Dr. Charles W Atwood MD
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
3601 5th Ave 4th Floor Comprehens Pittsburgh PA, 15213About
Dr. Charles Atwood practices Sleep Medicine in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Atwood studies, diagnoses, and treats sleep disturbances and disorders due to varying factors. Sleep Medicine Physicians are trained to treat many different conditions, including insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, idiopathic hypersomnia, menstrual-related hypersomnia, and circadian rhythm disturbances, among others.
Education and Training
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Why the upper airway is not like a gall bladder.
- Cerebral oxygenation during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- New strategy improves lung cancer management.
- Equal effectiveness of older traditional antibiotics and newer broad-spectrum antibiotics in treating patients with acute exacerbations of chronic bronchitis.
- Sleep-related hypoventilation: the evolving role of leptin.
- Analysis of interaction of acute atrial overdrive pacing with sleep-related breathing disorder.
- Noninferiority of functional outcome in ambulatory management of obstructive sleep apnea.
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy and obstructive sleep-related breathing disorder in patients with congestive heart failure.
- To the Editor:
- "The times they are a changin:" home diagnosis of sleep apnea has arrived.
- Progress toward a clearer understanding of the role of bilevel positive airway pressure therapy for obstructive sleep apnea.
- How few signals are needed to diagnose sleep apnea?
- The Effects of Hyper- and Hypocapnia on Phonatory Laryngeal Airway Resistance in Women.
- Identifying the Demographic and Mental Health Factors That Influence Insomnia Treatment Recommendations Within a Veteran Population.
- CPAP therapy via oronasal mask for obstructive sleep apnea.
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