Dr. David M Skillrud MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
652 W Jackson St Morton IL, 61550About
Dr. David Skillrud practices Pulmonology in Morton, IL. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Skillrud 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
Southern Illinois University At Edwardsville 1979
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine 1979
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sarcoidosis cycle.
- COPD: causes, treatment, and risk for lung cancer.
- Cough induced by enalapril and captopril.
- Higher risk of lung cancer in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A prospective, matched, controlled study.
- Survival in adult respiratory distress syndrome caused by blastomycosis infection.
- The isolation of rat alveolar type II cells: a simplified approach using Percoll density centrifugation.
- Paroxysmal limb hemiataxia with crossed facial paresthesias in multiple sclerosis.
- Secondary syphilis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Paraquat-induced injury of type II alveolar cells. An in vitro model of oxidant injury.
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