Dr. John M Luce MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1001 Potrero Avenue Rm 5k1 San Francisco CA, 94110About
Dr. John Luce practices Pulmonology in San Francisco, CA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Luce 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
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Critical Care Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Withholding and withdrawing life support from the critically ill: how does it work in clinical practice?
- HIV, AIDS, and the respiratory care practitioner.
- The 'conspiracy' in health care: good intentions gone awry.
- Long-term oxygen therapy: physiologic and economic considerations.
- Infection monitoring.
- Physician variability in limiting life-sustaining treatment.
- The treatment of acidosis in acute lung injury with tris-hydroxymethyl aminomethane (THAM).
- New standards for patient rights and medical competence.
- Another perspective on SUPPORT.
- Legal aspects of withholding and withdrawing life support from critically ill patients in the United States and providing palliative care to them.
- End-of-life care: what do the American courts say?
- Perspectives on care at the close of life. Management of dyspnea in patients with far-advanced lung disease: "once I lose it, it's kind of hard to catch it... ".
- Two transatlantic viewpoints on an ethical quandary.
- The art of negotiating.
- Implementation of a low tidal volume ventilation protocol for patients with acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome.
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