David A. Turner, MD

Medical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics

Department:
Pediatrics

Division:
Critical Care Medicine

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3046 Durham, NC 27710

Office Telephone:
919-681-3550

Fax:
919-681-8357

Training:
MD, Baylor College of Medicine (Texas), 2001

Fellowship:
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston (Massachusetts), 2005-2008

Residency:
Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals (Texas), 2001-2005

Clinical Interests:
Pediatric critical care medicine, medical simulation, education

Research Interests:
Education
Medical Simulation
Patient Safety

Publications:
Turner DA, Heitz D, Zurakowski D, Arnold JH. Automated measurement of the lower inflection point in a pediatric lung model. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 Jul;10(4):511-6.

Hornik CP and Turner DA.  Pediatric Ventilator Management Protocols:  Implementation is the Challenge.  ADVANCE for Managers of Respiratory Care.  2009 June; 18(5): 26-28.

Hornik CP and Turner DA.  Critical Appraisal of:  Yung D, Widlitz AC, Rosenzweig EB, et al. Outcomes in Children With Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Circulation 2004 ;110 660-665.  In The PedsCCM Evidence-Based Journal Club, June 30, 2009.  Available from:  http://pedsccm.org/view.php?id=341.  


Turner DA, Arnold JH. Improving our approach to sedation in the pediatric intensive care unit: is it time to inhale? Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2008 Mar;9(2):233-4.

Calhoun AW, Guyatt GH, Cabana MD, Lu D, Turner DA, Valentine S, Randolph AG. Addressing the unit of analysis in medical care studies: a systematic review. Med Care. 2008 Jun;46(6):635-43.

Turner DA.  Children and ARDS:  A Pamphlet for Families, Friends and Patients.  ARDS  Foundation, Northbrook, IL, January 2007.  Online publication at http://www.ardsusa.org/ARDSKidsBrochure.pdf

Turner DA, Arnold JH. Insights in pediatric ventilation: timing of intubation, ventilatory strategies, and weaning. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2007 Feb;13(1):57-63.