Dr. Peter H Abbrecht M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1352 Steamboat Run Rd Shepherdstown WV, 25443About
Dr. Peter Abbrecht practices Pulmonology in Shepherdstown, WV. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Abbrecht 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
University of California 1963
University of Michigan Medical School 1962
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Regional volume changes in canine lungs suspended in air.
- The relationship between intervertebral disc degeneration and disc prolapse: Adams and Hutton revisited.
- Flow rate of urine as a determinant of renal countercurrent multiplier system.
- Effects of GFR and renal plasma flow on urine osmolarity.
- The effects of glomerular filtration rate and renal plasma flow rate on urine concentration.
- Urinary osmolality as a function of flow rates in several diuretic states.
- POTASSIUM MOVEMENT ACROSS SEROSAL AND MUCOSAL SURFACES OF FROG GASTRIC MUCOSA.
- Insertion forces and risk of complications during cricothyroid cannulation.
- A simple algorithm for averaging multiple cycles of waveforms having varying cycle periods.
- Pulmonary mechanical responses to cholinesterase inhibitor.
- Effects of medroxyprogesterone acetate in obstructive sleep apnea.
- Determinants of alveolar ventilation during high-frequency transtracheal jet ventilation in dogs.
- Effect of nandrolone decanoate on the anemia of chronic hemodialysis patients.
- Effect of nandrolone decanoate on the anemia of chronic hemodialysis patients.
- A control system for high-frequency jet ventilation.
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