Dr. Curtis Alden Smith D.O.
Family Practitioner
314 S Central Ave Laurel DE, 19956Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Curtis Smith is a family practitioner practicing in Laurel, DE. Dr. Smith specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Smith possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Univ Of N Tx Hlth Sci Ctr- Tx Coll Osteo Med- Ft Worth Tx 1986
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine 1986
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of ventilatory drive on carbon dioxide sensitivity below eupnea during sleep.
- Carotid body denervation eliminates apnea in response to transient hypocapnia.
- Measurement of the CO2 apneic threshold.
- Cardiovascular effects of the respiratory muscle metaboreflexes in dogs: rest and exercise.
- The essential role of carotid body chemoreceptors in sleep apnea.
- The ventilatory responsiveness to CO(2) below eupnoea as a determinant of ventilatory stability in sleep.
- Increased propensity for apnea via dopamine-induced carotid body inhibition in sleeping dogs.
- Ventilatory responsiveness to CO2 above & below eupnea: relative importance of peripheral chemoreception.
- Expiratory threshold loading impairs cardiovascular function in health and chronic heart failure during submaximal exercise.
- Increased propensity for apnea in response to acute elevations in left atrial pressure during sleep in the dog.
- The effects of inspiratory intrathoracic pressure production on the cardiovascular response to submaximal exercise in health and chronic heart failure.
- Carotid chemoreceptor modulation of regional blood flow distribution during exercise in health and chronic heart failure.
- Chronic intermittent hypoxia increases the CO2 reserve in sleeping dogs.
- Contribution of the carotid body chemoreceptors to eupneic ventilation in the intact, unanesthetized dog.
- A reanalysis of competing hypotheses for the spread of the California sea otter.
Treatments
- Sinusitis
- Obesity
- Hay Fever (allergic Rhinitis)
- Bronchitis
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
- Heart
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