Massimo Cressoni

11.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
83 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Massimo Cressoni is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Massimo Cressoni has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 30 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 19 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Massimo Cressoni's work include Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (63 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (25 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (19 papers). Massimo Cressoni is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (63 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (25 papers) and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation (19 papers). Massimo Cressoni collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Germany and United States. Massimo Cressoni's co-authors include Luciano Gattinoni, Davide Chiumello, Michael Quintel, Eleonora Carlesso, Pietro Caironi, Paolo Cadringher, Guillermo Bugedo, Chiara Chiurazzi, Rodrigo Cornejo and Nicolò Patroniti and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, PLoS ONE and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Massimo Cressoni

79 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Lung Recruitment in Patients with the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

2006 936 citations Luciano Gattinoni, Pietro Caironi et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
Ventilator-related causes of lung injury: the mechanical power

2016 539 citations Luciano Gattinoni, Tommaso Tonetti et al. Intensive Care Medicine profile →
Lung Stress and Strain during Mechanical Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

2008 510 citations Davide Chiumello, Eleonora Carlesso et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →
Mechanical Power and Development of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury

2016 281 citations Massimo Cressoni, Miriam Gotti et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Massimo Cressoni	5.1k	2.1k	2.0k	1.1k	833	83	5.8k
Carmen Sílvia Valente Barbas	5.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.0×	1.8k 0.9×	761 0.7×	963 1.2×	111	6.2k
Eduardo Leite Vieira Costa	3.9k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	508 0.6×	110	4.8k
Eleonora Carlesso	4.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.0×	1.5k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	564 0.7×	88	5.4k
Jean‐Christophe Richard	4.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.0×	564 0.5×	801 1.0×	192	5.6k
Tommaso Mauri	3.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	813 0.7×	569 0.7×	130	5.0k
Jean-Christophe M. Richard	3.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	769 0.7×	671 0.8×	8	3.9k
Nicolò Patroniti	4.0k 0.8×	2.3k 1.1×	1.7k 0.8×	2.0k 1.8×	732 0.9×	134	6.2k
Guillermo Bugedo	2.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.2k 0.6×	528 0.5×	571 0.7×	96	3.8k
Daniel Deheinzelin	3.5k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	455 0.4×	657 0.8×	58	4.6k
Onnen Moerer	2.2k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	799 0.7×	716 0.9×	161	3.9k

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Cressoni, Massimo, Paolo Cadringher, Anna Colarieti, et al.. (2025). Is there a need for a CT scan of the pancreatic phase? A perfusion and simulation study of the pancreas, an HCC, and the kidney cortex. RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren. 197(12). 1405–1415.

Collino, Francesca, Massimo Cressoni, Lorenzo Ball, et al.. (2025). Assessment of recruitment from CT to the bedside: challenges and future directions. Critical Care. 29(1). 64–64. 3 indexed citations

Zanardo, Moreno, Federico Ambrogi, Rosanna Cardani, et al.. (2024). The GREENWATER study: patients’ green sensitivity and potential recovery of injected contrast agents. European Radiology. 35(3). 1205–1214. 4 indexed citations

Gattinoni, Luciano, Francesco Vasques, Luigi Camporota, et al.. (2019). Understanding Lactatemia in Human Sepsis. Potential Impact for Early Management. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 200(5). 582–589. 100 indexed citations

Maiolo, Giorgia, Francesca Collino, Francesco Vasques, et al.. (2018). Reclassifying Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 197(12). 1586–1595. 71 indexed citations

Cressoni, Massimo, Chiara Chiurazzi, Davide Chiumello, & Luciano Gattinoni. (2017). Does high PEEP prevent alveolar cycling?. Medizinische Klinik - Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin. 113(S1). 7–12. 8 indexed citations

Gattinoni, Luciano, Tommaso Tonetti, Massimo Cressoni, et al.. (2016). Ventilator-related causes of lung injury: the mechanical power. Intensive Care Medicine. 42(10). 1567–1575. 539 indexed citations breakdown →

Fraquelli, Mirella, Alessandra Baccarin, Clara Benedetta Conti, et al.. (2015). Bowel ultrasound imaging in patients with cystic fibrosis: Relationship with clinical symptoms and CFTR genotype. Digestive and Liver Disease. 48(3). 271–276. 14 indexed citations

Chiumello, Davide, Antonella Marino, Matteo Brioni, et al.. (2015). Lung Recruitment Assessed by Respiratory Mechanics and Computed Tomography in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. What Is the Relationship?. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 193(11). 1254–1263. 88 indexed citations

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Gattinoni, Luciano, Eleonora Carlesso, Luca Brazzi, et al.. (2014). Friday night ventilation: a safety starting tool kit for mechanically ventilated patients.. PubMed. 80(9). 1046–57. 14 indexed citations

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Caironi, Pietro, Eleonora Carlesso, Massimo Cressoni, et al.. (2014). Lung Recruitability Is Better Estimated According to the Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome at Standard 5 cm H2O Rather Than Higher Positive End-Expiratory Pressure. Critical Care Medicine. 43(4). 781–790. 49 indexed citations

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Gattinoni, Luciano, Eleonora Carlesso, & Massimo Cressoni. (2014). Selecting the ‘right’ positive end-expiratory pressure level. Current Opinion in Critical Care. 21(1). 50–57. 45 indexed citations

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Cressoni, Massimo, et al.. (2013). Limits of normality of quantitative thoracic computed tomography analysis. Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (Universita Degli Studi Di Milano). 55 indexed citations

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Cressoni, Massimo, Paolo Cadringher, Chiara Chiurazzi, et al.. (2013). Lung Inhomogeneity in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 189(2). 149–158. 234 indexed citations

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Chiumello, Davide, Massimo Cressoni, Eleonora Carlesso, et al.. (2013). Bedside Selection of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure in Mild, Moderate, and Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome*. Critical Care Medicine. 42(2). 252–264. 114 indexed citations

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Protti, Alessandro, Massimo Cressoni, Alessandro Santini, et al.. (2011). Lung Stress and Strain during Mechanical Ventilation: Any Safe Threshold?. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 183(10). 1354–1362. 244 indexed citations

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Caironi, Pietro, Massimo Cressoni, Davide Chiumello, et al.. (2009). Lung Opening and Closing during Ventilation of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 181(6). 578–586. 236 indexed citations

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Chiumello, Davide, Eleonora Carlesso, Paolo Cadringher, et al.. (2008). Lung Stress and Strain during Mechanical Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 178(4). 346–355. 510 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chiumello, Davide, Massimo Cressoni, Monica Chierichetti, et al.. (2008). Nitrogen washout/washin, helium dilution and computed tomography in the assessment of end expiratory lung volume. Critical Care. 12(6). R150–R150. 99 indexed citations

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Gattinoni, Luciano, Pietro Caironi, Massimo Cressoni, et al.. (2006). Lung Recruitment in Patients with the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. New England Journal of Medicine. 354(17). 1775–1786. 936 indexed citations breakdown →

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