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Argentina

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Systematic Review & Meta-Analysis Expert | Critical Care Physician | Mechanical Ventilation Research

Profile Summary

I am a Critical Care physician and researcher with a PhD in Health Sciences and a position in the Health Research Career Track (CIS) at Argentina’s National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). I currently work as an attending physician in the Intensive Care Unit at Dr. Ramos Mejía General Hospital and serve as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Magallanes (Chile). My research focuses on respiratory mechanics, mechanical power, and ventilator-induced lung injury in critically ill patients, particularly those with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). I have extensive experience in clinical research, including prospective observational studies, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and umbrella reviews. I have participated in multiple international research collaborations and have authored publications in peer-reviewed journals, including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. My methodological expertise includes literature search strategies, study selection, data extraction, risk-of-bias assessment (ROB tools), GRADE evaluation, and quantitative evidence synthesis. I am particularly interested in collaborating on projects involving systematic reviews, meta-analyses, clinical research design, and evidence synthesis.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Journalism
• ☆ Pulmonology/Respiratory Disease
• ☆ Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
• ☆ Intensive Care Medicine
• ☆ Internal Medicine
• ☆ Critical Care Medicine

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation

Research Meta-Research, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Associate Staff

Hospital Blas Dubarry

June 2025 - Present

Staff

Hospital General de Agudos José María Ramos Mejía

February 2020 - Present

Associate Staff

Hospital General Ramos Mejia. Intensive Care Unit

February 2020 - Present

AssociateProfessor

School of Medicine, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile

March 2016 - Present

Universidad de Magallanes

September 2015 - Present

Fellowship in critical care

Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas

August 1995 - May 1997

Fellowship in internal medicine

Hospital General Manuel Belgrano

May 1991 - April 1994

Education

Doctor of Health Sciences

Instituto Universitario Ciencias de la Salud-Fundación Barceló

March 2017 - October 2022

Specialist in critical care medicine and intensive care

Universidad de Buenos Aires

March 1996 - March 2003

Physician

Universidad de Buenos Aires

March 1985 - March 1991

Physician

Universidad de Buenos Aires

March 1985 - December 1990

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

(2026). Should Mechanical Power Be Normalized to Compliance? . RESPIRATORY CARE.

R. Santa Cruz, A.M. Esquinas (2025). Letter to the Editor: “Understanding ventilator-induced lung injury: The role of mechanical power” . Journal of Critical Care.

Roberto Santa Cruz, Carla Agustina Pérez, Agustina Smithuis, Florencia Yanet Alvarez, Clara De Gennaro, Jonathan Cartagena, Sergio Rodriguez Quiroga, Nélida Garretto, Tomoko Arakaki (2025). Calidad de la dieta en pacientes con enfermedad de Parkinson que concurren a un hospital de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires . ReDSal.

Roberto Santa Cruz, Amelia Matesa, Alexandre Cavalcanti, Elisa Estenssoro (2024). The authors reply: . Critical Care Medicine.

Santa Cruz Roberto, Domeniconi Gustavo, Favot Carolina, Pagano Fernando, Choi Marcelo (2024). Prognostic Value of Consolidation in Lung Tomography in Patients With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome . Open Respiratory Archives.

(2024). Mortality Due to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Latin America . CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

Roberto Santa Cruz, Matías Rodriguez, Gustavo Scarpa, Romina Fernandez (2023). Ventilation of denervated transplanted lung at risk for overdistention by reverse triggering and breath stacking: a role for the paradoxical reflex of Head. Comment on Br J Anaesth 2022; 129: e1–4 . British Journal of Anaesthesia.

Roberto Santa Cruz, Matías Castillo-Aguilar, Héctor Felipe Retamal Matus, Ygor Antônio Tinoco Martins, Oscar Adolfo Niño Méndez, Cristian Andrés Núñez-Espinosa (2022). Relationship of cardiorespiratory control and vascular compliance in competitive young athletes . Revista Andaluza de Medicina del Deporte.

Roberto Santa Cruz, Gustavo Domeniconi, Walter Videtta, Celica Irrazábal, Carlos Luna (2022). Disnea en pacientes con COVID-19 . Respirar.

(2021). High versus low positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels for mechanically ventilated adult patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome . COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS.

(2020). General care in the management of severe traumatic brain injury: Latin American consensus . MEDICINA INTENSIVA.

(2019). Mortality in Critically Ill Elderly Individuals Receiving Mechanical Ventilation . RESPIRATORY CARE.

(2017). Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Mortality in a Single Center According to Different Definitions . JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE.

(2013). High versus low positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) levels for mechanically ventilated adult patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome . COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS.

Walter Videtta, F. Villarejo, M. Cohen, G. Domeniconi, R. Santa Cruz, O. Pinillos, F. Rios, B. Maskin (2002). Effects of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure . Intracranial Pressure and Brain Biochemical Monitoring.

(2002). Effects of positive end-expiratory pressure on intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion pressure. INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE AND BRAIN BIOCHEMICAL MONITORING.

BOOK CHAPTER

Walter Videtta, F. Villarejo, M. Cohen, G. Domeniconi, R. Santa Cruz, O. Pinillos, F. Rios, B. Maskin (2002). Effects of Positive End-Expiratory Pressure on Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure . Intracranial Pressure and Brain Biochemical Monitoring.