Dr. Jack Legrand Depriest MD
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
1086 Franklin St Johnstown PA, 15905About
Dr. Jack Depriest is a critical care surgeon practicing in Johnstown, PA. Dr. Depriest specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Depriest has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
Med Univ of Sc Coll of Med, Charleston Sc 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Stress ulcer prophylaxis.
- Are blood gases necessary in mechanically ventilated patients who have successfully completed a spontaneous breathing trial?
- Resident perceptions of work hour limitations: has the 80-hour work week doomed the 3-year Internal Medicine residency?
- Visual hallucinations in a patient with adult onset acid maltase deficiency disorder.
- The Code Blue 2-min drill.
- Patients don't consider end-stage medical conditions the same as being permanently unconscious when they fill out a living will.
- A pilot study on the utility of a more informative living will.
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