Dr. Robert Beckerman MD
Pulmonologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Pulmonology
2401 Gillham Rd Pulmonology Section Kansas City MO, 64108About
Dr. Robert Beckerman practices Pediatric Pulmonology in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Beckerman 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.
Education and Training
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University 1972
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Pulmonology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- This monitor will watch your baby: the home apnea monitoring controversy.
- Pulmonary risk factors compromising postoperative recovery after surgical repair for congenital heart disease.
- Differential cardiorespiratory effects of endomorphin 1, endomorphin 2, DAMGO, and morphine.
- Effect of supplemental oxygen on sleep architecture and cardiorespiratory events in preterm infants.
- Physiologically redefining bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
- Is it sudden infant death syndrome or sudden unexpected infant death?
- Predicting outcome following pulmonary resection in cystic fibrosis patients.
- Sudden infant death syndrome.
- MR imaging of pancreas in cystic fibrosis.
- Radiological cases of the month. Hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy.
- Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in sickle cell disease.
- Unexpected death in infants monitored at home.
- Neonatal arytenoid dislocation.
- Cystic fibrosis in an adult.
- Cystic fibrosis mistaken for idiopathic biliary atresia.
Treatments
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Narcolepsy
- Birth Defects
- Insomnia
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
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