Dr. Clay Cothren Burlew MD
Surgeon
777 Bannock Street Denver Health & Hosp Denver CO, 80204About
Dr. Clay Burlew is a general surgeon practicing in Denver, CO. Dr. Burlew specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Burlew provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School 1997
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Patterns of early and late ventilator-associated pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a trauma population.
- Progressive postinjury thrombocytosis is associated with thromboembolic complications.
- Primary fibrinolysis is integral in the pathogenesis of the acute coagulopathy of trauma.
- Surgeons provide definitive care to patients with gallstone pancreatitis.
- Validating the Western Trauma Association algorithm for managing patients with anterior abdominal stab wounds: a Western Trauma Association multicenter trial.
- Acute kidney injury and posttrauma multiple organ failure: the canary in the coal mine.
- BioGlue hemostasis of penetrating cardiac wounds in proximity to the left anterior descending coronary artery.
- Sexual dimorphism in hematocrit response following red blood cell transfusion of critically ill surgical patients.
- Effect of damage control surgery on major abdominal vascular trauma.
- The open abdomen: practical implications for the practicing surgeon.
- The u and the sushi roll: a conceptual aid for lichtenstein hernia repair.
- Revisiting early postinjury mortality: are they bleeding because they are dying or dying because they are bleeding?
- Percutaneous tracheostomy program: other options exist.
- 2013 WSES guidelines for management of intra-abdominal infections.
- The impact of a standardized "spine damage-control" protocol for unstable thoracic and lumbar spine fractures in severely injured patients: a prospective cohort study.
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