Lara Brewer

Lara Brewer, PhD, MS

Languages spoken: German, English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Anesthesiology

Dr. Lara Brewer is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Utah. She has research interests in the following areas: clinical decision support and alarm systems for patient monitoring, pharmacodynamic interactions, cardiopulmonary physiology and modeling gas exchange.

Education History

Undergraduate St. Olaf College
 BA
Graduate Training University of Utah
 MS
Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Ermer S, Brewer L, Orr J, Egan TD, Johnson (2019). Comparison of 7 Different Sensors for Detecting Low Respiratory Rates Using a Single Breath Detection Algorithm in Nonintubated, Sedated Volunteers. Anesthesia and analgesia, 129(2), 399-408. (Read full article)
  2. Naguib M, Brewer L, LaPierre C, Kopman AF, Johnson K (2016). The Myth of Rescue Reversal in "Can't Intubate, Can't Ventilate" Scenarios. Anesthesia and analgesia, 123(1), 82-92. (Read full article)
  3. Ermer SC, Farney RJ, Johnson KB, Orr JA, Egan TD, Brewer L (2020). An Automated Algorithm Incorporating Poincaré Analysis Can Quantify the Severity of Opioid-Induced Ataxic Breathing. Anesthesia and analgesia, 130(5), 1147-1156. (Read full article)
  4. Yu L, Ting CK, Hill BE, Orr JA, Brewer LM, Johnson KB, Egan TD, Westenskow D (2013). Using the entropy of tracheal sounds to detect apnea during sedation in healthy nonobese volunteers. Anesthesiology, 118(6), 1341-9. (Read full article)
  5. Brewer LM, Orr JA, Sherman MR, Fulcher EH, Markewitz B (2011). Measurement of functional residual capacity by modified multiple breath nitrogen washout for spontaneously breathing and mechanically ventilated patients. British journal of anaesthesia, 107(5), 796-805. (Read full article)
  6. Brewer LM, Haryadi DG, Orr J (2007). Measurement of functional residual capacity of the lung by partial CO2 rebreathing method during acute lung injury in animals. Respiratory care, 52(11), 1480-9. (Read full article)
  7. Brewer LM, Orr JA, Pace N (2008). Anatomic dead space cannot be predicted by body weight. Respiratory care, 53(7), 885-91. (Read full article)
  8. Allen SG, Brewer L, Gillis ES, Pace NL, Sakata DJ, Orr J (2017). A Turbine-Driven Ventilator Improves Adherence to Advanced Cardiac Life Support Guidelines During a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Simulation. Respiratory care, 62(9), 1166-1170. (Read full article)
  9. Brewer L, Orr J, Fulcher E, Markewitz (2011). Evaluation of a CO2 partial rebreathing functional residual capacity measurement method for use during mechanical ventilation. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 25(6), 397-404. (Read full article)
  10. Fogarty M, Orr JA, Sakata D, Brewer L, Johnson K, Fang JC, Kuck (2020). A comparison of ventilation with a non-invasive ventilator versus standard O2 with a nasal cannula for colonoscopy with moderate sedation using propofol. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 34(6), 1215-1221. (Read full article)
  11. Liu J, Ai C, Zhang B, Wang Y, Brewer LM, Ting CK, Huang D, Yu (2019). Tracheal sounds accurately detect apnea in patients recovering from anesthesia. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 33(3), 437-444. (Read full article)
  12. McFarlane DC, Doig AK, Agutter JA, Brewer LM, Syroid ND, Mittu (2018). Faster clinical response to the onset of adverse events: A wearable metacognitive attention aid for nurse triage of clinical alarms. PloS one, 13(5), e0197157. (Read full article)
  13. Patwari N, Brewer L, Tate Q, Kaltiokallio O, Bocca (2013). Breathfinding: A Wireless Network that Monitors and Locates Breathing in a Home. IEEE journal of selected topics in signal processing, PP(99),
