Dr. Charles R Esther MD
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
4414 Lake Boone Trail Raleigh NC, 27607About
Dr. Charles Esther practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Esther 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
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A mass spectrometric method to simultaneously measure a biomarker and dilution marker in exhaled breath condensate.
- Endoplasmic reticulum/golgi nucleotide sugar transporters contribute to the cellular release of UDP-sugar signaling molecules.
- Metabolomic analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from cystic fibrosis patients.
- Neutrophilic inflammation is associated with altered airway hydration in stable asthmatics.
- Detection of rapidly growing mycobacteria in routine cultures of samples from patients with cystic fibrosis.
- Impact of an evidence-based algorithm on quality of care in pediatric parapneumonic effusion and empyema.
- Nucleotide release by airway epithelia.
- Regulation of airway nucleotides in chronic lung diseases.
- Exhaled breath condensate purines correlate with lung function in infants and preschoolers.
- Vaccine induced Hepatitis A and B protection in children at risk for cystic fibrosis associated liver disease.
- Clinical outcomes in cystic fibrosis patients with Trichosporon respiratory infection.
- Highlights from the 2015 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference.
- Efficacy of lumacaftor-ivacaftor for the treatment of cystic fibrosis patients homozygous for the F508del-CFTR mutation.
- Diagnostic Evaluation of Infants with Recurrent or Persistent Wheezing.
Dr. Charles R Esther MD's Practice location
Practice At 101 Manning Dr
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