Dr. Carrie Adelia Sims MD
Surgeon | Surgical Critical Care
3400 Spruce St 2 Dulles Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Carrie Sims is a general surgeon practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Sims specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Sims provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
University of California 1995
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Airway risk in hospitalized trauma patients with cervical injuries requiring halo fixation.
- Intussusception and colonic ischemia in portal hypertension: a case report.
- Complications following thoracic trauma managed with tube thoracostomy.
- Mineralocorticoid deficiency in hemorrhagic shock.
- The influence of unit-based nurse practitioners on hospital outcomes and readmission rates for patients with trauma.
- Altered thyroid function in severely injured patients.
- Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes.
- Exception from informed consent for emergency research: consulting the trauma community.
- Hemorrhagic shock and resuscitation are associated with peripheral blood mononuclear cell mitochondrial dysfunction and immunosuppression.
- Penetrating trauma in urban women: patterns of injury and violence.
- Benchmarking the incidence of organ failure after injury at trauma centers and nontrauma centers in the United States.
- There's no place like home: boarding surgical ICU patients in other ICUs and the effect of distances from the home unit.
- Early initiation of prophylactic heparin in severe traumatic brain injury is associated with accelerated improvement on brain imaging.
- Resveratrol ameliorates mitochondrial dysfunction but increases the risk of hypoglycemia following hemorrhagic shock.
- Essential role of mitochondrial energy metabolism in Foxp3⁺ T-regulatory cell function and allograft survival.
Treatments
- Concussion
- Cellulitis
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