  14. He B, Li W, Zhang X, Wu Y, Liu J, Brewer LM, Yu (2020). The Analysis of How Apnea Influences the Autonomic Nervous System Using Short-Term Heart Rate Variability Indices. Journal of healthcare engineering, 2020, 6503715. (Read full article)
  15. McFarlane DC, Doig AK, Agutter JA, Mercurio JL, Mittu R, Brewer LM, Syroid N (2016). Defeating Information Overload in Health Surveillance using a Metacognitive Aid Innovation from Military Combat Systems. Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation. Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 154851291666724.
  16. Li H, Li E, Krishnamurthy D, Kolbay P, Chacin B, Hoehne S, Cybulski J, Brewer L, Petelenz T, Orr J, Sakata D, Clardy T, Kuck K, Prakash M (2020). Utah-Stanford Ventilator (Vent4US): Developing a rapidly scalable ventilator for COVID-19 patients with ARDS. doi:10.1101/2020.04.18.20070367.
  17. Xiuzhu J, Yanan W, Jing L, Brewer L, Yu (2023). Tracheal Sound-based Apnea Detection Using Hidden Markov Model in Sedated Volunteers and Post Anesthesia Care Unit Patients. International journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 1-10.
  18. Young ED, Ferguson SH, Brewer LM, Schiedermayer BF, Brown SM, Leither L (2024). Using a novel in-mask non-invasive ventilator microphone to improve talker intelligibility in healthy and hospitalised adults. International journal of speech-language pathology, 26(6), 845-860. (Read full article)
  19. Addison PS, Brewer L, Sundar KM, Farney R, Smit P, Antunes A, Montgomery (2024). Non-contact respiratory monitoring during sleep: comparison of the touchless flow signal with RIP(flow) signal to assess respiratory events. Journal of clinical sleep medicine, (Read full article)
  20. Farney RJ, Johnson KB, Ermer SC, Orr JA, Egan TD, Morris AH, Brewer L (2025). Quantified Ataxic Breathing Can Detect Opioid-Induced Respiratory Depression Earlier in Normal Volunteers Infused with Remifentanil. Anesthesia and analgesia, 141(3), 507-515. (Read full article)
  21. Liu Y, Zhang E, Jia X, Wu Y, Liu J, Brewer LM, Yu (2023). Tracheal sound-based apnea detection using hidden Markov model in sedated volunteers and post anesthesia care unit patients. Journal of clinical monitoring and computing, 37(4), 1061-1070. (Read full article)
  22. Jiang Z, Liu Y, Zhang X, Ting CK, Wang X, Brewer LM, Yu (2022). Response surface model comparison and combinations for remifentanil and propofol in describing response to esophageal instrumentation and adverse respiratory events. Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi, 121(12), 2501-2511. (Read full article)
  23. Addison PS, Brewer L, Sundar KM, Farney R, Smit P, Antunes A, Montgomery (2025). Noncontact respiratory monitoring during sleep: comparison of the touchless flow signal with respiratory inductance plethysmography flow (RIP(flow)) signal to assess respiratory events. Journal of clinical sleep medicine, 21(4), 713-721. (Read full article)

Book Chapter

  1. Johnson K, Brewer L, LaPierre (2014). Consideration for the Induction of Anesthesia. 512.

Editorial

  1. Tan J, Brewer (2018). Data-driven Innovation and Technology in Anesthesia: Updates from the Society for Technology in Anesthesia Annual Meeting. 2018;suppl, 79-83.

Letter

  1. Kück K, Orr JA, Brewer L (2003). Noninvasive cardiac output performance improved after sufficient stabilization time following decrease of ventilation. Anesthesiology, 99(6), 1460; author reply 1460-1. (Read full article)
  2. Orr JA, Kück K, Brewer L (2003). Noninvasive cardiac output monitor algorithms are more sophisticated and perform better than indicated in modeling paper. Anesthesiology, 99(6), 1461-2; author reply 1462. (Read full article)