Dr. Aaron S. Chidekel MD
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
A. I. Dupont Hospital For Children 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington DE, 19803About
Dr. Aaron Chidekel practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Wilmington, DE. Dr. Chidekel 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.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Pulmonology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The respiratory health effects of passive smoking on children.
- Acute pulmonary hemorrhage in a Delaware infant after exposure to Stachybotrys atra.
- Suction-type suffocation incidents in infants and toddlers.
- What physicians can do about the tobacco problem: best practice interventions for your practice and office.
- Science, politics, and society: a brief history of environmental tobacco smoke.
- Adult smoking and environmental tobacco smoke: a persistent health threat to children.
- Preventing and treating nicotine addiction: a review with emphasis on adolescent health.
- Dissociation between the effects of oxygen and pressure on matrix metalloproteinase-2, -7, and -9 expression in human airway epithelial cells.
- Rhinovirus infection associated with severe lower respiratory tract illness and worsening lung disease in infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Rhinovirus infection associated with serious lower respiratory illness in patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Anoxia-induced neuronal injury: role of Na+ entry and Na+-dependent transport.
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