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Diana Morales Castro

ResearcherCritical Care MedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Diana Morales Castro

Researcher

Critical Care Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Pharmacology Sedation

Latest papers

Author's Reply to Peek: "Kinetics of Sevoflurane Vaporized Directly in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenators-Ex Vivo Findings and Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Simulations".
European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics · 2026 · first author
Sedation, Analgesia, and Neuromuscular Blockade.
Clinics in chest medicine · 2026 · first author
Kinetics of Sevoflurane Vaporized Directly in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenators-Ex Vivo Findings and Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Simulations.
European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics · 2026 · first author

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Sedatives Pharmacology in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome- SPA
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$270,000

All 1 grants and awards

14 publications.

Author's Reply to Peek: "Kinetics of Sevoflurane Vaporized Directly in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenators-Ex Vivo Findings and Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Simulations".

Morales Castro D, Fan E

European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s13318-026-01037-7 PMID: 42768182

Sedation, Analgesia, and Neuromuscular Blockade.

Morales Castro D, Carini FC, Fan E

Clinics in chest medicine2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2026.04.003 PMID: 42486557

Kinetics of Sevoflurane Vaporized Directly in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenators-Ex Vivo Findings and Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Simulations.

Morales Castro D, Alm M, Carini FC, Fischer C, Roman-Sarita G, Dresser L, Granton J, Chen E, Shekar K, Fan E

European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s13318-026-01004-2 PMID: 42096041

When stopping is just as important as starting: the challenge of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Rajsic S, Morales Castro D, Shekar K

British journal of anaesthesia2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.11.001 PMID: 41298167

Pharmacological Research Agenda on Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Using the Delphi Method: A Position Paper of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Pharmacology Network.

Morales Castro D, Al-Fares AA, Paternoster G, Lyster H, Hohlfelder B, Arias Ortiz J, Abdul-Aziz MH, Herr D, Alraish R, Ferre Contreras A, Palavecino M, Milella L, Watt K, Alkazemi A, Carini FC, Roberts JA, Riera Del Brio J, Pau Parra A, Kakar V, Dureau P, Duceppe MA, Alm M, Cha S, Shekar K, Dzierba AL, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Pharmacology Network (ECMOPharm Net)

Critical care medicine2025First author

DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000006806 PMID: 40736325

Self-Learning Videos in Focused Transthoracic Echocardiography Training.

Morales Castro D, Wong I, Panisko D, Najeeb U, Douflé G

The clinical teacher2025First author

DOI: 10.1111/tct.70014 PMID: 39746844

Propofol and Fentanyl Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Morales Castro D, Balzani E, Abdul-Aziz MH, Hernandez-Mitre MP, Wong I, Turgeon J, Tisminetzky M, Jurado-Camacho F, Morris I, Dresser L, Granton J, Uetrecht J, Pang KS, Chen E, Shekar K, Fan E

Annals of the American Thoracic Society2025First author

DOI: 10.1513/annalsats.202407-795oc PMID: 39383576

Echocardiographic Findings in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Treated With and Without Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Morales Castro D, Ferreyro BL, McAlpine D, Evangelatos N, Dragoi L, Teijeiro-Paradis R, Del Sorbo L, Fan E, Douflé G

Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia2024First author

DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2024.08.007 PMID: 39198124

Head-to-toe bedside ultrasound for adult patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Douflé G, Dragoi L, Morales Castro D, Sato K, Donker DW, Aissaoui N, Fan E, Schaubroeck H, Price S, Fraser JF, Combes A

Intensive care medicine2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00134-024-07333-7 PMID: 38598123

Pharmacokinetic Alterations Associated with Critical Illness.

Morales Castro D, Dresser L, Granton J, Fan E

Clinical pharmacokinetics2023First author

DOI: 10.1007/s40262-023-01213-x PMID: 36732476

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Diana Morales Castro

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Author's Reply to Peek: "Kinetics of Sevoflurane Vaporized Directly in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenators-Ex Vivo Findings and Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Simulations".

Sedation, Analgesia, and Neuromuscular Blockade.

Kinetics of Sevoflurane Vaporized Directly in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenators-Ex Vivo Findings and Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Simulations.

When stopping is just as important as starting: the challenge of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Pharmacological Research Agenda on Adult Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Using the Delphi Method: A Position Paper of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Pharmacology Network.

Self-Learning Videos in Focused Transthoracic Echocardiography Training.

Propofol and Fentanyl Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Echocardiographic Findings in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Treated With and Without Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Head-to-toe bedside ultrasound for adult patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Pharmacokinetic Alterations Associated with Critical Illness.

Sedatives Pharmacology in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome- SPA

Frequent collaborators

Eddy Fan

John Granton

Ricardo Teijeiro Paradis

Martin Urner

Filio Billia

Marcelo Cypel

Lorenzo Del Sorbo