FernandoMelkunMD

Anesthesiologist St. John's Hospital

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Dr. Fernando Melkun is an anesthesiologist in Springfield, IL and is affiliated with HSHS St. John's Hospital. He received his medical degree from Universidad Nacional de La Plata School of Medicine in Argentina. He did his 2nd anesthesia residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Children's Hospital in St. Louis / Washington University School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Anesthesiology.

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Anesthesiology, 2007 - 2011
Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Pediatric Anesthesiology, 2006 - 2007
Universidad Nacional de La Plata Faculty of MedicineClass of 1988

PubMed

126 citations
Effects of Recruitment Maneuver on Atelectasis in Anesthetized Children
Gerardo Tusman, Stephan H. Bohm, Alejandro Tempra, Fernando Melkun, Eduardo Garcia, Elsio Turchetto, Paul G.H. Mulder, Burkhard Lachmann> ;Anesthesiology. 2003 Jan 1
47 citations
Alveolar recruitment strategy increases arterial oxygenation during one-lung ventilation.
Gerardo Tusman, Stephan H. Bohm, Fernando Melkun, Daniel Staltari, Carlos Quinzio, Carlos Nador, Elsio Turchetto> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2002 Apr 1
[Effects of the alveolar recruitment manoeuver and PEEP on arterial oxygenation in anesthetized obese patients].
Tusman, G., Böhm, S. H., Melkun, F., Nador, C. R., Staltari, D., Rodriguez, A., Turchetto, E.> ;Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2002 Apr