Manuel De Castro | Medical Services
Languages
- English
Manuel De Castro | Education
Undergraduate School
University of the Philippines
1987, Manila, Phillipines
Medical School
Far Eastern University Medical Foundation
1992, Manila, Philippines
Residency
Elmhurst Medical Center
1999, Elmhurst, IL
Fellowship
New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center
2002, Valhalla, NY
Manuel De Castro | Professional History
Dr. Manuel DeCastro is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College and Nursery Site Director at the Orange Regional Medical Center.
His clinical interest is comparing the postnatal use of betamethasone and dexamethasone in extremely low birth weight infants with evolving bronchopulmonary disease.
Previous data has shown that the use of postnatal BETA showed a reduction in FiO2 requirement comparable to DEXA in the 14d following initiation of treatment with less magnitude of metabolic side effects on serum glucose and daily weight change. There was no incidence of PVL in the BETA treated group. BETA has a slower rise in its peak blood levels, is a 50:50 acetate/phosphate mixture, crosses the blood-brain-barrier more slowly in animals and was used at a lower dose for a shorter duration than DEXA. These data suggest that short course BETA may be a more suitable therapy for evolving BPD.