Dr. Allan J Walkey MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
725 Albany Street Shapiro 9, Suite B Boston MA, 02118About
Dr. Allan Walkey practices Pulmonology in Boston, MA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Walkey manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ma Med Sch- Worcester Ma 2002
University of Massachusetts / Worcester Campus 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Esophageal pressure in acute lung injury.
- Use of airway pressure release ventilation is associated with a reduced incidence
- Utilization patterns and patient outcomes associated with use of rescue therapies in acute lung injury.
- Risk factors for underuse of lung-protective ventilation in acute lung injury.
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome: epidemiology and management approaches.
- Use of noninvasive ventilation in patients with acute respiratory failure, 2000-2009: a population-based study.
- Two decades of mortality trends among patients with severe sepsis: a comparative meta-analysis*.
- Hospital case volume and outcomes among patients hospitalized with severe sepsis.
- Preventing cardiovascular complications of acute infection: a missed opportunity?
- Outcomes of a ventilator-associated pneumonia bundle on rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia and other health care-associated infections in a long-term acute care hospital setting.
- Do-not-resuscitate status and observational comparative effectiveness research in patients with septic shock*.
- Trends in infection source and mortality among patients with septic shock.
- Expanding the dimensions of effectiveness research in sepsis.
- "Do not resuscitate" decisions in acute respiratory distress syndrome. A secondary analysis of clinical trial data.
- Optimizing atrial fibrillation management: from ICU and beyond.
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