Assistant Professor, Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Internal Medicine
Dr. Ethan M. Balk, MD
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Ethan Balk is an expert in the field of Internal Medicine. He studied medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. Tufts University School of Medicine is ranked 49 in research and 52 in primary care medicine Ethan M. Balk, MD is a published doctor. He has 85 papers published. The most current publication "Procedural instruction in invasive bedside procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of effective teaching approaches."
Publications
- Efficacy, safety, and patient acceptability of Technosphere inhaled insulin for people with diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Procedural instruction in invasive bedside procedures: a systematic review and meta-analysis of effective teaching approaches.
- Mesh sacrocolpopexy compared with native tissue vaginal repair: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Vaginal estrogen for genitourinary syndrome of menopause: a systematic review.
- Vaginal estrogen use in postmenopausal women with pelvic floor disorders: systematic review and practice guidelines.
- Adverse events following implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation: a systematic review.
- Sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence in women: a systematic review and metaanalysis.
- High priority future research needs for obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment.
- Efficacy and safety of combined vs. single renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockade in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis.
- Nonsurgical Management of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: A Systematic Review.
- Postoperative management and restrictions for female pelvic surgery: a systematic review.
- Dose of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents and adverse outcomes in CKD: a metaregression analysis.
- Cinacalcet for the treatment of hyperparathyroidism in kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Lipid-lowering therapy in persons with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Systematic Review of Robotic Surgery in Gynecology: Robotic Techniques Compared With Laparoscopy and Laparotomy.
- Correlation of quality measures with estimates of treatment effect in meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials.
- Effects of statins on nonlipid serum markers associated with cardiovascular disease: a systematic review.
- Short stature and functional impairment: a systematic review.
- Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on coronary restenosis, intima-media thickness, and exercise tolerance: a systematic review.
- Reading and critically appraising systematic reviews and meta-analyses: a short primer with a focus on hepatology.
- Clinical practice guidelines in nephrology--for worse or for better.
- Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on serum markers of cardiovascular disease risk: a systematic review.
- Gender differences in plasma lipid response to dietary fat.
- n-3 Fatty acids from fish or fish-oil supplements, but not alpha-linolenic acid, benefit cardiovascular disease outcomes in primary- and secondary-prevention studies: ...
- A systematic review of the effect of the Excebrane dialyser on biomarkers of lipid peroxidation.
- Vitamin B6, B12, and folic acid supplementation and cognitive function: a systematic review of randomized trials.
- Effect of chromium supplementation on glucose metabolism and lipids: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
- A collaborative effort to apply the evidence-based review process to the field of nutrition: challenges, benefits, and lessons learned.
- Heterogeneity and lack of good quality studies limit association between folate, vitamins B-6 and B-12, and cognitive function.
- Insulin therapy and acute kidney injury in critically ill patients a systematic review.
- Meta-analysis: the effect of dietary counseling for weight loss.
- KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the care of kidney transplant recipients: a summary.
- Pneumothorax following thoracentesis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Systematic review: Vitamin D and cardiometabolic outcomes.
- Predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence after radiofrequency catheter ablation: a systematic review.
- Systematic review to support the development of nutrient reference intake values: challenges and solutions.
- Vitamin D and calcium: a systematic review of health outcomes.
- Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery and acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Systematic review highlights difficulty interpreting diverse clinical outcomes in abnormal uterine bleeding trials.
- The vulnerable atherosclerotic plaque: scope of the literature.
- Incidence and management of graft erosion, wound granulation, and dyspareunia following vaginal prolapse repair with graft materials: a systematic review.
- The need for an Intersociety Consensus Guideline for venous ulcer.
- Short-term efficacy and safety of vasopressin receptor antagonists for treatment of hyponatremia.
- Therapeutic hypothermia and prevention of acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in gynecologic surgery: a systematic review.
- A systematic review comparing hysterectomy with less-invasive treatments for abnormal uterine bleeding.
- Molecular adsorbent recirculating system as artificial support therapy for liver failure: a meta-analysis.
- Effect of intensive insulin therapy and pentastarch resuscitation on acute kidney injury in severe sepsis.
- Timing of renal replacement therapy initiation in acute renal failure: a meta-analysis.
- Grading evidence-based guidelines--what are the issues?
- KDOQI US commentary on the KDIGO clinical practice guideline for the prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of hepatitis C in CKD.
- Graft use in transvaginal pelvic organ prolapse repair: a systematic review.
- Comparability of methods for LDL subfraction determination: A systematic review.
- Opportunities and challenges in conducting systematic reviews to support the development of nutrient reference values: vitamin A as an example.
- Impact of axillary lymph node dissection on breast cancer outcome in clinically node negative patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Systematic review: reliability of compendia methods for off-label oncology indications.
- Reporting of systematic reviews of micronutrients and health: a critical appraisal.
- Systematic review: association of low-density lipoprotein subfractions with cardiovascular outcomes.
- Systematic review: comparative effectiveness of radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.
- Evidence report on the treatment of pain in cancer patients.
- Effects of statins on vascular structure and function: a systematic review.
- Reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament: meta-analysis of patellar tendon versus hamstring tendon autograft.
- B vitamins and berries and age-related neurodegenerative disorders.
- Omega-3 fatty acids and cardiac arrhythmias: prior studies and recommendations for future research: a report from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Off...
- Usual care in the management of chronic wounds: a review of the recent literature.
- Predicting the risk of local recurrence in patients with breast cancer: an approach to a new computer-based predictive tool.
- Effectiveness of management strategies for renal artery stenosis: a systematic review.
- The clinically inapparent adrenal mass: update in diagnosis and management.
- National Kidney Foundation''s Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease in children and adolescents: evaluatio...
- National Kidney Foundation practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification.
- Diagnosing acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: a systematic review of the accuracy and clinical effect of current technologies.
- Accuracy of biomarkers to diagnose acute cardiac ischemia in the emergency department: a meta-analysis.
- Subgroup analyses in randomized controlled trials: the need for risk stratification in kidney transplantation.
- Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on cardiovascular risk factors and intermediate markers of cardiovascular disease.
- Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on cardiovascular disease.
- Effects of omega-3 fatty acids on arrhythmogenic mechanisms in animal and isolated organ/cell culture studies.
- Management of clinically inapparent adrenal mass.
- Criteria for determining disability in infants and children: short stature.
- Management of cancer pain.
- PET scans and technology assessment: déjà vu?
- Strategies for diagnosing and treating suspected acute bacterial sinusitis: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Diagnosis and treatment of acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.
- Evaluation of technologies for identifying acute cardiac ischemia in emergency departments.
- Update on acute bacterial rhinosinusitis.
Schools
Tufts University
St Elizabeth39s Hospital
Doctors Specialties
- Internal Medicine
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Education
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St Elizabeth's Medical Center -
Tufts University School of Medicine
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