Dr. F. Dennis McCool, MD
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
188 poppasquash Rd Bristol RI, 02809About
Dr. F. Dennis McCool practices Sleep Medicine in Pawtucket, RI. Dr. McCool studies, diagnoses, and treats sleep disturbances and disorders due to varying factors. Sleep Medicine Physicians are trained to treat many different conditions, including insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, idiopathic hypersomnia, menstrual-related hypersomnia, and circadian rhythm disturbances, among others.
Education and Training
Saint Louis Center / School of Medicine 1976
Saint Louis University School of Medicine 1976
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inspiratory muscle adaptations following pressure or flow training in humans.
- Prevention of human diaphragm atrophy with short periods of electrical stimulation.
- Exercise-induced asthma.
- Diaphragm recruitment during nonrespiratory activities.
- Effects of the supine and prone position on diaphragm thickness in healthy term infants.
- Leak compensation in positive pressure ventilators: a lung model study.
- Diaphragm dimensions of the healthy preterm infant.
- Effects of continuous positive airway pressure on diaphragm dimensions in preterm infants.
- Respiratory system mechanics in a patient with massive subcutaneous emphysema.
- Oxygen cost of resistive-loaded breathing in quadriplegia.
- Breathing patterns during varied activities.
- Diaphragm dimensions of the healthy term infant.
- Postural effects on measurements of tidal volume from body surface displacements.
- Dyspnea on immersion: mechanisms in patients with bilateral diaphragm paralysis.
- Chest wall distortion in patients with flail chest.
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