Dr. Preston B Rich MD
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
101 Manning Dr Chapel Hill NC, 27599About
Dr. Preston Rich is a trauma surgeon practicing in Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Rich 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.
Education and Training
Va Commonwealth Univ, Med Coll of Va Sch of Med, Richmond Va 1993
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Mechanical ventilation alters airway nucleotides and purinoceptors in lung and extrapulmonary organs.
- Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator for complicated pleural effusions.
- Multidisciplinary approach to abdominal wall reconstruction after decompressive laparotomy for abdominal compartment syndrome.
- Blood transfusion is an independent predictor of increased mortality in nonoperatively managed blunt hepatic and splenic injuries.
- Measurement of free and bound fractions of extracellular ATP in biological solutions using bioluminescence.
- Superselective catheterization and embolization as first-line therapy for lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
- ATP stimulates MMP-2 release from human aortic smooth muscle cells via JNK signaling pathway.
- Current concepts in evaluating cervical spine injuries.
- A randomized trial of intermittent lorazepam versus propofol with daily interruption in mechanically ventilated patients.
- Nucleotides induce IL-6 release from human airway epithelia via P2Y2 and p38 MAPK-dependent pathways.
- Extracorporeal life support for severe adult respiratory failure.
- Postoperative pulmonary complications.
- Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury alters purinergic receptor expression in clinically relevant extraintestinal organs.
- Nonfocused enhanced CT evaluation of acute appendicitis increases length of stay in the emergency department but does not increase perforation rate.
- Multiplexed analysis of matrix metalloproteinases in leg ulcer tissue of patients with chronic venous insufficiency before and after compression therapy.
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