Juan J. Guardiola-Sala, M.D.

Juan J. Guardiola-Sala, M.D.

Juan J. Guardiola-Sala, M.D.

VA Medical Center
800 Zorn Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
502-852-5841 - Academic Office
502-287-4000 - VAMC


Clinical Expertise
Pulmonary Hypertension; Critical Care Medicine; Lung Cancer; Sleep Medicine


Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine -
    Internal Medicine / Pulmonary Disease / Sleep Medicine
  • American Board of Sleep Medicine
  • American Board of Examiners

Education and Training

  • Medical School: Central University of Barcelona
  • Residency: University of Louisville Hospital
  • Fellowship: University of Louisville

Featured Publications

  • Busch B, Bradley J, Guardiola J. Trousseau sign of latent tetany in a patient with Crohn's Disease. Am J Med Sci. 2023 Jan;365(1):e1-e2. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2022.07.017. Epub 2022 Aug 9. PMID: 35961397.
  • Meduri GU, Shih MC, Bridges L, Martin TJ, El-Solh A, Seam N, Davis-Karim A, Umberger R, Anzueto A, Sriram P, Lan C, Restrepo MI, Guardiola JJ, Buck T, Johnson DP, Suffredini A, Bell WA, Lin J, Zhao L, Uyeda L, Nielsen L, Huang GD; ESCAPe Study Group. Low-dose methylprednisolone treatment in critically ill patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia. Intensive Care Med. 2022 Aug;48(8):1009-1023. doi: 10.1007/s00134-022-06684-3. Epub 2022 May 13. PMID: 35723686; PMCID: PMC9208259.
  • Moldoveanu B, Gearhart AM, Jalil BA, Saad M, Guardiola JJ. Pulmonary Aspergillosis: Spectrum of Disease. Am J Med Sci. 2021 Apr;361(4):411-419. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.12.009. Epub 2020 Dec 13. PMID: 33563417.
  • Carbonell R, Moreno G, Martín-Loeches I, Gomez-Bertomeu F, Sarvisé C, Gómez J, Bodí M, Díaz E, Papiol E, Trefler S, Nieto M, Estella A, Jiménez Herrera M, Vidal Cortés P, Guardiola JJ, Solé-Violán J, Rodríguez A. Prognostic Value of Procalcitonin and C-Reactive Protein in 1608 Critically Ill Patients with Severe Influenza Pneumonia. Antibiotics (Basel). 2021 Mar 26;10(4):350. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics10040350. PMID: 33810263; PMCID: PMC8066504.
  • Moreno G, Rodríguez A, Sole-Violán J, Martín-Loeches I, Díaz E, Bodí M, Reyes LF, Gómez J, Guardiola J, Trefler S, Vidaur L, Papiol E, Socias L, García-Vidal C, Correig E, Marín-Corral J, Restrepo MI, Nguyen-Van-Tam JS, Torres A. Early oseltamivir treatment improves survival in critically ill patients with influenza pneumonia. ERJ Open Res. 2021 Mar 8;7(1):00888-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00888-2020. PMID: 33718494; PMCID: PMC7938052.
  • Bodí M, Claverias L, Esteban F, Sirgo G, De Haro L, Guardiola JJ, Gracia R, Rodríguez A, Gómez J. Automatic generation of minimum dataset and quality indicators from data collected routinely by the clinical information system in an intensive care unit. Int J Med Inform. 2021 Jan;145:104327. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2020.104327. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33220573.
  • Guardiola J, Saad M, Yu J. Hypertonic saline stimulates vagal afferents that respond to lung deflation. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2019 Dec 1;317(6):R814-R817. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00064.2019. Epub 2019 Oct 9. PMID: 31596107; PMCID: PMC6962621.
  • Varajic B, Cavallazzi R, Mann J, Furmanek S, Guardiola J, Saad M. High versus low mean arterial pressures in hepatorenal syndrome: A randomized controlled pilot trial. J Crit Care. 2019 Aug;52:186-192. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2019.04.006. Epub 2019 Apr 15. PMID: 31096099.
  • Galvis C, Galvis JM, Guardiola J, Umpierrez De Reguero AP. Acute Hemoptysis Redefined: A Deadly Presentation. Case Rep Pulmonol. 2018 Sep 24;2018:2123140. doi: 10.1155/2018/2123140. PMID: 30345137; PMCID: PMC6174791.
  • Moreno G, Rodríguez A, Reyes LF, Gomez J, Sole-Violan J, Díaz E, Bodí M, Trefler S, Guardiola J, Yébenes JC, Soriano A, Garnacho-Montero J, Socias L, Del Valle Ortíz M, Correig E, Marín-Corral J, Vallverdú-Vidal M, Restrepo MI, Torres A, Martín-Loeches I; GETGAG Study Group. Corticosteroid treatment in critically ill patients with severe influenza pneumonia: a propensity score matching study. Intensive Care Med. 2018 Sep;44(9):1470-1482. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5332-4. Epub 2018 Aug 3. PMID: 30074052; PMCID: PMC7095489.