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Dr. William J Degroot MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
301 University Blvd Galveston TX, 77555About
Dr. William Degroot practices Pulmonology in Galveston, TX. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Degroot 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
Georgetown University School of Medicine 1954
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cardiomyopathy associated with endocrine disorders.
- Acute bronchial asthma. Relations between clinical and physiologic manifestations.
- Small airway disease. An assessment of the tests of peripheral airway function.
- Hyperthyroidism as a high cardiac output state.
- Mechanical determinants of inspired oxygen concentration in a pressure-cycled ventilator.
- The thyroid state and the cardiovascular system.
- Effect of the thyroid state on myocardial contractility and ventricular ejection rate in man.
- Myocardial toxicity from carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Pathogenesis of upper airway occlusion during sleep.
- Respiratory disturbances during sleep.
- Oropharyngeal muscle tone in obstructive sleep apnea before and after strychnine.
- Oropharyngeal patency during walking and sleep in the Pickwickian syndrome: electromyographic activity of the tensor veli palatini.
- Quinidine-induced thrombocytopenia with pulmonary hemorrhage.
- A controlled study of the effects of single doses of hydrocortisone on the resolution of acute attacks of asthma.
Fellowships
- Pulmonary Disease, D.C. General Hospital 1957
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