Frank S. Pettyjohn MD
Aerospace Medicine Specialist | Aerospace Medicine
2451 Fillingim St Mastin Bldg. Mobile AL, 36617About
Dr. Frank Pettyjohn is an aerospace medicine specialist practicing in Mobile, AL. Dr. Pettyjohn provides primary care services for professionals like pilots and crewmembers who work and travel in the air or space. As an aerospace medicine specialist, Dr. Pettyjohn discovers, manages and prevents health issues that result from traveling in extreme environments. These physicians are particularly trained in diseases that may arise from air travel, and work to keep airmen healthy and safe.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prehospital use of the military anti-shock trouser (MAST).
- Coronary artery disease and preventive cardiology in aviation medicine.
- Is primary hyperaldosteronism a risk factor for aortic dissection?
- Efficacy and tolerability of combination therapy with valsartan/hydrochlorothiazide in the initial treatment of severe hypertension.
- AsMA Medical Guidelines for Air Travel: In-Flight Medical Care.
- The Society of U.S. Army Flight Surgeons.
- The Society of U.S. Army Flight Surgeons.
- Intracardiac electrophysiologic studies in the medical evaluation of aviators.
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage presenting as cardiac arrhythmia: case report.
- United States Army Aviation Mediciine in the Republic of Vietnam.
- Effectiveness of rifampin in eradicating the meningococcal carrier state in a relatively closed population: emergence of resistant strains.
- Pseudohypertension.
- Warfarin sodium-induced skin necrosis.
- Centrifuge techniques in the preparation of malaria thin blood smears.
- Cytomegalovirus hepatitis mimicking an acute exacerbation of chronic hepatitis B.
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