Dr. Jeffrey W Skimming MD
Cardiologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Cardiology
2237 N Commerce Pkwy Suite 1 Fort Lauderdale FL, 33326Rating
4/5
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Dr. Jeffrey Skimming is a pediatric cardiologist practicing in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Skimming specializes in caring for fetuses, infants, children and adolescents with cardiovascular or cardiac abnormalities. Practiced in both inpatient and outpatient settings, the scope of conditions cared for by pediatric cardiologists is large and includes congenital heart defects, heart muscle disorders, rhythm disturbances and hypertension.
Education and Training
University of Pennsylvania, PA 1988
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sodium pyruvate is better than sodium chloride as a resuscitation solution in a rodent model of profound hemorrhagic shock.
- Environmental pH regulates LPS-induced nitric oxide formation in murine macrophages.
- Interleukin-10 inhibition of nitric oxide biosynthesis involves suppression of CAT-2 transcription.
- Diprivan attenuates the cytotoxicity of nitric oxide in cultured human bronchial epithelial cells.
- Hypothermia attenuates iNOS, CAT-1, CAT-2, and nitric oxide expression in lungs of endotoxemic rats.
- Resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock attenuates intrapulmonary nitric oxide formation.
- GTPCH is not a rate-limiting factor for hemorrhagic shock-induced hepatic nitric oxide biosynthesis.
- Intravascular infusion of acid promotes intrapulmonary inducible nitric oxide synthase activity and impairs blood oxygenation in rats.
- Hypothermia induces interleukin-10 and attenuates injury in the lungs of
- Renal transcription of high-affinity type-2 cationic amino acid transporter is up-regulated in LPS-stimulated rodents.
- Hypothermia induces anti-inflammatory cytokines and inhibits nitric oxide and myeloperoxidase-mediated damage in the hearts of endotoxemic rats.
- Change in expression of the guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase I in LPS-stimulated rats is tissue specific.
- Full-length dystrophin expression in half of the heart cells ameliorates
- NF-kappaB involvement in the induction of high affinity CAT-2 in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated rat lungs.
- alpha-lipoic acid inhibits endotoxin-stimulated expression of iNOS and nitric oxide independent of the heat shock response in RAW 264.7 cells.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Marfan Syndrome
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Kawasaki Disease
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