Dr. Robert Vincent Kotas M.D.
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
604 Courageous Dr Rockwall TX, 75032About
Dr. Robert Kotas practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Rockwall, TX. Dr. Kotas treats children who have breathing problems, or a problem with his or her lungs. Pediatric pulmonologists often treat children with chronic cough, difficulty breathing, recurring pneumonia, asthma, cystic fibrosis, apnea, chronic lung disease in premature infants, noisy breathing, and conditions that require special equipment to monitor and/or help with breathing at home.
Education and Training
University At Buffalo SUNY School Of Med and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo Ny 1963
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1963
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endocrine influences on pulmonary maturation and the lecithin/sphingomyelin ratio in the fetal baboon.
- Influence of glucocorticoid administration and inhibition on fetal baboon pulmonary maturity and the amniotic fluid L/S ratio.
- Influence of glucocorticoid administration and inhibition on fetal baboon pulmonary maturity and the amniotic fluid L/S ratio.
- The significance of circulating glycerol as a precursor of pulmonary phosphatidylcholine in the developing mammalian lung.
- Reversible inhibition of lung cell number after glucocorticoid injection into fetal rabbits to enhance surfactant appearance.
- Discrepancies between the Brockerhoff and Gluck methods of lung lecithin fatty acid analysis.
- Letter: Surfactant deficiency and the respiratory distress syndrome.
- The estimation of perinatal pulmonary maturity: a commentary.
- Phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia--a dose: response relationship.
- Accelerated pulmonary surfactant after untrauterine infection in the fetal rabbit.
- Glycerol as a phosphatidyl choline precursor in the developing mammalian lung.
- Radiologic demonstration of postnatal liquid in the lungs of newborn lambs.
- Excess lactate production due to hyperventilation and respiratory alkalosis.
- Positive pressure hand ventilation: potential errors in estimating inflation pressures.
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