Professor, Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

Pulmonology

Dr. Michael R. Littner is an expert in the field of Pulmonology. Michael Littner is also a published physician. He has 84 publication published. The most recent publication is: The prevalence of calcified carotid artery atheromas in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.

Publications

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• More daytime Sleeping predicts less functional recovery among older people undergoing inpatient post-acute rehabilitation.
• In the clinic. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Mild Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome should not be treated. Con.
• Practice parameters for the indications for polysomnography and related procedures: an update for 2005.
• Portable monitoring in the diagnosis of the Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
• Measuring agreement between diagnostic devices.
• Home diagnosis of Sleep apnea: a systematic review of the literature. An evidence review cosponsored by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, the American College of...
• Continuous positive airway pressure: by nose or mouth?
• Cheyne-stokes respiration and congestive heart failure: are oxygen stores the critical factor?
• The presence of hepatitis A antibodies in dental workers. A seroepidemiologic study.
• To Sleep deeply, perchance to wake refreshed.
• Kaposi's sarcoma of the tracheobronchial tree.
• Emphysema vs Asthma with antitrypsin deficiency.
• Effect of helium on maximal expiratory flow in patients with Asthma.
• Sleep practitioners need to be aware of new changes in the labeling of pemoline (CYLERT)
• Dissociation of 24-hour catecholamine levels from blood pressure in older men.
• Circadian rhythm of plasma renin activity in older normal and essential hypertensive men: relation with inactive renin, aldosterone, cortisol and REM Sleep.
• Conservation of oxygen supply using a reservoir nasal cannula in hypoxemic patients at rest and during exercise.
• Polysomnography in the diagnosis of the Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome: where do we draw the line?
• Sleep related breathing disorders in older men: a search for underlying mechanisms.
• Asymptomatic disordered breathing during sleep in older persons. Disease or not?
• Obstructive sleep apnea: asleep in our consciousness no more.
• Airway responses to exercise in mild Asthmatics.
• Effect of age on circadian rhythm of prolactin in normal men.
• The indications for polysomnography and related procedures.
• Practice parameters for the use of light therapy in the treatment of Sleep disorders. Standards of Practice Committee, American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
• Practice parameters for the nonpharmacologic treatment of Chronic insomnia. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. Standards of Practice Committee of the Americ...
• Cyclooxygenase products and cyclic nucleotide levels with infusion of arachidonic acid, PGI2, PGE2, PGF2, and 6-keto-PGF1 in an isolated dog Lung.
• Awake abnormalities of control of breathing and of the upper airway. Occurrence in healthy older men with nocturnal disordered breathing.
• Airway reactivity and exercise in healthy subjects.
• Concomitant treatment with nebulized formoterol and tiotropium in subjects with COPD: a placebo-controlled trial.
• Practice parameters for the role of actigraphy in the study of Sleep and circadian rhythms: an update for 2002.
• Practice parameters for the evaluation of Chronic insomnia. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sl...
• Practice parameters for using polysomnography to evaluate insomnia: an update.
• Practice parameters for the treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine Report. Standards of Practic...
• Practice parameters for the use of laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty: an update for 2000.
• Practice parameters for the treatment of narcolepsy: an update for 2000.
• Subsensitization of beta-adrenoceptors in airways and lymphocytes of healthy and Asthmatic subjects.
• Nocturnal hypotension in older men with Sleep-related breathing disorders.
• Practice parameters for the use of auto-titrating continuous positive airway pressure devices for titrating pressures and treating adult patients with Obstructive slee...
• Chest Diseases-epitomes of progress: respiratory disturbances in sleep.
• Acute bronchial and cardiovascular effects of increasing doses of pirbuterol acetate aerosol in Asthma.
• Bronchospasm during excretory urography: lack of specificity for the methylglucamine cation.
• Double-blind comparison of acute effects of inhaled albuterol, isoproterenol and placebo on cardiopulmonary function and gas exchange in Asthmatic children.
• Inhibition of cyclooxygenase production does not prevent arachidonate from increasing extravascular Lung water and albumin in an isolated dog Lung.
