Mark Sprenkle, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, U of M
Pulmonary and Critical Care Staff Physician, HCMC
Director of Pulmonary Research, HCMC

Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care
Contact:  spren005@umn.edu

Clinical Interests

• Critical Care Medicine

• Respiratory Failure

• Pulmonary Medicine Including Asthma

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Chronic Pulmonary Infections

• Interstitial Lung Disease

Research Interests

• Quality of Life and Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease
  Outcomes Research in Critical Care Medicine

Sprenkle MD, Niewoehner DE, Nelson DB, Nichol KL.  The Veterans' Short Form 36 questionnaire is predictive of mortality and health-care utilization in a population of veterans with a self-reported diagnosis of asthma or COPD.  Chest 2004; 126(1):81-9.

 Weinert CR, Sprenkle M. Post-ICU consequences of patient wakefulness and sedative exposure during mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med   2008; 34(1):82-90.

Last updated 4-15-2008