
Hines
, IL 60141
RML Specialty Hospital
5601 S County Line Rd
Hinsdale
, IL 60521
About
Academic Title
Professor
Ages Seen
Additional Resources
Education & Certifications
Education
Education:
Catholic University of the Holy Heart
(1984)
Residency:
Unity Hospital
(1990)
Fellowship:
University of Maryland School of Medicine
(1991)
Fellowship:
Loyola University Medical Center
(1993)
Board Certifications
Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty (2007)
Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty (1995)
Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty (1994)
Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, American Board of (1990)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Publications
- Basing intubation of acutely hypoxemic patients on physiologic principles. Laghi, F.; Shaikh, H.; Caccani, N.; Annals of intensive care
- Effect of Atypical Sleep EEG Patterns on Weaning From Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation. Shaikh, H.; Ionita, R.; Khan, U.; Park, Y.; Jubran, A.; Tobin, M. J.; Laghi, F.; Chest
- Clarifying the Role of Diaphragm Ultrasound Imaging in the Discontinuation of Mechanical Ventilation. Laghi, F.; Anesthesiology
- Pearls and pitfalls of respiratory testing in a patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and COPD. Littleton, S. W.; Laghi, F.; Breathe (Sheffield, England)
- Therapy for insomnia with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a randomized trial of components. Kapella, M.; Steffen, A.; Prasad, B.; Laghi, F.; Vispute, S.; Kemner, G.; Teixeira, C.; Peters, T.; Jun, J.; Law, J.; Carley, D.; Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- Physical Rehabilitation in the ICU: Is It Worth the Effort? Laghi, F.; Shaikh, H.; Critical care medicine
- PaO2 /FIO2 ratio: the mismeasure of oxygenation in COVID-19. Tobin, M. J.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; The European respiratory journal
- Hypoxaemia does not necessitate tracheal intubation in COVID-19 patients. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2021; 126: 44-7. Tobin, M. J.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; British journal of anaesthesia
- Measuring vital capacity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Effects of interfaces and reproducibility. Pellegrino, G. M.; Sferrazza Papa, G. F.; Centanni, S.; Corbo, M.; Kvarnberg, D.; Tobin, M. J.; Laghi, F.; Respiratory medicine
- Noninvasive strategies in COVID-19: epistemology, randomised trials, guidelines, physiology. Tobin, M. J.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; The European respiratory journal
- P-SILI as justification for intubation in COVID-19: readers as arbiters. Tobin, M. J.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; Annals of intensive care
- How to ventilate obstructive and asthmatic patients. Demoule, A.; Brochard, L.; Dres, M.; Heunks, L.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; Mekontso-Dessap, A.; Nava, S.; Ouanes-Besbes, L.; Peñuelas, O.; Piquilloud, L.; Vassilakopoulos, T.; Mancebo, J.; Intensive care medicine
- Respiratory Drive Measurements Do Not Signify Conjectural Patient Self-inflicted Lung Injury. Tobin, M. J.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- Misconceptions of pathophysiology of happy hypoxemia and implications for management of COVID-19. Tobin, M. J.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; Respiratory research
- Reply to Jounieaux et al.: On Happy Hypoxia and on Sadly Ignored "Acute Vascular Distress Syndrome" in Patients with COVID-19. Tobin, M. J.; Laghi, F.; Jubran, A.; American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- P-SILI is not justification for intubation of COVID-19 patients. Tobin, M. J.; Laghi, F.; Jubran, A.; Annals of intensive care
- Inhibition of central activation of the diaphragm: a mechanism of weaning failure. Laghi, F.; Shaikh, H.; Littleton, S. W.; Morales, D.; Jubran, A.; Tobin, M. J.; Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
- Why COVID-19 Silent Hypoxemia Is Baffling to Physicians. Tobin, M. J.; Laghi, F.; Jubran, A.; American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- Caution about early intubation and mechanical ventilation in COVID-19. Tobin, M. J.; Laghi, F.; Jubran, A.; Annals of intensive care
- Lung- and Diaphragm-Protective Ventilation. Goligher, E. C.; Dres, M.; Patel, B. K.; Sahetya, S. K.; Beitler, J. R.; Telias, I.; Yoshida, T.; Vaporidi, K.; Grieco, D. L.; Schepens, T.; Grasselli, G.; Spadaro, S.; Dianti, J.; Amato, M.; Bellani, G.; Demoule, A.; Fan, E.; Ferguson, N. D.; Georgopoulos, D.; Guérin, C.; Khemani, R. G.; Laghi, F.; Mercat, A.; Mojoli, F.; Ottenheijm, C. A. C.; Jaber, S.; Heunks, L.; Mancebo, J.; Mauri, T.; Pesenti, A.; Brochard, L.; American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- Role of Diaphragm Ultrasound When NIV Fails in COPD Exacerbations. Shaikh, H.; Laghi, F.; Respiratory care
- ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing at rest and during exercise. Laveneziana, P.; Albuquerque, A.; Aliverti, A.; Babb, T.; Barreiro, E.; Dres, M.; Dubé, B. P.; Fauroux, B.; Gea, J.; Guenette, J. A.; Hudson, A. L.; Kabitz, H. J.; Laghi, F.; Langer, D.; Luo, Y. M.; Neder, J. A.; O'Donnell, D.; Polkey, M. I.; Rabinovich, R. A.; Rossi, A.; Series, F.; Similowski, T.; Spengler, C. M.; Vogiatzis, I.; Verges, S.; The European respiratory journal
- The Effect of Breathing Retraining Using Metronome-Based Acoustic Feedback on Exercise Endurance in COPD: A Randomized Trial. Collins, E. G.; Jelinek, C.; O'Connell, S.; Butler, J.; Reda, D.; Laghi, F.; Lung
- Temporary transvenous diaphragm pacing vs. standard of care for weaning from mechanical ventilation: study protocol for a randomized trial. Evans, D.; Shure, D.; Clark, L.; Criner, G. J.; Dres, M.; de Abreu, M. G.; Laghi, F.; McDonagh, D.; Petrof, B.; Nelson, T.; Similowski, T.; Trials
- Response of distal nitric oxide to bronchodilators sheds light on airway injury in COPD. Laghi, F.; Tobin, M. J.; Pharmacological research
- New device for nonvolitional evaluation of quadriceps force in ventilated patients. Laghi, F.; Khan, N.; Schnell, T.; Aleksonis, D.; Hammond, K.; Shaikh, H.; Collins, E.; Jubran, A.; Tobin, M. J.; Muscle & nerve
- Extubation, Black Boxes, and Ontology. Tobin, M. J.; Laghi, F.; Anesthesiology
- Expiratory Diaphragmatic Recruitment in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. A Happy Coincidence or Much More? Laghi, F.; Shaikh, H.; American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- Determinants of cough effectiveness in patients with respiratory muscle weakness. Laghi, F.; Maddipati, V.; Schnell, T.; Langbein, W. E.; Tobin, M. J.; Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
- Weakness in the Critically Ill: "Captain of the Men of Death" or Sign of Disease Severity? Laghi, F.; Sassoon, C. S.; American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
- COPD+OSA: can two bad things be good for you? Laghi, F.; Owens, R. L.; Thorax
- Esophageal and transpulmonary pressure in the clinical setting: meaning, usefulness and perspectives. Mauri, T.; Yoshida, T.; Bellani, G.; Goligher, E. C.; Carteaux, G.; Rittayamai, N.; Mojoli, F.; Chiumello, D.; Piquilloud, L.; Grasso, S.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; Magder, S.; Pesenti, A.; Loring, S.; Gattinoni, L.; Talmor, D.; Blanch, L.; Amato, M.; Chen, L.; Brochard, L.; Mancebo, J.; PLeUral pressure working Group (PLUG—Acute Respiratory Failure section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine); Intensive care medicine
- Efficacy and mechanisms of behavioral therapy components for insomnia coexisting with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Kapella, M. C.; Herdegen, J. J.; Laghi, F.; Steffen, A. D.; Carley, D. W.; Trials
- Erratum to: Authors' response: Origin of the 24-h rest arm. Laghi, F.; D'Alfonso, N.; Tobin, M. J.; Intensive care medicine
- Authors' response: Origin of the 24-h rest arm. Laghi, F.; D'Alfonso, N.; Tobin, M. J.; Intensive care medicine
- Diaphragmatic neuromechanical coupling and mechanisms of hypercapnia during inspiratory loading. Laghi, F.; Shaikh, H. S.; Morales, D.; Sinderby, C.; Jubran, A.; Tobin, M. J.; Respiratory physiology & neurobiology
- Eating on noninvasive ventilation*. Shaikh, H.; Laghi, F.; Critical care medicine
- Preventing ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction with phrenic nerve stimulation. Laghi, F.; Shaikh, H.; Critical care medicine
- Contrasting breathing retraining and helium-oxygen during pulmonary rehabilitation in COPD: a randomized clinical trial. Collins, E. G.; Jelinek, C.; O'Connell, S.; Butler, J.; McBurney, C.; Gozali, C.; Reda, D.; Laghi, F.; Respiratory medicine
- Ventilatory failure, ventilator support, and ventilator weaning. Tobin, M. J.; Laghi, F.; Jubran, A.; Comprehensive Physiology
- Low vitamin D levels are associated with increased rejection and infections after lung transplantation. Lowery, E. M.; Bemiss, B.; Cascino, T.; Durazo-Arvizu, R. A.; Forsythe, S. M.; Alex, C.; Laghi, F.; Love, R. B.; Camacho, P.; The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
- Sternomastoid, rib cage, and expiratory muscle activity during weaning failure. Parthasarathy, S.; Jubran, A.; Laghi, F.; Tobin, M. J.; Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)
- Potassium sorbate reduces gastric colonization in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Tulaimat, A.; Laghi, F.; Mikrut, K.; Carey, R. B.; Budinger, G. R.; Journal of critical care
- Effect of lung volume reduction surgery on diaphragmatic neuromechanical coupling at 2 years. Laghi, F.; Jubran, A.; Topeli, A.; Fahey, P. J.; Garrity, E. R.; de Pinto, D. J.; Tobin, M. J.; Loyola/Hines Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Research Group; Chest
- Effect of inspiratory time and flow settings during assist-control ventilation. Laghi, F.; Current opinion in critical care