Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Wesley Self works in the field of Emergency Medicine. He studied medicine at University of Virginia School of Medicine. Wesley H. Self, MD has written publications. He has 28 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Plasma bioactive adrenomedullin as a prognostic biomarker in acute heart failure.' Wesley H. Self accepts Medicare.

Publications

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• Respiratory Viral Detection in Children and Adults: Comparing Asymptomatic Controls and Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
• In-Hospital Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccination Is Associated With Detection of Pneumococcal Vaccine Serotypes in Adults Hospitalized for Community-Acquired Pneumo...
• Plasma bioactive adrenomedullin as a prognostic biomarker in acute heart failure.
• Risk-benefit analysis of lumbar puncture to evaluate for nontraumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage in adult ED patients.
• Incidence of Emergency Department Visits for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Recent Six-Year Period in the United States.
• Cost analysis of strategies to reduce blood culture contamination in the emergency department: sterile collection kits and phlebotomy teams.
• The burden of acute heart failure on u.s. Emergency departments.
• Usefulness of a Low CHADS2 or CHA2DS2-VASc Score to Predict Normal Diagnostic Testing in Emergency Department Patients With an Acute Exacerbation of Previously Diagnos...
• Traumatic eye injuries: management principles for the prehospital setting.
• Predictors of regional variations in hospitalizations following emergency department visits for atrial fibrillation.
• The high burden of pneumonia on US emergency departments during the 2009 influenza pandemic.
• High-Risk Patients with Hypertension: Clinical Management Options.
• Warming intravenous fluids for improved patient comfort in the emergency department: a pilot crossover randomized controlled trial.
• Diabetes in the Emergency Department and Hospital: Acute Care of Diabetes Patients.
• Evaluating the HATCH score for predicting progression to sustained atrial fibrillation in ED patients with new atrial fibrillation.
• High discordance of chest x-ray and computed tomography for detection of pulmonary opacities in ED patients: implications for diagnosing pneumonia.
• Reducing blood culture contamination in the emergency department: an interrupted time series quality improvement study.
• Reducing the blood culture contamination rate in a pediatric emergency department and subsequent cost savings.
• Diagnostic performance of the BinaxNow Influenza A&B rapid antigen test in ED patients.
• Blood Culture Collection through Peripheral Intravenous Catheters Increases the Risk of Specimen Contamination among Adult Emergency Department Patients.
• Annals of Emergency Medicine journal club. Novel biomarkers: help or hindrance to patient care in the emergency department?: answers to the July 2010 journal club ques...
• Novel biomarkers: help or hindrance to patient care in the emergency department?
• Acute HIV infection: diagnosis and management in the emergency department.
• Patellar dislocation reduction.
• Dynamic emergency medicine. Arthrocentesis.
• Derivation of a triage algorithm for chest radiography of community-acquired pneumonia patients in the emergency department.
• Body surface mapping in the ED evaluation of the patient with chest pain: use of the 80-lead electrocardiogram system.

Schools

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• University of Virginia Main Campus

Doctors Specialties

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• Emergency Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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• Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
• Blue Card PPO
• Cigna HMO
• LocalPlus
• Coventry Health Care
• GEHA
• Humana
• Medicare MCR
• PHCS Network PPO
• POMCO Group
• Tricare
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• United Healthcare
• WellCare

Education

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• McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University
• University of Virginia School of Medicine

Drug Facts

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NPI NUMBER		1619160884
NPPES Provider LastName		SELF
NPPES Provider FirstName		WESLEY
NPPES Provider ZIPCode		372324700
NPPES Provider State		TN
Specialty Description		Emergency Medicine
Total Claim Count		18.0
Distinct Opioid Count		0.0
Opioid Claim Count		0.0
Percent Opioid Claims		0.0

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1619160884
Last Name Of The Provider	SELF
First Name Of The Provider	WESLEY
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