Physician

General Surgery

Rita Kwan works in the field of General Surgery. She graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. She has 1 awards "Fellow (FACS)". Rita O. Kwan, MD is a published doctor. She published 15 publications, including: 'Bedside thoracic ultrasonography of the fourth intercostal space reliably determines safe removal of tube thoracostomy after traumatic injury.'

Publications

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• Bedside thoracic ultrasonography of the fourth intercostal space reliably determines safe removal of tube thoracostomy after traumatic injury.
• The heart of the matter: Utility of ultrasound of cardiac activity during traumatic arrest.
• Sonographic Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter as an Estimate of Intracranial Pressure in Adult Trauma.
• Endothelin-1 attenuates increases in hydraulic conductivity due to platelet-activating factor via prostacyclin release.
• Gender differences among recidivist trauma patients.
• Endothelin 1 and prostacyclin attenuate increases in hydraulic permeability caused by platelet-activating factor in rats.
• Ghrelin decreases microVascular leak during inflammation.
• A different view of lactate in trauma patients: protecting the injured brain.
• Insurance coverage is associated with mortality after gunshot trauma.
• Expedited treatment of lower extremity gunshot wounds.
• Glucagon-like peptide-1 protects mesenteric endothelium from injury during inflammation.
• Despite the increasing use of nonoperative management of firearm trauma, shotgun injuries still require aggressive operative management.
• Single-contrast computed tomography for the triage of patients with penetrating torso trauma.
• Women rule.

Schools

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• Washington Center School of Medicine

Procedures Preformed

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• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Biopsy of Breast
• Colectomy
• Destruction of Anal Tumor
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Conditions Treated

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• Abdominal Pain
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Appendicitis
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Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)

Education

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• UCSF
• Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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