Dr. Richard S Irwin MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
55 Lake Ave N Department Of Pulmon Worcester MA, 01655About
Dr. Richard Irwin practices Pulmonology in Worcester, MA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Irwin 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evaluation of a cough-specific quality-of-life questionnaire.
- Effects of a multifaceted, multidisciplinary, hospital-wide quality improvement program on weaning from mechanical ventilation.
- Quality of life in coughers.
- Ex-smoker with productive cough, weight loss, and draining lesion.
- Knee discomfort in a 38-year-old man.
- Chemical analysis of freshly prepared and stored capsaicin solutions: implications for tussigenic challenges.
- Unsuspected bacterial suppurative disease of the airways presenting as chronic cough.
- Pharmacotherapy of chronic cough in adults.
- Sore throat, dysphagia, stiffness in back of neck, and dyspnea following tricyclic antidepressant overdose.
- Gender differences in health-related quality of life in patients complaining of chronic cough.
- The critical care professional societies address the critical care crisis in the United States.
- Patient-focused care: the 2003 American College of Chest Physicians Convocation Speech.
- Expectorated sputum for community-acquired pneumonia: a sacred cow.
- A comparison of gender differences in health-related quality of life in acute and chronic coughers.
- Chronic cough in adults with interstitial lung disease.
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