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Pulmonology
Dr. Kenneth G. Torrington, MD
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Kenneth G. Torrington works in the field of Pulmonology. He went to medical school at University of Nebraska College of Medicine. Kenneth G. Torrington, MD has written publications. He has 47 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'A middle-aged woman with chronic productive cough diagnosed using sputum wet mount examination.'
Publications
- Lung cancer-elapsed time from suspicious radiograph to treatment: how fast is fast enough?
- Family member presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a survey of US and international critical care professionals.
- Endobronchial involvement and airway hyperreactivity in patients with sarcoidosis.
- Endobronchial biopsy for sarcoidosis: a prospective study.
- Acute pancreatitis in patients with hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.
- Bronchoscopy training and competency: how many are enough?
- Lack of predictive value of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale in patients after uvulopalatopharyngoplasty.
- Improvement in hypoxemia at 4600 meters of simulated altitude with carbohydrate ingestion.
- A middle-aged woman with chronic productive cough diagnosed using sputum wet mount examination.
- Serum angiotensin converting enzyme does not correlate with radiographic stage at initial diagnosis of sarcoidosis.
- Endobronchial disease and racial differences in pulmonary sarcoidosis.
- Do-not-resuscitate decisions in the medical ICU: comparing physician and nurse opinions.
- Pulse oximetry correction for smoking exposure.
- Evaluation of internists' spirometric interpretations.
- Protocol-driven respiratory therapy. Closing in on appropriate utilization at comparable cost and patient outcomes.
- Postoperative pulmonary changes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
- Necessity of routine chest roentgenography after thoracentesis.
- The utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the evaluation of the solitary pulmonary nodule.
- Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the evaluation of carcinoma metastatic to the lung.
- Right upper lobe pulmonary edema caused by acute mitral regurgitation. Diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography.
- Sarcoidosis complicated by chylothorax.
- Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the evaluation of newly diagnosed esophageal carcinoma.
- Adherence to established guidelines for preoperative pulmonary function testing.
- Exploratory thoracotomy for nonresectable lung cancer.
- Small volume bronchoalveolar lavage used in diagnosing Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV-infected patients.
- Fatal hydrothorax and empyema complicating a malpositioned nasogastric tube.
- Simultaneous idiopathic chylopericardium and chylothorax.
- Herbicide exposure and pulmonary disease.
- Recklinghausen's disease. Occurrence with intrathoracic vagal neurofibroma and contralateral spontaneous pneumothorax.
- Cough radiculopathy--another cause of pain in the neck.
- Postoperative chest percussion with postural drainage in obese patients following gastric stapling.
- Solitary cystic schwannoma.
- Perioperative respiratory therapy (PORT). A program of preoperative risk assessment and individualized postoperative care.
- A ten-year experience with fiberoptic bronchoscopy for mycobacterial isolation. Impact of the Bactec system.
- A steady state method of measuring carbon monoxide diffusing capacity of the lung of sheep.
- Blood volume determinations in sheep before and after splenectomy.
- Recurrent high-altitude illness associated with right pulmonary artery occlusion from granulomatous mediastinitis.
- Errors in sheep carboxyhemoglobin measurements.
- Predictive criteria for burns from brief thermal exposures.
- Prediction of carbon monoxide diffusing capacity of the lung in splenectomized sheep.
- Patient-induced pulmonary embolism.
- Utility of repeated fiberoptic bronchoscopy for suspected malignancy.
- Diagnosis of lymphangitic carcinomatosis by transbronchial lung biopsy.
- Rapid appearance of rheumatoid pleural effusion.
- Systemic sarcoidosis presenting with a testicular nodule.
- Transurethral passage of Aspergillus fungus balls in acute myelocytic leukemia.
Schools
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Madigan Army Med Center
Walter Reed Army Med Center
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
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Education
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Madigan Healthcare System -
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
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