Dr. Sue Ferranti
Primary Care, Internal Medicine
Cranston, RI
31 years experience female
Locations
Eleanor Slater Hospital
Cranston, RI
About
Bio
I am an internist as well as a lung specialist and I primarily take care of patients on the chronic ventilator unit at the state hospital of RI. Patients can be cared for on the vent unit for months to many years. It is very challenging yet rewarding work. I am also the medical director of respiratory therapy services at the state hospital in RI and the assistant medical director.
SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Critical Care
Pulmonology
Licenses
United States: California, New York, Rhode Island, Texas
Languages spoken
English
Doctor Q&A
4.4K Answers
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Sometimes...: People with pe can be asymptomatic. If the heart rate is affected, it usually goes up causing s rapid heart rate. If a person thinks they have a pe, t... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Yes...: Warfarin is necessary in the treatment of pulmonary embolism or pe. The initial clot will allow more clot to form until the initial clot is destroyed ... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Yes...: Pulmonary fibrosis does cause lung scarring. This can be minimized with treatment including treatment aimed at the underlying cause, if possible.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Yes...: Pulmonary fibrosis refers to scarring of the lungs and it can be caused by many different disorders, some of which affect older patients.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Varies....: There are many factors that determine this so it is difficult to say. The sooner you stop smoking, the less likely you are to develop sequelae like CO... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
In a way....: Both asthma and eczema have an allergic etiology. So, an allergic person could have both eczema and asthma.
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A 52-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Varies...: COPD is a slowly progressive disease but many factors determine the rate of progression. If you continue to smoke, for example, it will progress faste... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Inhalers...: If you have exercise-induced asthma, your doctor will likely prescribe an inhaler for you to use prior to running and as needed once you stop running.... Read More
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A 53-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Nebuluzer...: A home nebuluzer is useful when an asthmatic cannot coordinate enough to effectively use an inhaler, even with a spacer. Most people can be taught to ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Perhaps...: If you have COPD and on oxygen, you should not be smoking at all! if you want to exercise, talk to your doctor about pulmonary rehab where you exercis... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Depends...: If you are allergic to cats you should avoid them since this can lead to bronchospasm and airway inflammation, causing a worsening of your symptoms. I... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Depends...: Oxygen is only prescribed when the oxygen level in the body is low and only in the lowest amount needed to maintain the oxygen level at an acceptable ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Maybe...: There are many entities that cause one to be short of breath when lying flat. Asthma is one but others include diaphragm dysfunction, congestive heart... Read More
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A 27-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Allergy: Both eczema and asthma have allergy as possible etiology. They are "linked" by this common etiology.
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A 25-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
In a way....: Coughing can lead to inflammation of your airways just like in bronchitis. However, there is no infection present in this case. Treatment is aimed at ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Mold?: Could be mold! your best bet is to have a professional evaluate your home where the pipe burst. In the correct environment, mold can grow rather quick... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Education...: The more you know about your asthma, including your triggers and what to do during an acute exacerbation, the more in control of it you will be. Once ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Definition...: Bronchial asthma, or asthma, is a disease characterized by recurrent episodes of bronchospasm and airway inflammation. It requires a doctor evaluation... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Infection..,: Toxic granulation in the white blood cells usually means that there is some kind of infection present. Would need further testing to see the type of i... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Sometimes....: A tracheostomy can be done in the setting of COPD if the patient is on a mechanical ventilator and has trouble weaning off. A trach tube can allow thi... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Yes....: Both these symptoms could be due to asthma but there are many other possibilities as well. An evaluation by a physician would be needed to be certain ... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Depends...: There are 2 types of bronchitis: acute and chronic. Common early signs of acute bronchitis include productive cough, fever, body aches. Common early s... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Etiology...: Both allergies and asthma can have the same etiology. That is, both allergy symptoms and asthma symptoms can be caused by the same allergic triggers i... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Difference...: Asthma is recurrent episodes of airway inflammation and bronchospasm. Allergy is an abnormal reaction to what are usually innocuous triggers. Asthma e... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Lung failure...: Respiratory failure can occur due to a variety of problems, COPD being just one cause. Respiratory failure occurs when the patient cannot ventilate pr... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Not typically...: Myocardial infarction occurs when there is decreased blood flow to a portion of the heart muscle. Asthma can lead to decreased oxygen in the blood but... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Doctor Eval..: Asthma is recurrent bronchospasm and airway inflammation and it can be caused by allergies. Allergic symptoms can include bronchospasm. So, in order t... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Sepsis...: Sepsis is caused by an infection so antibiotics are the main treatment. Cultures are done to determine the cause of the infection and to tell what ant... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Yes...: Chronic bronchitis is a form of copd, typically caused by smoking. It is a slowly progressive, incurable disease so , once diagnosed, it is permanent.... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Can be...: COPD is a slowly progressive disease and, over many years, the damage in the lungs increases and eventually can be life-threatening. The progression c... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Acute...: Asthma is a disease characterized by acute episodes of bronchospasm and airway inflammation. Most asthmatics experience shortness of breath, coughing,... Read More
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A 52-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Not necessarily...: Although both asthma and eczema have an allergic etiology, you could have one and not the other. So, having eczema does not automatically mean you wil... Read More
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A 26-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Depends...: This depends on how many packs a day you smoke as well as number of years smoked. The best thing you can do to avoid this disease is to quit smoking!
