Dr. Richard E Westfal M.D.
Internist
173 East Ave New Canaan CT, 06840Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Richard Westfal is an internist practicing in New Canaan, CT. Dr. Westfal specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Westfal provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Tulane University School of Medicine 1974
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Rapid improvement of peak flow in asthmatic patients treated with parenteral methylprednisolone in the emergency department: A randomized controlled study.
- Emergency department characteristics of male sexual assault.
- Corticosteroid therapy in acute asthma.
- Histamine and tryptase levels in patients with acute allergic reactions: An emergency department-based study.
- Improved outcomes in patients with acute allergic syndromes who are treated with combined H1 and H2 antagonists.
- The normal difference in bilateral indirect blood pressure recordings in normotensive individuals.
- Interleukin 6 and C-reactive protein levels in patients with acute allergic reactions: an emergency department-based study.
- The normal difference in bilateral indirect blood pressure recordings in hypertensive individuals.
- Cardiovascular responses in patients with acute allergic reactions treated with
- Physostigmine for gamma-hydroxybutyrate coma: inefficacy, adverse events, and review.
- Case report: vertebral osteomyelitis/discitis as a complication of Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia.
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrests: an 8-year New York City experience.
- Early parenteral corticosteroid administration in acute asthma.
- Superiority of ipratropium plus albuterol over albuterol alone in the emergency department management of adult asthma: a randomized clinical trial.
- New-onset generalized seizures in patients with AIDS presenting to an emergency department.
Treatments
- Sinusitis
- High Cholesterol
- Pinched Nerve
- Allergic Reaction
- Tonsillitis
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (adhd)
- Vascular Disease
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