Dr. Shawn Merill Varney MD
Emergency Physician | Medical Toxicology
3851 Roger Brooke Dr Department Of Emerge San Antonio TX, 78234About
Dr. Shawn Varney practices Emergency Medicine in Lackland, TX. Dr. Varney assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Varney examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Uniformed Services Univ Of The Hlth Sci- Bethesda Md 1993
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM- Medical Toxicology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Update on public health surveillance in emergency departments.
- Faster intubation with direct laryngoscopy vs handheld videoscope in uncomplicated manikin airways.
- Spice: a new "legal" herbal mixture abused by young active duty military personnel.
- Acute electrocardiographic ST segment elevation may predict hypotension in a swine model of severe cyanide toxicity.
- Complication of spice use in a deployed combat setting-seizure while on duty.
- Acetylcysteine for acetaminophen overdose in patients who weigh >100 kg.
- A case of moderate liver enzyme elevation after acute acetaminophen overdose despite undetectable acetaminophen level and normal initial liver enzymes.
- Opioid-induced hyperalgesia--worsening pain in opioid-dependent patients.
- Gabapentin overdose in a military beneficiary.
- Intravenous lipid emulsion therapy does not improve hypotension compared to sodium bicarbonate for tricyclic antidepressant toxicity: a randomized, controlled pilot study in a swine model.
- "Hard" and "soft" patient cues that influence ED prescribing for potential opioid misusers.
- Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing Practices for Chronic Pain: a 3-Year Analysis.
- Prescription stimulant misuse in a military population.
- Emergency Department Patients Support the Use of Combat Medics in Their Clinical Care.
- Intravenous Lipid Emulsion Therapy for Severe Diphenhydramine Toxicity: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study in a Swine Model.
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