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
NO!!!: An episode of acute bronchitis is the perfect opportunity to stay off cigarettes forever! smoking increases your risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Depends...: It would depend on your allergic triggers. You would need to find a job where you are not exposed to your particular triggers. Ask your doctor for spe... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Depends...: Asthmatics need to know what the potential triggers of their asthma are so that these triggers can be avoided as much as possible. Finding a job where... Read More
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A 50-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Not really...: Asthma is a disease characterized by recurrent episodes of bronchospasm and airway inflammation and is not contagious. However, upper respiratory infe... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Yes....: The longer and the more you smoke, the more at risk for malignancy you are. The fact that you quit smoking will lower your risk but you are still at r... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
In a way...: COPD means that there is chronic obstruction, whereas in asthma the obstruction is reversible. In copd, there may be a reversible component to the chr... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Inflammation...: A persistent cough will maintain some inflammation in the airways which can cause bronchospasm and continued cough. This is the reason for a cough to ... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
No...: Empysema, a form of COPD typically due to smoking, is not curable. It is a slowly progressive disease. The best way to prevent this is to avoid smokin... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Quite a few...: Diabetic ketoacidosis occurs when a type 1 diabetic has an elevated blood sugar and not enough insulin. The body produces ketones and acid builds up i... Read More
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A 18-year-old member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Possibly...: Tuberculosis can cause swollen lymph nodes. Other symptoms include fevers, night sweats, weight loss, cough with sputum production, etc. If you think ... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Yes: A person can develop asthma for the first time at any age. So, if you develop wheezing, cough, shortness of breath, see a doctor for evaluation and tr... Read More
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A member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Common...: Asthma is actually quite common so lots of people have asthma.
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A member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Pulmonologist...: A bronchoscopy is performed by a lung doctor so a patient needs an evaluation by a lung doctor to see if this test is necessary and then the lung doct... Read More
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A member asked:
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Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Routine stuff...: You need to bring your medical insurance cards, your medication list, emergency contact information and some will ask for a photo id if you have one. ... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Bronchospasm : Your symptoms may be due to bronchospasm and there are effective treatments. You also need to find out the etiology for the bronchospasm so see your d... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
Not necessarily...: Asthma is not considered a genetic disorder but if you are exposed to the same environmental triggers and have a predisposition for asthma, you may in... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
Dr. Sue Ferrantianswered
Internal Medicine 31 years experience
No....: Asthma is a disease characterized by recurrent episodes of bronchospasm and airway inflammation. However, between episodes, most patients are complete... Read More
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Jun 3, 2015
Great doctor! Wise and compassionate andwers, highly knowledgeble. I certainly recomment Dr. Ferranti!
Dec 24, 2014
Excellent Critical Care doc with wide spectrum of training and knowledge base. Recommend!
Feb 1, 2014
All I can say is Wow. Very impressive. Very impressive indeed. Great job Dr. Ferranti.
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Thank you Dr. Ferranti. I had a CT scan this past Sat but no results. Text of x-ray result reads: PROMINENCE OF INTERSTITIAL MARKINGS BILATERALLY. MAY BE ON THE BASIS OF CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL CHANGES....Read More
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Thankyou, this is helpful. I am hoping to see my local GP (family doctor) shortly and your reply will help me to put his suggestions into the perspective of what the ideal treatment options could be. ...Read More
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Mom had a pneumonia diagnosis. What alarmed me was that she has reported feeling like she has no strength for weeks (months?) prior to her hospitalization. They have one more pulmonary test to run (6 ...Read More
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
UMDNJ-SOM
Graduated 1992MD
Residency
KENNEDY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - STRATFORD DIV
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Eleanor Slater Hospital
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