Dr. Erik Richard Swenson MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1660 S Columbian Way Va Puget Sound Healt Seattle WA, 98108About
Dr. Erik Swenson practices Pulmonology in Seattle, WA. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Swenson manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Diego, Sch of Med, La Jolla Ca 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of thyroplasty on laryngeal airflow.
- Mechanisms of improvement in pulmonary gas exchange during isovolemic hemodilution.
- A quantitative analysis of CO2 transport at rest and during maximal exercise.
- A quantitative analysis of CO2 transport at rest and during maximal exercise.
- Hemodilution during venous gas embolization improves gas exchange, without altering V(A)/Q or pulmonary blood flow distributions.
- Anemia and arterial partial pressure of oxygen.
- Diuretic effect of hypoxia, hypocapnia, and hyperpnea in humans: relation to hormones and O(2) chemosensitivity.
- Stress Doppler echocardiography for identification of susceptibility to high
- Effects of the RBC membrane and increased perfusate viscosity on hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction.
- The distribution and physiological significance of carbonic anhydrase in vertebrate gas exchange organs.
- Pulmonary NO synthase inhibition and inspired CO2: effects on V'/Q' and pulmonary blood flow distribution.
- Acetazolamide reduces hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in isolated perfused rabbit lungs.
- Hemoglobin and red blood cells alter the response of expired nitric oxide to mechanical forces.
- Role of basolateral carbonic anhydrase in proximal tubular fluid and bicarbonate absorption.
- Hypoxia decreases exhaled nitric oxide in mountaineers susceptible to high-altitude pulmonary edema.
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