Dr. Bruce Henry Culver M.D.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
1959 Ne Pacific St Seattle WA, 98195About
Dr. Bruce Culver 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. Culver 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
University of Washington School of Medicine 1969
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease- 1974
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1972
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Preoperative assessment of the thoracic surgery patient: pulmonary function testing.
- Cardiac limitation to maximal oxygen transport and changes in components after jogging across the US.
- Interpretation of spirometry: we can do better than the GOLD standard.
- Obstructive? Restrictive? Or a ventilatory impairment?
- How should the lower limit of the normal range be defined?
- Multi-ethnic reference values for spirometry for the 3-95-yr age range: the global lung function 2012 equations.
- An official European Respiratory Society/American Thoracic Society technical standard: field walking tests in chronic respiratory disease.
- Defining airflow obstruction.
- COPD (confusion over proper diagnosis) in the zone of maximum uncertainty.
- Quality Standards in Pulmonary Function Testing: Past, Present, Future.
- Systemic gas embolism complicating mechanical ventilation in the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
- Humid air increases airway resistance in asthmatic subjects.
- The hemodynamics of pulmonary edema.
- The hemodynamics of pulmonary edema.
- Flow resistance of exhalation valves and positive end-expiratory pressure devices used in mechanical ventilation.
Treatments
- Crohn's Disease
- Ibd In Pregnancy
Fellowships
- UW - Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care
Dr. Bruce Henry Culver M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 1959 Ne Pacific St
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