Dr. Marcos Ignacio Restrepo M.D., M.SC.
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
7400 MERTON MINTER BLVD SAN ANTIONIO TX, 78229About
Dr. Marcos Restrepo practices Pulmonology in SAN ANTIONIO, TX. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Restrepo 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.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Antimicrobial treatment of community-acquired pneumonia.
- The effect of prior statin use on 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia.
- Steroid infusion for severe pneumonia: not so fast...
- The impact of prior outpatient ACE inhibitor use on 30-day mortality for patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia.
- Prognosis factors and outcome of community-acquired pneumonia needing mechanical ventilation.
- Community-Acquired Pneumonia Recovery in the Elderly (CAPRIE): efficacy and safety of moxifloxacin therapy versus that of levofloxacin therapy.
- The impact of empiric antimicrobial therapy with a β-lactam and fluoroquinolone on mortality for patients hospitalized with severe pneumonia.
- Reply to Bodi et al.
- Incidence, risk factors, and outcome of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- Impact of guideline-concordant empiric antibiotic therapy in community-acquired pneumonia.
- The role of new therapies for severe community-acquired pneumonia.
- Statins and outcomes in patients with pneumonia: not only healthy user bias.
- Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in hospitalized patients in chile: the increasing prevalence of respiratory viruses among classic pathogens.
- A comparative study of community-acquired pneumonia patients admitted to the ward and the ICU.
- When to switch therapy in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia.
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