Dr. Ikechukwu I Ekekezie MD
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Specialist | Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
2401 Gillham Rd Kansas City MO, 64108About
Dr. Ikechukwu Ekekezie is a Neonatal-Perinatal Physician practicing in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Ekekezie 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
University of Ibadan / College of Medicine 1980
University of Ibadan College of Medicine 1980
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Interaction of endogenous endothelin-1 and inhaled nitric oxide in term and preterm infants.
- Blocking leukocyte influx and function to prevent chronic lung disease of prematurity.
- Acinar arterial changes with chronic lung disease of prematurity in the surfactant era.
- Lung microvascular adaptation in infants with chronic lung disease.
- Combining phenobarbital and indomethacin to improve early neonatal outcomes in the extremely low birth weight infant.
- Hyperoxia and tidal volume: Independent and combined effects on neonatal pulmonary inflammation.
- Chronic hypoxia and rat lung development: analysis by morphometry and directed microarray.
- T1alpha/podoplanin is essential for capillary morphogenesis in lymphatic endothelial cells.
- Higher TRIP-1 level explains diminished collagen contraction ability of fetal versus adult fibroblasts.
- Polarized migration of lymphatic endothelial cells is critically dependent on podoplanin regulation of Cdc42.
- TRIP-1 regulates TGF-beta1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition of human
- Altered pulmonary lymphatic development in infants with chronic lung disease.
- TRIP-1 via AKT modulation drives lung fibroblast/myofibroblast
Treatments
- Birth Defects
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