Peter Kussin
Professor of Medicine
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
Appointment:
Peter Kussin
Professor of Medicine
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute
Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care
The majority of Peter Kussin's effort is devoted to clinical care of patients with advanced lung disease and teaching.
He spends four months a year in Eldoret, Kenya, working at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital as part of The Duke Hubert Yeargan Institute for Global Health and AMPATH--a consortium of North American Medical Schools collaborating with Moi University School of Medicine and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. He works primarily in the intensive care unit and medicine wards. Kussin is involved in broad range of research efforts in critical care and pulmonary medicine in resource-limited countries.
Publications
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Navuluri N, Kussin PS, Egger JR, Birgen E, Kitur S, Thielman NM, et al. Tuberculosis Is Associated with Chronic Hypoxemia among Kenyan Adults (CHAKA): A Case-Control Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2024 Aug;21(8):1176–85.Sirera B, Naanyu V, Kussin P, Lagat D. Impact of patient-centered communication on patient satisfaction scores in patients with chronic life-limiting illnesses: an experience from Kenya. Frontiers in Medicine. 2024 Jan 1;11.Navuluri N, Lagat DK, Birgen E, Kitur S, Kussin PS, Murdoch DM, et al. Prevalence and phenotypic trajectories of hypoxaemia among hospitalised adults in Kenya: a single-centre, prospective cohort study. BMJ Open. 2023 Sep 18;13(9):e072111.Navuluri N, Solomon HS, Hargett CW, Kussin PS. Distressed Work: Chronic Imperatives and Distress in Covid-19 Critical Care. Hastings Cent Rep. 2023 Jan;53(1):33–45.
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