Professor of Medicine, Rush Medical College
Internal Medicine
Dr. Robert Balk, MD
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Robert Balk is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He researched medicine at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is ranked 83/35 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 7 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors", "CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification", "Super Doctor", "Top MD", "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare" and "Fellow (FCCM)". Robert Balk is also published. He has 87 publications published. The lastest publication: "Outcome of septic shock: location, location, location.' He accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Evaluation of Pain, Dyspnea, and Goals of Care Among Adults With Cystic Fibrosis: A Comprehensive Palliative Care Survey.
- Ventilator Liberation for High-Risk-for-Failure Patients: Improving Value of the Spontaneous Breathing Trial.
- Sound transmission in the chest under surface excitation: an experimental and computational study with diagnostic applications.
- Executive Summary: Developing a New, National Approach to Surveillance for Ventilator-associated Events.
- Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events: executive summary.
- Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS): Where did it come from and is it still relevant today?
- Developing a new, national approach to surveillance for ventilator-associated events.
- Is a silver coating a silver lining?
- Adenosine deaminase inhibition attenuates microvascular dysfunction and improves survival in sepsis.
- Endotoxemia in critically ill patients: why a reliable test could be beneficial.
- Torsade de pointes associated with the administration of intravenous haloperidol.
- Steroids for septic shock: back from the dead? (Pro).
- Recombinant platelet-activating factor acetylhydrolase to prevent acute Respiratory distress syndrome and mortality in severe sepsis: Phase IIb, multicenter, randomize...
- Universal consent for invasive procedures in the intensive care unit.
- New treatment strategies for severe sepsis and septic shock.
- Torsade de pointes associated with the administration of intravenous haloperidol:a review of the literature and practical guidelines for use.
- Optimum treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock: evidence in support of the recommendations.
- Methotrexate Pulmonary toxicity.
- Acute Lung injury induced by arsenic trioxide in a patient with refractory myelodysplastic syndrome.
- Identification of endotracheal tube malpositions using computerized analysis of breath sounds via electronic stethoscopes.
- Recognition and treatment of hyponatremia in acutely ill hospitalized patients.
- A campaign worth joining: improving outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock using the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines.
- Choice of vasopressor in septic shock: does it matter?
- Antibiotic therapy for Pulmonary exacerbations in adults with cystic fibrosis.
- A case of flavor-induced Lung disease.
- Diffuse Pulmonary nodules in a 25-year-old man with diarrhea and weight loss.
- Multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the nitric oxide scavenger pyridoxalated hemoglobin polyoxyethylene in distributive shock.
- Health care-associated Infection (HAI): a critical appraisal of the emerging threat-proceedings of the HAI Summit.
- Efficacy and safety of dopamine versus norepinephrine in the management of septic shock.
- Impact of the implementation of a sepsis protocol for the management of fluid-refractory septic shock: A single-center, before-and-after study.
- Multinational, observational study of procalcitonin in ICU patients with Pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation: a multicenter observational study.
- A large Pleural effusion in a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis.
- Pro-inflammatory endothelial cell dysfunction is associated with intersectin-1s down-regulation.
- Roger C. Bone, MD and the evolving paradigms of sepsis.
- Systemic steroids in severe sepsis and septic shock.
- Breath sound changes associated with malpositioned endotracheal tubes.
- Definitions for sepsis and organ Failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. The ACCP/SCCM Consensus Conference Committee. American College o...
- Pneumothorax detection using Pulmonary acoustic transmission measurements.
- Pneumothorax detection using computerised analysis of breath sounds.
- Outcome of septic shock: location, location, location.
- Nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of sepsis.
- E5 murine monoclonal antiendotoxin antibody in gram-negative sepsis: a randomized controlled trial. E5 Study Investigators.
- Severe sepsis and septic shock. Definitions, epidemiology, and clinical manifestations.
- Pathogenesis and management of multiple organ dysfunction or Failure in severe sepsis and septic shock.
