Dr. Amy R O'brien-ladner M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
3901 Rainbow Blvd Dept Of Internal Med Kansas City KS, 66160About
Dr O'Brien-Ladner believes in providing state of the art pulmonary and critical care medicine in a caring and informational atmosphere.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Development and implementation of an ICU quality improvement checklist.
- Activated protein C attenuates microvascular injury during systemic hypoxia.
- Deferoxamine mimics the pattern of hypoxia-related injury at the microvasculature.
- Synergism of intratracheally administered tumor necrosis factor with interleukin-1 in the induction of lung edema in rats.
- Rapid lung cytokine accumulation and neutrophil recruitment after lipopolysaccharide inhalation by cigarette smokers and nonsmokers.
- Iron uptake promotes hyperoxic injury to alveolar macrophages.
Treatments
- Bronchoscopy, Chest X-ray, Ct Scan And More
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