Mr. Wayne J Morgan M.D., DCS
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
2916 E Broadway Blvd Tucson AZ, 85716Rating
5/5
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Dr. Wayne Morgan practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Tucson, AZ. Dr. Morgan treats children who have breathing problems, or a problem with his or her lungs. Pediatric pulmonologists often treat children with chronic cough, difficulty breathing, recurring pneumonia, asthma, cystic fibrosis, apnea, chronic lung disease in premature infants, noisy breathing, and conditions that require special equipment to monitor and/or help with breathing at home.
Education and Training
Mc Gill Univ- Fac Of Med- Montreal- Que- Canada 1976
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Pulmonology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Growth and nutritional indexes in early life predict pulmonary function in cystic fibrosis.
- Sleep architecture in normal Caucasian and Hispanic children aged 6-11 years recorded during unattended home polysomnography: experience from the Tucson Children's Assessment of Sleep Apnea Study (TuCASA).
- Ventilatory drive and the apnea-hypopnea index in six-to-twelve year old children.
- Inner City Asthma Study: relationships among sensitivity, allergen exposure, and asthma morbidity.
- The outcomes of sickle cell disease in adulthood are clear, but the origins and progression of sickle cell anemia-induced problems in the heart and lung in childhood are not.
- Relationship between inhaled corticosteroid therapy and rate of lung function decline in children with cystic fibrosis.
- Lower airway obstruction is associated with increased morbidity in children with sickle cell disease.
- Year-to-year changes in lung function in individuals with cystic fibrosis.
- Trends in the use of routine therapies in cystic fibrosis: 1995-2005.
- Impaired lung diffusing capacity for nitric oxide and alveolar-capillary membrane conductance results in oxygen desaturation during exercise in patients with cystic fibrosis.
- Clinical use of dornase alpha is associated with a slower rate of FEV1 decline in cystic fibrosis.
- Socioeconomic status and the likelihood of antibiotic treatment for signs and symptoms of pulmonary exacerbation in children with cystic fibrosis.
- Daily or intermittent budesonide in preschool children with recurrent wheezing.
- Development and validation of the Composite Asthma Severity Index--an outcome measure for use in children and adolescents.
- Asthma outcomes workshop: overview.
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