Heidi Flori , MD
Oakland Magazine Best
East Bay Doctors 2007
(nat'l survey)
Associate Physician, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Director, Pediatric Critical Care Clinical Research Program (PICU)
Clinical Scientist, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)
Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Residency: University of California san Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Fellowship: Pediatric Critical Care, University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Board Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Critical Care
Language(s): English, German, some Spanish
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Summary
Heidi Flori, MD, is an expert in pediatric critical care. She can discuss issues related to the care of critically ill children, including respiratory, cardiac or multiple organ system failure; common infections; and care for pediatric trauma victims. Her patients range in age from infancy to young adults. They may have a variety of serious medical and surgical injuries and/or illnesses, including head trauma, various organ system failures (heart, lung, liver, kidney), poisonings or overwhelming infection/sepsis. Dr. Flori also conducts clinical research in pediatric acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome, community and acquired pneumonia, sepsis (overwhelming blood stream infection), and diabetic ketoacidosis (see description below).
Compelling Fact
Unintentional injury is the leading cause of death for children in the United States under age 15. The most common injuries are caused by motor vehicle accidents, poisoning, suffocation and/or drowning.
*Source: 2004 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), National Vital Statistics System (please be advised the link below takes a while to load)
ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/ncipc/10LC-2003/PDF/10lc-unintentional.pdf
Expertise
- Altered mental states
- Kidney failure
- Metabolic disturbances
- Near-drowning
- Non-accidental trauma
- Traumatic injuries, including motor vehicle accidents and falls
- Clinical research in critically ill children
- Poisonings
- Poor hear function
- Respiratory compromise
- Seizures
- Severe infections
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is high blood sugar, and accumulation of organic acids and ketones in the blood caused by inadequate insulin levels. DKA also commonly leads to severe dehydration and significant alteration of the body's blood chemistry. DKA is usually seen in people with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. These patients are usually younger than 25, but the condition may occur in diabetics of any age. Males and females are equally affected.
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