Categoría académica
Investigador Adjunto
Departamento
División de Anestesiología, Escuela de Medicina
Información de contacto
email vecontre@uc.clReseña
Víctor Contreras Ibacache es Enfermero y Magíster en Enfermería de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Se desempeña como Investigador Adjunto y dirige el Programa MOOC de Recuperación Optimizada en la Escuela de Enfermería UC. Es además Gestor de Proyectos de Investigación e Innovación en la División de Anestesiología UC. Su investigación abarca cuidados perioperatorios en personas mayores, prehabilitación, farmacología aplicada, simulación clínica y educación en salud. Ha participado en proyectos FONDEFs, FONDECYTs y FONIS, y cuenta con índice H7 en revistas internacionales indexadas. En 2018 recibió el Premio Innova Sustentable UC por el proyecto "Hospitales Verdes y Saludables: Reciclaje en Pabellón".Wittenstein, J., Şentürk, N. M., Kiss, T., Schultz, M. J., Serpa Neto, A., Gama de Abreu, M., Cinnella, G., dos Reis Falcão, L. F., Cohen, E., El Tahan, M. R., Granell Gil, Manuel, Gregoretti, C., Hachenberg, T., Hollmann, M. W., Jankovic, R. J., Kraßler, J., Licker, M., Loop, T., Miao, C., . . . Ziemann, S. (2026). Effects of intraoperative higher versus lower positive end-expiratory pressure during one-lung ventilation for thoracic surgery on postoperative pulmonary complications (PROTHOR): a multicentre, international, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 14(1), 17–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/s2213-2600(25)00330-3
Bravo, P., Silva, S., Contreras, V., Azagra, K., Barra, D., y Corvetto, M. (2026). Simulation-based training in ultrasound-guided pediatric central venous catheterization for anesthesiology residents: transfer to the clinical setting. BMC Anesthesiology, 11(18), 2–9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41077-026-00428-9
Araneda, A., De la Cuadra, J. C., Corvetto, M., Balde, D., Fuente, R., Ibacache, M., Contreras, V., Solari, S., y Cortínez, I. (2025). Pharmacokinetic modelling and simulation for prolonged infusion of levobupivacaine with or without epinephrine in transversus abdominis plane and erector spinae plane blocks: a randomised controlled trial and analysis of pooled data. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 86(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2025.05.047
Boncompte, G., Cortínez, L. I., Toso, A., Giordano, A., Cruzat, F., Fuentes, R., Pedemonte, J. C., Contreras, V., Biggs, D., Chiu, E., e Ibacache, M. (2025). Differential effects of propofol anaesthesia across three amplitude-defined electroencephalographic states in sedated critically ill term neonates: An observational study. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 42(10), 889–898. https://doi.org/10.1097/eja.0000000000002208
Cortinez, L. I., Boncompte, G., Azagra, K., y Contreras, V. (2025). The effects of intraoperative low-dose dexmedetomidine on postoperative systemic inflammation and cognitive outcomes in elderly patients: Secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial. European Journal of Anaesthesiology, 43(3), 271–273. https://doi.org/10.1097/eja.0000000000002299
Contreras, V., Elgueta, M. F., Balde, D., Astaburuaga, P., Carrasco, M., Pedemonte, J. C., Nicoletti, M. N., Medina Diaz, R., Franco, S., Agurto, R., Vivanco, C., Figueroa, C., Alamos, M., Cuzmar Benítez, V., Vargas, B., Barraza, B., Rematal, C., y Cortinez, L. I. (2025). Prehabilitation for Chilean frail elderly people – pre-surgical conditioning protocol – to reduce the length of stay: randomized control trial. Minerva Anestesiologica, 90(12). https://doi.org/10.23736/s0375-9393.24.18245-4
Mazzinari, G., Zampieri, F. G., Ball, L., Campos, N. S., Bluth, T., Hemmes, S. N. T., Ferrando, C., Librero, J., Soro, M., Pelosi, P., Gama de Abreu, M., Schultz, M. J., PROBESE investigators, y the PROVE Network investigators. (2025). High Positive End-expiratory Pressure (PEEP) with Recruitment Maneuvers versus Low PEEP during General Anesthesia for Surgery: A Bayesian Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis of Three Randomized Clinical Trials. Anesthesiology. https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000005170
Navarrete, V., Ibacache, M., Contreras, V., y Cortínez, I. (2025). Characterization of the temporal profile of the antinociceptive effects of an intravenous bolus of ketamine using the analgesia nociception index in no-anesthetized adult patients. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 39(2), 349–354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10877-024-01240-4
The PROTHOR Collaborative Group. (2025). Effects of intraoperative higher versus lower PEEP during one-lung ventilation. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 12, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00330-3
Corvetto, M. A., Kattan, E., Ramírez, G., Besa, P., Abbott, E., Zamorano, E., Contreras, V., y Altermatt, F. R. (2024). Simulation-Based Training Program for Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Placement: Randomized Comparative Study of in-Person Training With Synchronous Feedback Versus Distance Training With Asynchronous Feedback. Simulation in Healthcare: The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 19(6), 373–378. https://doi.org/10.1097/sih.0000000000000805
Cruzat, F., Ibacache, Mauricio, González, A., Pedemonte, J. C., Contreras, V., Giordano, A., y Cortínez, I. (2024). Assessment of the antinociceptive effect of a single fentanyl bolus dose in children: A pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic analysis based on the nociception level index during sevoflurane general anesthesia. Pediatric Anesthesia, 34(12), 1258–1266. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.15013
Ávila, M. A., Ulloa, J. H., Serrano, M., Contreras, V., y Cortínez, L. I. (2024). Validación modelos farmacocinéticos – farmacodinámicos de propofol en pacientes grandes quemados. Revista Chilena de Anestesia, 53(1), 60–65.
