Dr. Joseph R Custer MD
Pediatrician | Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
1500 East Medical Center Dr 6th Floor Mott Hospi Ann Arbor MI, 48109About
Dr. Joseph Custer is a pediatrician practicing in Ann Arbor, MI. Dr. Custer is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Custer diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Custer can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
Univ of Mn Med Sch-Minneapolis, Minneapolis Mn 1972
University of Mn Med Sch 1972
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Extracorporal life support for pulmonary hemorrhage in children: a case series.
- Pediatric extracorporeal life support after high frequency ventilation: predictors of survival.
- Complications of intermittent prone positioning in pediatric patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure.
- A randomized trial of a single dose of oral dexamethasone for mild croup.
- Making a difference to that one, one (documented) patient at a time.
- A normal capillary refill time of ≤ 2 seconds is associated with superior vena cava oxygen saturations of ≥ 70%.
- The evolution of patient selection criteria and indications for extracorporeal life support in pediatric cardiopulmonary failure: next time, let's not eat the bones.
- Infections acquired while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: navigating the maze.
- A little patience for our patients with lung disease: ECMO... eventually.
- The Bereaved Parent Needs Assessment: a new instrument to assess the needs of parents whose children died in the pediatric intensive care unit*.
- Palliative care in the ICU: together we can make a greater difference.
Fellowships
- Neronatal/Perinatal Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital 1977
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