Dr. Juan B. Figueroa-casas M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
4801 Alberta Ave El Paso TX, 79905Rating
5/5
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Dr. Juan Figueroa-casas practices Pulmonology in El Paso, TX. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Figueroa-casas 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
Universidad Nacional De Rosario,Rosario,Argentina MD
National University of Rosario / Faculty of Medical Sciences 1991
Universidad CatÛlica Nordestana (UCNE) Facultad de Ciencias Medicas 1991
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Assessment of bronchodilator response through changes in lung volumes in chronic airflow obstruction.
- Comparison between automatic tube compensation and continuous positive airway pressure during spontaneous breathing trials.
- Preventive use of noninvasive ventilation after planned extubation.
- Accuracy of early prediction of duration of mechanical ventilation by intensivists.
- Inter-observer agreement of spontaneous breathing trial outcome.
- Prediction of early and late re-intubation: is it a crossed or separate line?
- Changes in breathing variables during a 30-minute spontaneous breathing trial.
- Predictive models of prolonged mechanical ventilation yield moderate accuracy.
- Severe Acute Pulmonary Toxicity Associated with Brentuximab in a Patient with Refractory Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
- Effect of Tidal Volume Size and Its Delivery Mode on Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony.
- Difference in inspiratory flow between volume and pressure control ventilation in patients with flow dyssynchrony.
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