Dr. Dr. David J. Birnkrant
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
2500 Metrohealth Dr Cleveland OH, 44109About
Dr. Michael Birnkrant practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Birnkrant 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
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1985
Yale School of Medicine 1985
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Management of the respiratory complications of neuromuscular diseases in the pediatric intensive care unit.
- Effect of dexamethasone on lymphocyte subpopulations in premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Use of bronchoalveolar lavage to demonstrate squamous epithelial aspiration in congenital icthyosis: a case report.
- The assessment and management of the respiratory complications of pediatric neuromuscular diseases.
- Noninvasive ventilation during gastrostomy tube placement in patients with severe duchenne muscular dystrophy: case reports and review of the literature.
- Chronic hypoxia increases beta-adrenergic receptor density in the lungs of young and old rats.
- Association of transient tachypnea of the newborn and childhood asthma.
- Symptomatic nephrolithiasis in prolonged survivors of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- Is there a role for palliative care in progressive pediatric neuromuscular diseases? The answer is "Yes!
- The American College of Chest Physicians consensus statement on the respiratory and related management of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy undergoing anesthesia or sedation.
- Developmental and behavioral disorders grown up: duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- Cardiac phenotype determines survival in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
- Visualization of high- and low-affinity beta-adrenergic receptors in rat lung: upregulation by chronic hypoxia.
- Pediatric noninvasive nasal ventilation.
Treatments
- Asthma
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Pneumonia
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
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