Minerva Santos Victoria
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
1545 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn NY, 11213About
Dr. Minerva Victoria practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Victoria 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.
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PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Primary drug resistance in children. Drug susceptibility of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from children during the years 1973 through 1977 at the Kings County Hospital Center of Brooklyn.
- Primary drug resistance in children. Drug susceptibility of strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from children during the years 1973 through 1977 at the Kings County Hospital Center of Brooklyn.
- Miliary tuberculosis in two infants after nursery exposure: epidemiologic, clinical, and laboratory findings.
- Congenital neurosyphilis.
- Comparison between epinephrine and terbutaline injections in the acute management of asthma.
- Cytomegalovirus pyloric obstruction in a child with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Treating tuberculosis in children.
- Treating tuberculosis in children.
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Occurrence in a healthy American infant.
- Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Occurrence in a healthy American infant.
- Hydrocarbon poisoning: a review.
- Bacillus Calmette-Guérin lymphadenitis: a case report and review of the literature.
- A two-year experience with cromolyn sodium in children with asthma.
- A two-year experience with cromolyn sodium in children with asthma.
- Use of carbuterol: a selective bronchodilator, in children below six years of age.
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