Clinical Professor of Medicine, University Louisville School of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Dr. Eugene C. Fletcher Jr., MD
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Eugene Fletcher practices Internal Medicine. He researched medicine at Temple University School of Medicine. He received 1 awards: "America's Top Doctors". Doctor Eugene C. Fletcher Jr., MD is a published MD as well. He has 59 publications published. The latest was: Stimulation of breathing by activation of pulmonary peripheral afferents in rabbits. He is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Sympathetic over activity in the etiology of Hypertension of obstructive sleep apnea.
- Blood pressure response to Chronic episodic hypoxia: the renin-angiotensin system.
- Pulmonary vascular hemodynamics in Chronic lung disease patients with and without oxyhemoglobin desaturation during sleep.
- Evolution of nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a daytime PaO2 above 60 mm Hg.
- Nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation in COPD patients with arterial oxygen tensions above 60 mm Hg.
- A double-blind trial of nocturnal supplemental oxygen for sleep desaturation in patients with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a daytime PaO2 above 60 mm Hg.
- Undiagnosed sleep apnea in patients with essential Hypertension.
- Nocturnal oxyhemoglobin desaturation following tracheostomy for Obstructive sleep apnea.
- Bronchial foreign bodies simulating endobronchial malignancy.
- Long-term cardiopulmonary sequelae in patients with sleep apnea and Chronic lung disease.
- Recurrence of sleep apnea syndrome following tracheostomy. A shift from Obstructive to central apnea.
- "Near miss" death in Obstructive sleep apnea: a critical care syndrome.
- Role of nocturnal oxygen therapy in Obstructive sleep apnea. When should it be used?
- The effect of positive reinforcement on hourly compliance in nasal continuous positive airway pressure users with Obstructive sleep apnea.
- Accuracy of fiberoptic central venous saturation catheter below 50%.
- Acute systemic blood pressure elevation in Obstructive and nonObstructive breath hold in primates.
- The relationship between systemic Hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea: facts and theory.
- Nonconventional indications for LTOT: isolated nocturnal oxygen therapy in Chronic lung disease.
- Obstructive sleep apnoea and cardiovascular morbidity.
- Respiratory sleep disorders and high blood pressure.
- The effect of body fat distribution on Pulmonary function tests.
- Exercise hemodynamics and gas exchange in patients with Chronic obstruction pulmonary disease, sleep desaturation, and a daytime PaO2 above 60 mm Hg.
- Obstructive sleep apnea and the kidney.
- Central venous O2 saturation and rate of arterial desaturation during Obstructive apnea.
- Atelectasis affects the rate of arterial desaturation during obstructive apnea.
- Hypertension caused by Chronic intermittent hypoxia--influence of chemoreceptors and sympathetic nervous system.
- The effect of blood oxygen stores and changes in cardiac output on the rate of fall of arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation during Obstructive apnea.
- Acute oxygen in patients with sleep apnea and COPD.
- The rate of fall of arterial oxyhemoglobin saturation in Obstructive sleep apnea.
- Nonapneic mechanisms of arterial oxygen desaturation during rapid-eye-movement Sleep.
- Sympathetic denervation blocks blood pressure elevation in episodic hypoxia.
- Repetitive, episodic hypoxia causes diurnal elevation of blood pressure in rats.
- Carotid chemoreceptors, systemic blood pressure, and Chronic episodic hypoxia mimicking sleep apnea.
- Pulmonary rapidly adapting receptor stimulation does not increase airway resistance in anesthetized rabbits.
- Effects of Chronic episodic hypoxia on monoamine metabolism and motor activity.
- Can the treatment of Sleep apnea syndrome prevent the cardiovascular consequences?
- Hydrogen peroxide in the Lung parenchyma stimulates vagally mediated phrenic activity.
- Urinary catecholamines before and after tracheostomy in patients with obstructive sleep apnea and Hypertension.
- Effect of episodic hypoxia on sympathetic activity and blood pressure.
- Upper airway resistance syndrome.
- Cardiovascular disease associated with Obstructive sleep apnea.
- Unattended home diagnosis and treatment of Obstructive sleep apnea without polysomnography.
- Acute and Chronic blood pressure response to recurrent acoustic arousal in rats.
- Sympathetic activity and blood pressure in the Sleep apnea syndrome.
- Stimulation of breathing by activation of Pulmonary peripheral afferents in rabbits.
- Acute blood pressure elevation during repetitive hypocapnic and eucapnic hypoxia in rats.
- Pulmonary edema develops after recurrent obstructive apneas.
- Invited review: Physiological consequences of intermittent hypoxia: Systemic blood pressure.
- Renin activity and blood pressure in response to Chronic episodic hypoxia.
- Effect of recurrent episodic hypocapnic, eucapnic, and hypercapnic hypoxia on Systemic blood pressure.
- Effect of episodic eucapnic and hypocapnic hypoxia on systemic blood pressure in Hypertension-prone rats.
- Cardiovascular effects of continuous positive airway pressure in Obstructive sleep apnea.
- The rat as a model of Chronic recurrent episodic hypoxia and effect upon systemic blood pressure.
- Blood pressure response to Chronic episodic hypoxia: role of the sympathetic nervous system.
- Cardiovascular consequences of Obstructive sleep apnea: experimental hypoxia and sympathetic activity.
- Altered vascular reactivity in arterioles of Chronic intermittent hypoxic rats.
- Hypercoagulability in patients with Obstructive sleep apnea.
- Evening and morning blood gases in patients with Obstructive sleep apnea.
Schools
Temple Univ Sch Of Med
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Asthma
- Atelectasis
- Bronchitis
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
- Open Access
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Cofinity PPO
- HealthLink PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Sagamore Plus
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
Education
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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center -
University of Colorado -
Temple University School of Medicine
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