Associate Professor, Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine
General Surgery
Dr. Sherry M. Melton, MD
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Sherry M. Melton works in the field of General Surgery. She studied medicine at University of Virginia School of Medicine. She received 2 awards: "Regional Top Doctor" and "Fellow (FACS)". Doctor Sherry M. Melton, MD is also published. She has 37 publications published. The lastest publication: "Prognostic value of blood lactate, base deficit, and oxygen-derived variables in an LD50 model of penetrating trauma.' Sherry M. Melton, MD is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Intubation Patterns and Outcomes in Patients With Computed Tomography-Verified Traumatic Brain Injury.
- The Relationship Between INR and Development of Hemorrhage With Placement of Ventriculostomy.
- Risk factors for conversion to permanent ventricular shunt in patients receiving therapeutic ventriculostomy for traumatic brain injury.
- Duration of red cell storage influences mortality after trauma.
- Prospective implementation of an algorithm for bedside intravascular ultrasound-guided filter placement in critically ill patients.
- Computed tomography identification of latent pseudoaneurysm after blunt splenic injury: pathology or technology?
- Management of colon wounds in the setting of damage control laparotomy: a cautionary tale.
- The relationship of blood product ratio to mortality: survival benefit or survival bias?
- Closing the open abdomen: improved success with Wittmann Patch staged abdominal closure.
- Use of a fascial prosthesis for management of abdominal compartment syndrome secondary to obstetric hemorrhage.
- The evolution of chest computed tomography for the definitive diagnosis of blunt aortic injury: a single-center experience.
- Specific occupant and collision characteristics are associated with motor vehicle collision-related blunt cerebrovascular artery injury.
- Common bile duct transection in blunt abdominal trauma: case report emphasizing mechanism of injury and therapeutic management.
- Motor vehicle crash-related mortality is associated with prehospital and hospital-based resource availability.
- Age-related gender differential in outcome after blunt or penetrating trauma.
- Diagnostic ultrasound at MACH 20: retroperitoneal and pelvic imaging in space.
- Utility of Gram's stain and efficacy of quantitative cultures for posttraumatic pneumonia: a prospective study.
- Acadesine during fluid resuscitation from shock and abdominal sepsis.
- Prognostic value of blood lactate, base deficit, and oxygen-derived variables in an LD50 model of penetrating trauma.
- Early versus delayed feeding with an immune-enhancing diet in patients with severe head injuries.
- Care of the geriatric trauma patient.
- Cardiopulmonary function after pulmonary contusion and partial liquid ventilation.
- Popliteal artery trauma. Systemic anticoagulation and intraoperative thrombolysis improves limb salvage.
- Trauma-specific intensive care units can be cost effective and contribute to reduced hospital length of stay.
- Vacuum-assisted complex wound closure with elastic vessel loop augmentation: a novel technique.
- Determinants of myocardial performance after blunt chest trauma.
- Prospective study of blunt aortic injury: helical CT is diagnostic and antihypertensive therapy reduces rupture.
- Mediator-dependent secondary injury after unilateral blunt thoracic trauma.
- Prognostic factors in patients with inferior vena cava injuries.
- Partial liquid ventilation decreases the inflammatory response in the alveolar environment of trauma patients.
- Recurrent trauma in elderly patients.
- Reduction of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections by limitation of broad-spectrum cephalosporin use in a trauma and burn intensive care unit.
- Impact of stomach and colon injuries on intra-abdominal abscess and the synergistic effect of hemorrhage and associated injury.
- Endovascular repair of a traumatic infrarenal aortic transection: a case report and review.
- Long-term survival in the elderly after trauma.
- Progesterone in traumatic brain injury: time to move on to phase III trials.
Schools
Virginia Commonwealth University School Of Medicine
Uab
Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Regional Top Doctor
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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University of Tennessee -
West Virginia University -
University of Virginia -
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Hospital
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University of Alabama Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1609806090 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | MELTON | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | SHERRY | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 35233 | |
| NPPES Provider State | AL | |
| Specialty Description | General Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 312.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 3.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 167.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 53.53 |
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| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1609806090 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | MELTON |
| First Name Of The Provider | SHERRY |
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