Dr. Ken M Kunisaki M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1 Veterans Dr Pulmonary 111n Minneapolis MN, 55417About
Dr. Ken Kunisaki practices Pulmonology in Minneapolis, MN. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Kunisaki 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
Ohio State University College of Medicine And Public Health,Columbus, Ohio, United States 1999
Ohio State University College of Medicine 1999
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prevention of postextubation laryngeal oedema.
- Contemporary issues in the diagnosis and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea.
- Managing stable COPD in 2009: incorporating results from recent clinical studies into a goal-directed approach for clinicians.
- Influenza in immunosuppressed populations: a review of infection frequency, morbidity, mortality, and vaccine responses.
- Exhaled nitric oxide and steroid responses in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Influenza vaccines in patients with IBD: ready for primetime?
- Vitamin D and responses to inhaled fluticasone in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- HIV antiretroviral therapy reduces circulating surfactant protein-D levels.
- Supplemental vitamin D and physical performance in COPD: a pilot randomized trial.
- Biomarkers and bacterial pneumonia risk in patients with treated HIV infection: a case-control study.
- Will expanded ART use reduce the burden of HIV-associated chronic lung disease?
- Self-reported alcohol intake and risk of acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study.
- Sleep Apnea Symptoms as a Predictor of Fatigue in an Urban HIV Clinic.
- Vitamin D Concentrations and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in a Multicenter Cohort of Older Males.
- Obstructive Lung Diseases in HIV: A Clinical Review and Identification of Key Future Research Needs.
Treatments
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
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