Salas, W. E., Cortinez, L. I., López, R. A., Rolle, A., Elgueta, F., Godoy, C. O., Giordano, A., Contreras, V., y Anderson, B. J. (2024). Pharmacokinetics of Methadone in Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 141(2), 384–392. https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0000000000007312
Boncompte, G., Sun, H., Elgueta, M. F., Benavides, J., Carrasco, M., Morales, M. I., Calderón, N., Contreras, V., Westover, M. B., Cortínez, L. I., Akeju, O., y Pedemonte, J. C. (2023). Intraoperative electroencephalographic marker of preoperative frailty: A prospective cohort study. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 86, Artículo 111069. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinane.2023.111069
2020
Sepúlveda, P., Cortinez, L. I., Irani, M., Egaña, J. I., Contreras, V., Sánchez Corzo, A., Acosta, I., y Sitaram, R. (2020). Differential frontal alpha oscillations and mechanisms underlying loss of consciousness: a comparison between slow and fast propofol infusion rates. Anaesthesia, 75(5), 612-620. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.14885
Contreras, V., Fuentes, R., Barros, C., Casanueva, O., y Barrueto, G. (2019). Implementación de un programa de reciclaje en pabellón. Revista Chilena de Anestesia, 48(2), 136–140. https://doi.org/10.25237/revchilanestv48n02.08
Contreras, V. (2019). Effect of Intraoperative High Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) With Recruitment Maneuvers vs Low PEEP on Postoperative Pulmonary Complications in Obese Patients. JAMA, 321(23), 2292-2301. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.7505
Fuentes, R., Cortínez, L. I., Contreras, V., Ibacache, M., y Anderson, B. J. (2019). Propofol pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile and its electroencephalographic interaction with remifentanil in children. Pediatric Anesthesia, 29(3), 244-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/pan.13486
Contreras, V. (2018). Dexmedetomidine metabolic clearance is not affected by fat mass in obese patients. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 120(5), 1133-1134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2018.01.040
Paredes, S., Cortínez, L., Contreras, V., y Silbert, B. (2016). Post-operative cognitive dysfunction at 3 months in adults after non-cardiac surgery: a qualitative systematic review. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 60(8), 1043–1058.
Contreras, V., y Vargas, I. (2015). Process of children´s organ donation: Factors that intervene in the communication of the healthcare provider. International Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 7(5), 69.
Contreras Ibacache, V., Reynaldos Grandon, K., y Cardona Alzate, L. (2015). Clima, Ambiente y Satisfacción laboral: un desafío para la enfermería. Revista Cubana de Enfermería, 31(1), 58–69. http://www.revenfermeria.sld.cu/index.php/enf/article/view/478
Contreras Ibacache, V. (2013). Evidencia del arte en enfermería. Enfermería Global, 12(2), 326–338.
Contreras Ibacache, V., y Martínez, J. I. (2013). Prescripción de Enfermería en Chile. Revista Horizonte de Enfermería, 23(3), 32–39.
Martínez, J. I., y Contreras Ibacache, V. (2012). La pasión en el Cuidar. Horizonte de Enfermería, 23(3), 9–12.
Contreras Ibacache, V., Martinez, J. I., y Zambrano, A. (2012). Trasplante de órganos en Chile. Dilemas del fin de la vida. La persona como donante de órganos, realidad nacional y el enfoque en contexto bioético actual. Horizonte de Enfermería, 23(2), 49–56.