Professor of Pediatrics

Pediatric Pulmonology

Doctor Dennis W. Nielson, MD is an expert in the field of Pediatric Pulmonology. He attended University of Utah School of Medicine. He received 2 awards: "America's Top Doctors" and "Fellow (FAAP)". Dennis Nielson is also published. He has 27 publications published. The lastest publication: "Effectiveness of home versus hospital care in the routine treatment of cystic fibrosis.'

Publications

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• Improving transition from paediatric to adult Cystic fibrosis care: programme implementation and evaluation.
• Novel CFTR Variants Identified during the First 3 Years of Cystic Fibrosis Newborn Screening in California.
• Management of Plastic Bronchitis With Topical Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator.
• Antibiotic prescribing during pediatric ambulatory care visits for Asthma.
• Airway surface liquid depth measured in ex vivo fragments of pig and human trachea: dependence on Na+ and Cl- channel function.
• Should inhaled beta-agonists or lung function testing be routine in prematurely born infants with Chronic lung disease?
• Hyperacidity of secreted fluid from submucosal glands in early Cystic fibrosis.
• Proteomic analysis of sputum from adults and children with Cystic fibrosis and from control subjects.
• Submucosal gland dysfunction as a primary defect in Cystic fibrosis.
• CFTR involvement in nasal potential differences in mice and pigs studied using a thiazolidinone CFTR inhibitor.
• Health values of adolescents with Cystic fibrosis.
• Idiopathic congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: the next generation.
• Continuous measurements of skin surface oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions in Obstructive sleep apnea.
• Changes in Lung lipid during spontaneous labor in fetal sheep.
• Person-to-person transmission of Pseudomonas cepacia between patients with Cystic fibrosis.
• Effects of amiloride on alveolar epithelial PD and fluid composition in rabbits.
• Effects of inspired CO2 on skin surface CO2 measurements.
• Stridor and gastroesophageal reflux in infants.
• Mask ventilation in congenital central alveolar hypoventilation syndrome.
• Effectiveness of home versus hospital care in the routine treatment of Cystic fibrosis.
• Eliminating sleep-associated hypoxemia improves growth in infants with bronchoPulmonary dysplasia.
• Topical lidocaine exaggerates laryngomalacia during flexible bronchoscopy.
• Identification of novel and rare mutations in California Hispanic and African American Cystic fibrosis patients.
• Hypertonic saline therapy in Cystic fibrosis: Evidence against the proposed mechanism involving aquaporins.
• Airway microbiota and pathogen abundance in age-stratified Cystic fibrosis patients.
• Glycosylation of sputum mucins is altered in Cystic fibrosis patients.

Schools

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• University of Utah

Procedures Preformed

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• Bronchoscopy

Conditions Treated

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• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
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Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Pulmonology

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Basic HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Vitalidad Plus California Con Aetna
• Power Select HMO
• Blue Card PPO
• CaliforniaCare HMO
• Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
• Pathway X Direct Access PPO
• Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
• Select Plus HMO
• Select PPO
• Access Plus Savenet
• Enhanced Exclusive for Small Business HMO
• Local Access Plus HMO
• Brown & Toland Physicians
• Cigna HMO
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• LocalPlus
• Commercial Insurance Company
• Delta Health System
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Blue & Gold HMO
• Covered California - Bronze PPO
• Employer Group HMO
• Health Net PPO
• Individual and Family PPO
• Medicare Advantage PFFS
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
• MultiPlan PPO
• PHCS Network PPO
• Heritage Signature
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• PacifiCare HMO
• United Healthcare

Awards

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• America's Top Doctors
• Fellow (FAAP)

Education

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• UCSF
• University of Utah School of Medicine

Hospital

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• UCSF Medical Center

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