Dr. Francine D Dykes MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
2015 Uppergate Dr 3rd Fl Atlanta GA, 30322About
Dr. Francine Dykes is a Neonatal-Perinatal Physician practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Dykes cares for the critically ill newborn and premature infants. Neonatal-Perinatal Physicians treat conditions such as breathing disorders, birth defects, infections, and any other life-threatening medical problems. They coordinate with their young patients families and other physicians to determine appropriate treatment.
Education and Training
Univ of Rochester Sch of Med & Dentistry, Rochester Ny 1973
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1973
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Perforation of the superior vena cava during ECMO catheterization in two neonates with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a cause of accidental death.
- The association of type of surgical closure on length of stay among infants with gastroschisis born≥34 weeks' gestation.
- Heart rate variability analysis in full-term infants: spectral indices for study of neonatal cardiorespiratory control.
- Posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus in high-risk preterm infants: natural history, management, and long-term outcome.
- The effects of intrauterine asphyxia on the full-term neonate.
- The effects of intrauterine asphyxia on the full-term neonate.
- Breath amplitude modulation of heart rate variability in normal full term neonates.
- Relationship between pressure passivity and subependymal/intraventricular hemorrhage as assessed by pulsed Doppler ultrasound.
- Range-gated pulsed Doppler ultrasonographic evaluation of carotid arterial blood flow in small preterm infants with patent ductus arteriosus.
- Cerebral blood flow.
- Cranial ultrasound in the detection of intracranial calcifications.
- Continuing education in the community hospital and reduction in the incidence of intracerebral hemorrhage in the transported preterm infant.
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation service at Egleston: two years' experience.
- Intraventricular hemorrhage and high-frequency ventilation: a meta-analysis of prospective clinical trials.
- Daily cranial ultrasounds during ECMO: a quality review/cost analysis project.
Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Congenital Heart Disease
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