Dr. Christopher Brent Pugh MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
3480 Wake Forest Rd Suite 414 Raleigh NC, 27609Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Christopher Pugh practices Pulmonology in Raleigh, NC. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Pugh 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
Unc - School of Medicine MD 1992
Physician Assistant Studies, Barry University, FL 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 2001
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Sleep Medicine- 2010
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Documenting the clinical interventions of pharmacists.
- Combining state administrative databases and provider records to assess the quality of care for children enrolled in Medicaid.
- Effect of over-the-counter cimetidine on phenytoin concentrations in patients with seizures.
- Effect of different types of Medicaid managed care on childhood immunization rates.
- Visual compatibility of morphine sulfate and meperidine hydrochloride with other injectable drugs during simulated Y-site injection.
- Effect of ultrafiltration product and ultrafiltration-freezing sequence on free phenytoin determination.
- Current issues in the treatment of epilepsy.
- Usefulness of a single-dose prediction model for the determination of long-term maintenance therapy of valproic acid.
- Computer-simulated effect of errors in infusion duration and blood sampling times on pharmacokinetic calculations for gentamicin.
- Testing for drug use, Part 1: Analytical methods.
- Testing for drug use, Part 2: Legal, social, and ethical concerns.
- Current concepts in clinical therapeutics: disease-modifying drugs for rheumatoid arthritis.
- Simulated effect of gentamicin assay errors on calculated pharmacokinetic values.
- Phenytoin and phenobarbital protein binding alterations in a uremic burn patient.
- Single-dose model for predicting steady-state valproic acid serum concentrations in seizure patients.
Treatments
- Airway Disease, Anemia, Asthma And More
Fellowships
- University North Carolina School of Medicine, Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine, NC, USA 2004
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, UNC Hospitals 2001
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