Dr. Michaela A West MD, PHD
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
680 N Lake Shore Dr Suite 1000 Chicago IL, 60611About
Dr. Michaela West is a trauma surgeon practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. West specializes in both operative and non-operative management to treat life threatening, traumatic injuries. Some commonly operated areas include the stomach, colon, spleen and pancreas and trauma surgeons also work with other surgeons to stabilize patients in critical condition. Typically, trauma surgeons work in the emergency care area of a hospital.
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SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Endotoxin tolerance: a review.
- Evidence for a CD14- and serum-independent pathway in the induction of endotoxin-tolerance in human monocytes and THP-1 monocytic cells.
- Society profiles. Interview by Vicki Glaser.
- Relative hyperoxia augments lipopolysaccharide-stimulated cytokine secretion by murine macrophages.
- Lower levels of whole blood LPS-stimulated cytokine release are associated with poorer clinical outcomes in surgical ICU patients.
- Knowledge and truth: answers or questions?
- Trauma clip-art: early experience with an improved radiopaque marker system for
- Intestinal obstruction from furniture cushion foam bezoar.
- Percutaneous endovascular repair of blunt thoracic aortic transection.
- Evaluation of the abdomen in the critically ill patient: opening the black box.
- Whole blood leukocyte mitogen activated protein kinases activation differentiates intensive care unit patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis.
- Abdominal compartment syndrome: a concise clinical review.
- Even ephemeral endotoxin exposure establishes endotoxin tolerance.
- Endotoxin tolerance in sepsis: concentration-dependent augmentation or inhibition of LPS-stimulated macrophage TNF secretion by LPS pretreatment.
- Western trauma association critical decisions in trauma: foreword.
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