Dr. John M Litell D.O.
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. John Litell is a critical care surgeon practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Litell specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Litell has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
Education and Training
University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine,Biddeford, Me, United States 2006
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acute lung injury: prevention may be the best medicine.
- Clinical review: the hospital of the future - building intelligent environments to facilitate safe and effective acute care delivery.
- Development, validation, and results of a survey to measure understanding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation choices among ICU patients and their surrogate decision makers.
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