Thomas J Nuckton

Summary

Affiliation: California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Physical examination: Mallampati score as an independent predictor of obstructive sleep apnea
    Thomas J Nuckton
    The California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco 94115 1821, USA
    Sleep 29:903-8. 2006
  2. ncbi Pulmonary dead-space fraction as a risk factor for death in the acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Thomas J Nuckton
    Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0130, USA
    N Engl J Med 346:1281-6. 2002
  3. ncbi Hypothermia from prolonged immersion: biophysical parameters of a survivor
    Thomas J Nuckton
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    J Emerg Med 22:371-4. 2002

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Physical examination: Mallampati score as an independent predictor of obstructive sleep apnea
    Thomas J Nuckton
    The California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco 94115 1821, USA
    Sleep 29:903-8. 2006
    ..Mallampati scoring of the orophyarynx is a simple noninvasive method used to assess the difficulty of endotracheal intubation, but its clinical usefulness has not been validated in patients with sleep-disordered breathing...
  2. ncbi Pulmonary dead-space fraction as a risk factor for death in the acute respiratory distress syndrome
    Thomas J Nuckton
    Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0130, USA
    N Engl J Med 346:1281-6. 2002
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  3. ncbi Hypothermia from prolonged immersion: biophysical parameters of a survivor
    Thomas J Nuckton
    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
    J Emerg Med 22:371-4. 2002
    ..0282 m(2)/L). We believe that the patient's large body habitus contributed to survival and that surface/volume ratio was likely the biophysical variable most closely associated with decreased cooling...