• Diffuse, Pulmonary, interstitial infiltrate and mycoplasmal pneumonia.
• Lymphocyte beta-adrenergic refractoriness induced by theophylline or metaproterenol in healthy and Asthmatic subjects.
• Selective subsensitization of beta-adrenergic receptors in central airways of Asthmatics and normal subjects during long-term therapy with inhaled salbutamol.
• The effects of arachidonic acid, PGI2, and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha on cyclic nucleotide concentrations in a ventilated and artificially perfused isolated dog Lung.
• Effect of oral administration of arachidonic acid on prostaglandin and zinc metabolism in plasma and small intestine of the rat.
• Listening to our patients takes on new meaning.
• Cyclooxygenase products from endogenous arachidonic acid in isolated dog and rabbit Lungs.
• Effects of A23187, exogenous phospholipase A2 and exogenous arachidonic acid on Pulmonary vascular resistance in isolated rabbit lung.
• Distribution of cyclooxygenase products with cyclooxygenase inhibition in isolated dog Lung.
• cAMP levels from endogenous and exogenous arachidonic acid in isolated dog Lung.
• Edema from cyclooxygenase products of endogenous arachidonic acid in isolated Lung.
• The effects of neutrophils and phospholipase A2 on transvascular albumin flux in isolated rabbit Lungs.
• Modification of induced airway constriction in healthy subjects.
• Computerized tomography in Pulmonary sarcoidosis.
• W10294A: a new bronchodilator.
• Severe sarcoidosis in pregnancy.
• Evaluation of bronchospasm during excretory urography.
• Respiratory effects of excretory urography: a preliminary report.
• Assessment of therapy of upper airway obstruction.
• The clinical assessment of roentgenographically atypical Pulmonary sarcoidosis.
• Long-acting bronchodilation with once-daily dosing of tiotropium (Spiriva) in stable Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Recommendations for research into measurement and classification of Sleep disordered breathing: gazing into the crystal ball.
• The prevalence of carotid atheromas seen on panoramic radiographs of patients with Obstructive sleep apnea and their relation to risk factors for atherosclerosis.
• The prevalence of calcified carotid artery atheromas in patients with Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome.
• Restoration of hypoxic Pulmonary vasoconstriction following normoxia in isolated dog lungs occurs in the presence but not in the absence of prostaglandin synthesis inh...
• Snoring in pregnancy. Disease or not?
• Increase in filtration coefficient from actions of melittin on neutrophils in isolated rabbit Lungs.
• Inhibition of eicosanoids does not prevent neutrophil injury from phorbol in isolated rabbit Lung.
• Determinants of oxygen desaturation in the course of ventilation during sleep in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Monitoring of oxygen delivery systems in clinical practice.
• Respiratory patterns associated with hemoglobin desaturation during sleep in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
• Practice parameters for clinical use of the multiple Sleep latency test and the maintenance of wakefulness test.
• Practice parameters for the dopaminergic treatment of restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder.
• Predictors of health-related quality of life in restless legs syndrome: which trees are in the forest?
• Practice parameters for the use of continuous and bilevel positive airway pressure devices to treat adult patients with Sleep-related breathing disorders.
• Practice parameters for the treatment of snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea with oral appliances: an update for 2005.
• Effects of 24 weeks of lansoprazole therapy on Asthma symptoms, exacerbations, quality of life, and pulmonary function in adult Asthmatic patients with acid reflux sym...
• Parasomnias and antidepressant therapy: a review of the literature.

Schools

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• University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

• Women39s College Hospital

• Kaiser Fdn Hospital

• UCLA Hospital and Clins

Conditions Treated

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• Asthma
• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Emphysema
• Interstitial Lung Disease
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Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Medicine
• Pulmonology
• Sleep Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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Education

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• UCLA Medical Center
• Kaiser Foundation Hospital
• University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

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• Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1295789592
Last Name Of The Provider	LITTNER
First Name Of The Provider	MICHAEL
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