Maria Fernanda Ramirez Manotas, M.D.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

1. Maria F. Ramirez1,2 Juan Jose Guerra-Londono 1, Pascal Owusu-Agyemang1, Keith Fournier3 and Carlos E. Guerra-Londono. Temperature management during cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Frontiers in Oncology. e-Pub 2023.
2. Maria F. Ramirez and Juan P. Cata. Anesthesia Techniques and Long-Term Oncological Outcomes. Frontiers in Oncology, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34956903.
3. Maria F. Ramirez, A Gorur and J.P Cata. Opioids and cancer prognosis: A summary of the clinical the clinical evidence. Neuroscience Letters, 2021. PMID: 33482308.
4. Ramirez MF, Cata JP. Anesthesia care influences long- term outcomes: what is the evidence?. Best Practice & Research Clinical Anesthesiology. e-Pub 2021.
5. Cata, J. P., Guerra, C., Soto, G. & Ramirez, M. F.. Anesthesia options and the recurrence of cancer: What we know so far?. Local and Regional Anesthesia, 2020. PMID: 32765061.
6. Ramirez, M. F., Gorur, A. & Cata, J. P.. The role of opioids in cancer progression. International anesthesiology clinics, 2020. PMID: 32011351.
7. Ramirez MF, Kamdar B, Cata JP. Optimizing Perioperative Use of Opioids: A Multimodal. Current Anesthesiology Reports, 2020.
8. Ramirez MF, Cata JP.. The role of opioids in cancer progression. International anesthesiology Clinic, 2019.
9. Cata JP, Ramirez MF, Velasquez JF, Di AI, Popat KU, Gottumukkala V, Black DM, Lewis VO, Vauthey JN. Lidocaine Stimulates the Function of Natural Killer Cells in Different Experimental Settings. Anticancer Research, 2017. PMID: 28870891.
10. Cata JP, Velásquez JF, Ramírez MF, Gottumukkala V. Inflammation and pro-resolution inflammation after hepatobiliary surgery. World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2017. PMID: 28807031.
11. Velásquez JF, Ramírez MF, Ai DI, Lewis V, Cata JP. Impaired Immune Function in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Bone Cancer. International Journal of Cancer research and treatment, 2015. PMID: 26408709.
12. Ramirez MF, Ai D, Bauer M, Vauthey JN, Gottumukkala V, Kee S, Shon D, Truty M, Kuerer HM, Kurz A, Hernandez M, Cata JP. Innate immune function after breast, lung, and colorectal cancer surgery. The Journal of Surgical Research, 2015. PMID: 25475022.
13. Ramirez MF, Tran P, Cata JP. The effect of clinically therapeutic plasma concentrations of lidocaine on natural killer cell cytotoxicity. Regional anesthesia and pain medicine, 2015. PMID: 25469757.
14. Ramirez MF, Tran Peter, Cata JP. Minimizing immunosuppression, an alternative approach for anesthesiologist?. Pain Management, 2014. PMID: 24641336.
15. Cata JP, Bauer M, Sokari T, Ramirez MF, Mason D, Plautz G, Kurz A. Effects of surgery, general anesthesia, and perioperative epidural analgesia on the immune function of patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 2013. PMID: 23659826.
16. Ramirez MF, Cata JP. The effects of regional anesthesia-analgesia on the immune system. Open Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013. PMID: 23659826.
17. Ramirez MF, Bergesio L, Truty Mark, Cata JP. Low dose of Lidocaine (LD) Enhances in In Vitro Natural Killer (NK) cells function. Minerva Anestesiologica, 2013.
18. Ramírez MF, Huitink JM, Cata JP. Perioperative Clinical Interventions that Modify the Immune Response in Cancer Patients. Open Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013.
19. Ramirez MF, Cata JP. Anesthetic agents, anesthetic technique and cancer recurrence. Revista Argentina de Anestesiología, 2013.
20. Gutiérrez JO, Montoya O, Ramírez MF.. Gastric Stromal Tumor. A Case Report. Revista Latinoamericana de Cirugia, 2011.

Invited Articles

1. Guerra-Londono CE, Kim D, Ramirez Manotas MF. Cancer Patient For Ambulatory Surgery: Current Controversies and Concerns. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 34(6):683-689, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34456269.
2. Maria F. Ramirez, Felipe P. Rangel and Juan P. Cata. Perioperative pain, analgesics and cancer-related outcomes: where do we stand?. Pain Management, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34636651.
3. Daniel D. Kim, Maria F. Ramirez and Juan P. Cata. Opioid use, misuse, and abuse: a narrative review about interventions to reduce opioid consumption and related adverse events in the perioperative setting. Minerva Anestesiologica, 2021. e-Pub 2021. PMID: 34636223.
4. Ramirez MF, Guerra C and Cata JP.. The intersection between the Mu-opioid receptor and opioids in cancer development and progression. World Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Other Articles

1. Juan P. Cata M.D., Ary Serpa Neto M.D., Patrice Forget M.D. Ph.D., Oscar Diaz-Cambroneros M.D., Maria F. Ramirez M.D., Wankun Chen M.D., Adriana M. Knopfelmacher-Couchonal M.D, Paolo Pelosi M.D., Luis Cuellar M.D., German Corrales M.D., Carlos Romero M.D., Francisco Lobo M.D., Leif Saager M.D., Jorge L. Castro Tapia M.D., Lei Feng M.S., Lee-Lyn Chen M.D., International multicenter observational study to evaluate the association between perioperative red blood cell transfusions and one-year mortality after major cancer surgery (ARCA-1): Study design, statistical analysis plan and study protocol. BMJ Open 11, 2021. PMID: 33737431.

Editorials

1. Ramirez MF, Garcia L, Cata JP. Can a single intraoperative dose of non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs reduce cancer recurrence?. Annals of Palliative Medicine, 2020.
2. Cata JP, Ramirez MF. Local anesthetic: Hunting for the Holy Grail of onco-anesthesia. Pain Medicine. PMID: 31841154.
3. Cata JP and Ramirez MF. Putting cancer patient first. ASA Monitor, 2019.

Book Chapters

1. Ramirez MF, Cata JP. From theory to practice. Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment approach for patients with tumor lysis syndrome chapter. In: Intensive Care Manual, 2013.
2. Ramirez MF, Tran Peter, Cata JP. Principles, Practice and Postoperative complications. Perioperative Period, Stress Response, Immune Suppression, and Cancer Recurrence chapter. In: General Surgery, 2013.