Dr. Nathan C. Dean M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
333 S 900 E Salt Lake City UT, 84102About
Dr. Nathan Dean practices Pulmonology in Salt Lake City, UT. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Dean 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
Stanford Univ Sch Of Med- Stanford Ca 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Use of prognostic scoring and outcome assessment tools in the admission decision for community-acquired pneumonia.
- Effects of a practice guideline for community-acquired pneumonia in an outpatient setting.
- How should we make the admission decision in community-acquired pneumonia?
- Encouraging news from the antibiotic resistance front.
- Validation of the 2001 American Thoracic Society criteria for severe community-acquired pneumonia.
- Accuracy of administrative data for identifying patients with pneumonia.
- Comparing gatifloxacin and clarithromycin in pneumonia symptom resolution and process of care.
- The unintended, negative consequences of the door-to-antibiotic measure for pneumonia.
- Validation of the Infectious Disease Society of America/American Thoracic Society 2007 guidelines for severe community-acquired pneumonia.
- Clinical findings and demographic factors associated with ICU admission in Utah due to novel 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection.
- Defining and predicting severe community-acquired pneumonia.
- CURB-65 pneumonia severity assessment adapted for electronic decision support.
- Defining severe pneumonia.
- Technology implementation impacting the outcomes of patients with CAP.
Fellowships
- UCSF Medical Center - San Francisco, CA in Pulmonary Medicine 1985
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