- Reduced alveolar macrophage production of tumor necrosis factor during sepsis in mice and men.
- New creations?
- Dialysis-induced respiratory Acidosis.
- Prostaglandins, cyclo-oxygenase inhibitors, and thromboxane synthetase inhibitors in the pathogenesis of multiple Systems organ failure.
- The septic syndrome. Definition and clinical implications.
- Ventilatory support in the management of septic patients.
- Sepsis syndrome: a valid clinical entity. Methylprednisolone Severe Sepsis Study Group.
- Determination of cardiac output in critically ill patients by dual beam Doppler echocardiography.
- Hepatic dysfunction in the adult Respiratory distress syndrome.
- Lymphocyte subpopulations of blood and alveolar lavage in blastomycosis.
- Low dose ibuprofen reverses the hemodynamic alterations of canine endotoxin shock.
- Noninvasive Respiratory care unit. A cost effective solution for the future.
- Effects of ibuprofen on neutrophil function and acute Lung injury in canine endotoxin shock.
- A controlled clinical trial of high-dose methylprednisolone in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock.
- Alveolar macrophage function in a canine model of endotoxin-induced Lung injury.
- Bacteremia during bronchoalveolar lavage.
- Growth inhibition of Blastomyces dermatitidis in alveolar and peripheral macrophages from patients with blastomycosis.
- Sleep apnea and the Arnold-Chiari malformation.
- Central venous catheterization in the critically ill patient.
- Prognostic factors in sepsis: the cold facts.
- More on the vibrating footpad.
- The Systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
- The relationship of preexisting Lung disease to the development of methotrexate pneumonitis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Bronchoscopic procedures in the intensive care unit.
- A second large controlled clinical study of E5, a monoclonal antibody to endotoxin: results of a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. The E5 Sepsis ...
- Medical effectiveness of esophageal balloon pressure manometry in weaning patients from mechanical ventilation.
- Safety and potential efficacy of an aerosolized surfactant in human sepsis-induced adult Respiratory distress syndrome.
- General approach to shock.
- Recombinant human interleukin 1 receptor antagonist in the treatment of patients with sepsis syndrome. Results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled tria...
- Plasma cytokine and endotoxin levels correlate with survival in patients with the sepsis syndrome.
- Treatment of septic shock with the tumor necrosis factor receptor:Fc fusion protein. The Soluble TNF Receptor Sepsis Study Group.
- Radiographic patterns of Pulmonary disease.
- Indwelling small Pleural catheter needle thoracentesis in the management of large Pleural effusions.
- Sepsis: a new hypothesis for pathogenesis of the Disease process.
- Confirmatory interleukin-1 receptor antagonist trial in severe sepsis: a phase III, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial. The Interleukin-1 ...
- The relation of Pneumothorax and other air leaks to mortality in the acute respiratory distress syndrome.
- Adult Respiratory distress syndrome. Sequence and importance of development of multiple organ failure. The Prostaglandin E1 Study Group.
- Efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibody to human tumor necrosis factor alpha in patients with sepsis syndrome. A randomized, controlled, double-blind, multicenter c...
- Therapeutic use of antithrombin concentrate in sepsis.
- Staging of bronchogenic carcinoma.
- Classification of acute Respiratory failure.
- Sepsis in cirrhosis: report on the 7th meeting of the International Ascites Club.
Schools
University of Missouri Kansas City Campus
University Mo Kc Affil Hosps
University Ar
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Alkalosis
- Asthma
- Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
- Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Chicago Magazine: Top Doctors
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Super Doctor
- Top MD
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Fellow (FCCM)
Education
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences -
University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine
Hospital
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Rush Oak Park Hospital -
Rush University Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1134173503 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | BALK | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | ROBERT | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 606123841 | |
| NPPES Provider State | IL | |
| Specialty Description | Pulmonary Disease | |
| Total Claim Count | 580.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1134173503 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | BALK |
| First Name Of The Provider | ROBERT |
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