Dr. David C Chao, M.D., FCCP. Fort Bend Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine

Internal Medicine

David C. Chao practices Internal Medicine. He graduated from University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine has a rank of 74 in research and a 19 in primary care David Chao is a published MD. He has 21 papers published. The most current publication "Patient-ventilator trigger asynchrony in prolonged mechanical ventilation."

Publications

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• Determining the best threshold of rapid shallow breathing index in a therapist-implemented patient-specific weaning protocol.
• The challenge of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a shared global experience.
• Liberation from prolonged mechanical ventilation.
• Expiratory asynchrony in proportional assist ventilation.
• Reevaluation of the 1997 TNM classification for renal cell carcinoma: T1 and T2 cutoff point at 4.5 rather than 7 cm. better correlates with clinical outcome.
• Neurocognitive functioning in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus Infection: effects of combined therapy.
• Pulmonary manifestations of GI diseases.
• Cl(-)-HCO3- exchanger isoform AE2 is restricted to the basolateral surface of alveolar epithelial cell monolayers.
• Basolateral localization of Na(+)-HCO3- cotransporter activity in alveolar epithelial cells.
• Collapsible airways contributing to airflow limitation.
• Measuring the total expiratory time constant.
• Barotrauma vs volutrauma.
• Multiple Lung masses, pneumothorax, and psychiatric symptoms in a 29-year-old African-American woman.
• Approach to patients with long-term weaning Failure.
• Patient-ventilator trigger asynchrony in prolonged mechanical ventilation.
• Post-ICU mechanical ventilation: treatment of 1,123 patients at a regional weaning center.
• Outcomes in post-ICU mechanical ventilation: a therapist-implemented weaning protocol.
• Post-ICU weaning from mechanical ventilation: the role of long-term facilities.
• Post-ICU mechanical ventilation at 23 long-term care hospitals: a multicenter outcomes study.
• Ventilator-dependent survivors of catastrophic illness transferred to 23 long-term care hospitals for weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation.

Schools

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• University Of Hawaii John a Burns School Of Medicine

• Usc Med Center

• University Of Southern California

Procedures Preformed

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• Bronchoscopy
• Thoracentesis
• Ventilation Management

Conditions Treated

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• Acidosis
• Acute Pharyngitis
• Alkalosis
• Asbestosis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Medicine
• Pulmonology
• Sleep Medicine
• Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Blue Card PPO
• Blue Advantage HMO
• Blue Choice
• CHAMPVA
• Cigna HMO
• Cigna PPO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• LocalPlus
• Open Access Plus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Health Alliance
• Choice Care PPO
• Houston Area HMO-Standard
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• MHealth Insured
• Molina
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Old Surety Life Insurance CompanyMedicare MCR
• State Farm
• Thrivent Financial
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare
• Universal American

Education

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• University of Southern California - LAC+USC Medical Center
• University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine

Hospital

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• OakBend Medical Center

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