Dr Federico Minen Paediatric intensive care locum consultant

Federico Minen
Patient age group
Children and young people
Consultant registered on
02/02/2012
Foreign languages
  • Italian
Gender
Male
Services
Hospitals

Background

Dr Federico Minen is a paediatrician with subspecialisation in paediatric general and cardiac intensive care. He completed general paediatric training in Italy in 2012. Subsequently, he worked as a consultant paediatrician in a paediatric department in Italy for three years.

Dr Minen moved to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015. After an initial year of exposure as Clinical Fellow in neonatology (Imperial College Hospital, London), for the following five years he has been working as a Senior Fellow in several tertiary paediatric intensive care units (PICUs) and paediatric cardiac intensive care units (CICUs) across London (Royal Brompton Hospital, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street Hospital).

Dr Minen completed his Initial Assessment of Competence (IAC) in Kingston Hospital in 2022. His current employment, since August 2022, is locum consultant in PICU at St Mary’s Hospital in London.

Expertise

Simulation, flexible bronchoscopy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO).

Research & publications

Peer reviewed, Pubmed indexed

  • Broad J, Forman J, Brighouse J, Sobande A, McIntosh A, Watterson C, Boot E, Montgomery F, Gilmour I, Tan J, Fogarty MJ, Gomez X, Cheung R, Lillie J, Shivamurthy V, Handforth J, Miller O; PIMS-TS study group. “Post-COVID-19 paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome: association of ethnicity, key worker and socioeconomic status with risk and severity”. Arch Dis Child 2021 Dec;106(12): 1218-1225.
  • Cheung CR, Finnemore A, Handforth J, Bohmer R, Christiansen N, Miller O; Evelina London Children’s Hospital PIMS-TS Clinical and Study Group. “Developing new models of care at speed: learning from healthcare redesign for children with COVID-related multisystem inflammation.” Arch Dis Child 2021 Jun;106(6):528-532.
  • Minen F, Hands C, Mustafa MR, Pienaar A, Lillie J. “Thrombophilia in Pediatric Patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children Secondary to Coronavirus Disease 2019 Supported on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.” ASAIO Journal 2021 Jan 1;67(1)7-11.
  • White M, Tiesman B, Handforth J, Kenny J; Evelina PIMS TS working group. “Paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS): the Evelina Experience.” Arch Dis Child 2020 Nov;105(11):1025-1027.
  • Schreiber S, Ronfani L, Ghirardo S, Minen F, Taddio A, Jaber M, Rizzello E, Barbi E. “Nasal irrigation with saline solution significantly improves saturation in infants with bronchiolitis.” Acta Paediatr, 2016 Mar;105(3):292-6.
  • Neri E, Maestro A, Minen F, Montico M, Ronfani L, Zanon D, Favret A, Messi G, Barbi E. “Sublingual ketorolac versus sublingual tramadol for moderate to severe post-traumatic bone pain in children: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial.” Arch Dis Child. 2013 Sep;98(9):721-4.
    • De Cunto A, Minen F, Ventura A. “More on prolonged pacifier usage and risk of dental problems: an Italian survey of current clinical practice.” J Pediatr Nurs 2013 Sep-Oct28(5):421.
  • Minen F, De Cunto A, Martelossi S, Ventura A. “Acute and recurrent pancreatitis in children: exploring etiological factors.” Scand J Gastroenterol. 2012 Dec 47(12):1501-4.
  • Minen F, Cont G, De Cunto A, Martelossi S, Ventura A, Maggiore G, Faletra F, Gasparini P, Cassandrini D. “Delayed diagnosis of glycogen storage disease type III.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Jan;54(1):122-4.
  • Faletra F, Athanasakis E, Minen F, Fornasier F, Marchetti F, Gasparini P. “Vertebral defects in patients with Peters plus syndrome and mutations in B3GALTL.” Ophthalmic Genet. 2011 Nov;32(4):256-8.
  • De Cunto A, Barbi E, Minen F, Ventura A. “Safety and efficacy of high-dose acarbose treatment for dumping syndrome.” J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011 Jul;53(1):113-4.
  • De Cunto A., Minen F. ”An unusual case of buccal obstruction: the antrochoanal polyp.” Arch Dis Child. 2011 Feb;96(2):167.
  • Davanzo R, Copertino M, De Cunto A, Minen F, Amaddeo A. “Antidepressant Drugs and Breastfeeding: A Review of the Literature.” Breastfeed Med. 2010 Oct 19
  • Minen F, Barbi E, Ventura A, Zennaro F, Carrera P, Chiodera P. “Twins with severe recurrent chest infections.” Thorax 2008 Dec 63;(12):1082 - 1090.

Textbooks

  • Minen F, Lillie J. “Respiratory Insufficiency on Maximal Support: Is That It?”, in Riphagen S, Fosker S. “Cases in Paediatric Critical Care Transfer and Retrieval Medicine”, Cambridge University Press. January 2022.