Professor, Medicine, University of California, Irvine College of Medicine

Internal Medicine

Catherine S. Sassoon, MD works in the field of Internal Medicine. Doctor Catherine S. Sassoon, MD is a published physician as well. She has 82 publications published. The latest was: Effects of sodium bicarbonate administration on the exercise tolerance of normal subjects breathing through dead space.

Publications

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• What are the implications of blunted load compensation responses in prolonged-weaning patients?
• [Ultrasonography of the pancreas. Diagnostic problems and findings in cases of solid pancreatic masses (author''s transl)].
• Hemothorax and chylothorax.
• Comparison of mitoxantrone and tetracycline as pleural sclerosing agents in rabbits.
• Effect of esophageal variceal sclerotherapy (EVS) on lung function. A prospective controlled study.
• [Value of x-ray computed tomography in the diagnosis and surveillance of abdominopelvic recurrence of cancers of the uterine cervix. Apropos of 38 cases].
• Ultrasonography and percutaneous cholangiography in children with dilated bile ducts. Report of six cases.
• Ultrasonographic diagnosis of portal cavernoma in children: a study of twelve cases.
• [Echography. Its perspectives in oro-facial pathology].
• [Psoas abscess of tuberculous origin without visible vertebral lesions. A case report (author''s transl)].
• [Ultrasonographic diagnosis of a left inferior vena cava with hemiazygos prolongation (author''s transl)].
• [Ultrasonography of the gallbladder and oral cholecystography. A prospective comparative study].
• [Lymphography as an investigation method for bladder cancer in adults].
• [Echogenic gallbladder sludge: ultrasonographic study and pathological significance in 74 cases (author''s transl)].
• [Diagnostic value of ultrasonography in pancreatic duct dilatation. Results in 29 cases (author''s transl)].
• [Protocol for the radiological examination of facial injuries].
• [Echotomography in maxillo-facial pathology].
• [Preoperative radiologic localization of nonpalpable breast lesions. Technics and value. Apropos of 33 cases].
• [Case of the month: microcalcifications].
• [Case of the month: median presellar tumor].
• Small airways function in nonsmokers with rheumatoid arthritis.
• Mechanisms of respiratory elastic load compensation in anesthetized humans.
• Active inspiratory impedance and load compensation: effects of duration of anesthesia.
• Chylothorax and pseudochylothorax.
• Partitioning of respiratory mechanics in young adults. Effects of duration of anesthesia.
• Airway occlusion pressure. An important indicator for successful weaning in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Massive Pulmonary embolism complicating streptokinase treatment for deep vein thrombosis.
• Hyperoxic-induced hypercapnia in stable Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Validation of esophageal balloon technique at different lung volumes and postures.
• Work of breathing and airway occlusion pressure during assist-mode mechanical ventilation.
• Respiratory drive and timing during assisted ventilation in dogs.
• Effect of radiation therapy on bronchial obstruction due to bronchogenic carcinoma.
• Respiratory elastic load compensation in anesthetized patients with kyphoscoliosis.
• Inspiratory work of breathing on flow-by and demand-flow continuous positive airway pressure.
• Progress in the development of a fluorescent intravascular blood gas system in man.
• Respiratory mechanics in anesthetized young patients with kyphoscoliosis. Immediate and delayed effects of corrective spinal surgery.
• Maximum inspiratory muscle endurance capacity during resistive loading in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Intrapleural tetracycline for the prevention of recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax. Results of a Department of Veterans Affairs cooperative study.
• Ventilator modes: old and new.
• Pressure-time product during continuous positive airway pressure, pressure support ventilation, and T-piece during weaning from mechanical ventilation.
• Positive pressure ventilation. Alternate modes.
• Cardiac output from carbon dioxide production and arterial and venous oximetry.
• Inspiratory muscle work of breathing during flow-by, demand-flow, and continuous-flow systems in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Iatrogenic pneumothorax: etiology and morbidity. Results of a Department of Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study.
• Effects of smoked marijuana of varying potency on ventilatory drive and metabolic rate.
• Cardiac autonomic control in Obstructive sleep apnea: effects of long-term CPAP therapy.
• Patient-ventilator asynchrony.
• Acid-base disturbance.
• Respiratory alkalosis.
• Mechanical ventilator design and function: the trigger variable.
• Effects of sodium bicarbonate administration on the exercise tolerance of normal subjects breathing through dead space.
• Breathing pattern during acute respiratory failure and recovery.
• The etiology and treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.
• Patient-ventilator interactions.
• Measurement of lung mechanics at different lung volumes and esophageal levels in normal subjects: effect of posture change.
• Temporal relationships of ventilatory failure, pump failure, and diaphragm fatigue.
• Relationship of thermodilution cardiac output to metabolic measurements and mixed venous oxygen saturation.
• Variability of cardiac output over time in medical intensive care unit patients.
• Airway occlusion pressure and breathing pattern as predictors of weaning outcome.
• Significance of iatrogenic pneumothoraces.
• Oxygen Fick and modified carbon dioxide Fick cardiac outputs.
• Influence of pressure- and flow-triggered synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation on inspiratory muscle work.
• Temporal evolution of pleural fibrosis induced by intrapleural minocycline injection.
• Talc slurry is an effective pleural sclerosant in rabbits.
• Characteristics of the ventilator pressure- and flow-trigger variables.
• Comparison of the effectiveness of tetracycline and minocycline as pleural sclerosing agents in rabbits.
• Effectiveness of bleomycin in comparison to tetracycline as pleural sclerosing agent in rabbits.
• O2-induced change in ventilation and ventilatory drive in COPD.
• [Ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction and its prevention].
• Acute effects of high-dose methylprednisolone on diaphragm muscle function.
• Blunted response to hypercapnia: synonymous with depressed respiratory drive?
• Optimal arrangement of magnetic coils for functional magnetic stimulation of the inspiratory muscles in dogs.
• Potential advantages of patient-ventilator synchrony.
• Early effects of mechanical ventilation on isotonic contractile properties and MAF-box gene expression in the diaphragm.
• Assist-control mechanical ventilation attenuates ventilator-induced diaphragmatic dysfunction.
• Ventilator-associated diaphragmatic dysfunction.
• Altered diaphragm contractile properties with controlled mechanical ventilation.
• Effects of CPAP therapy on cardiovascular variability in Obstructive sleep apnea: a closed-loop analysis.
• Interactive effects of corticosteroid and mechanical ventilation on diaphragm muscle function.
• Triggering of the ventilator in patient-ventilator interactions.
• Bench-to-bedside review: Diaphragm muscle function in disuse and acute high-dose corticosteroid treatment.

Procedures Preformed

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• Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)

Conditions Treated

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• Asbestosis
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Pneumonia
• Sleep Apnea

Doctors Specialties

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

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• UCLA Medical Center
• John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County

Hospital

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• UC Irvine Medical Center

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