JuanB.Figueroa-CasasMD

Pulmonology • El Paso, TX

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease

Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Medicine

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Office
4800 Alberta Ave
El Paso, TX 79905
Phone+1 915-215-5205

Fax+1 915-215-8641
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Education & Training

University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1996 - 1999
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Universidad Nacional de Rosario Faculty of MedicineClass of 1991

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 2004 - 2025
IL State Medical License 1993 - 2002
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Clinical Trials

Comparison Between Two Methods of Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT) Start of enrollment: 2007 Jan 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Estimation of Intrinsic Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Start of enrollment: 2004 Jan 01
Completed

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Hemoptysis Associated With Rasmussen Aneurysm.
Sarah Ream, Juan B Figueroa-Casas, Abhay Raina> ;Cureus. 2023 May 1
1 citations
Effect of Using the Rapid Shallow Breathing Index as Readiness Criterion for Spontaneous Breathing Trials in a Weaning Protocol
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Ricardo Montoya, Jose Garcia-Blanco, Angelica Lehker, Ahmed M. Hussein, Haider Abdulmunim, Giselle Kabbach, Antonyos Mahfoud> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2020 Feb 1
1 citations
Difference in inspiratory flow between volume and pressure control ventilation in patients with flow dyssynchrony.
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Ricardo Montoya> ;Journal of Critical Care. 2017 Dec 1
12 citations
Effect of Tidal Volume Size and Its Delivery Mode on Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony.
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Ricardo Montoya> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2016 Dec 7
16 citations
Severe Acute Pulmonary Toxicity Associated with Brentuximab in a Patient with Refractory Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Yasmin Sabet, Saul Ramirez, Elizabeth Rosell Cespedes, Marimer Rensoli Velasquez, Mateo Porres-Muñoz, Sumit Gaur, Juan B. Figueroa-Casas> ;Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2016 Apr 17
16 citations
Predictive models of prolonged mechanical ventilation yield moderate accuracy
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Alok Dwivedi, Sean M. Connery, Raphael Quansah, Lowell H. Ellerbrook, Juan M. Galvis> ;Journal of Critical Care. 2015 Jun 1
4 citations
Changes in Breathing Variables During a 30-Minute Spontaneous Breathing Trial
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Sean M. Connery, Ricardo Montoya> ;Respiratory Care. 2015 Feb 1
8 citations
Inter-Observer Agreement of Spontaneous Breathing Trial Outcome
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Afshin Broukhim, Adrian Vargas, Linda Milam, Ricardo Montoya> ;Respiratory Care. 2014 Sep 1
Prediction of Early and Late Re-intubation: Is It a Crossed or Separate Line?
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Antonio M. Esquinas> ;Respiratory Care. 2014 Jul 1
28 citations
Accuracy of early prediction of duration of mechanical ventilation by intensivists.
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Sean M. Connery, Ricardo Montoya, Alok Dwivedi, Soyoung Lee> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2014 Feb 27
38 citations
Accuracy of the chest radiograph to identify bilateral pulmonary infiltrates consistent with the diagnosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome using computed tomogr...
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Noemi Brunner, Alok Dwivedi, Anoop P. Ayyappan> ;Journal of Critical Care. 2013 Aug 1
4 citations
Preventive Use of Noninvasive Ventilation After Planned Extubation
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas> ;Respiratory Care. 2012 Feb 1
6 citations
A 38-year-old pregnant woman with hemoptysis and acute renal failure. Microscopic polyangiitis.
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Mateo Porres-Muñoz, C. Gregory Elliott> ;Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases. 2011 Jan 1
18 citations
Comparison between automatic tube compensation and continuous positive airway pressure during spontaneous breathing trials.
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Ricardo Montoya, Alejandro Arzabala, Sean M. Connery> ;Respiratory Care. 2010 May 1
39 citations
Portopulmonary hypertension: state of the art
Marc J. Zuckerman, Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Michael J. Krowka> ;Annals of Hepatology. 2008 Oct 1
2 citations
Assessment of bronchodilator response through changes in lung volumes in chronic airflow obstruction.
Juan B. Figueroa-Casas, Ana R. Diez, Maria P. Rondelli, Marcelo P. Figueroa-Casas, Juan C. Figueroa-Casas> ;Medicina. 2003 Jan 1
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Hospital Affiliations

University Medical Center of El PasoEl Paso, Texas