Dr. Elaine M. Hylek M.D.
Internist
725 Albany St Shapiro 5, Suite B Boston MA, 02118Rating
1/5
About
Dr. Elaine Hylek is an internist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Hylek specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Hylek provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1988
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1988
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Prospective study of the outcomes of ambulatory patients with excessive warfarin anticoagulation.
- Warfarin-associated hemorrhage and cerebral amyloid angiopathy: a genetic and pathologic study.
- Oral anticoagulants. Pharmacologic issues for use in the elderly.
- Clinical predictors of prolonged delay in return of the international normalized ratio to within the therapeutic range after excessive anticoagulation with warfarin.
- Leukoaraiosis is associated with warfarin-related hemorrhage following ischemic stroke.
- How the doctor got gagged.
- Trends in anticoagulation management across community-based practices in the United States: the Anticoagulation Consortium to Improve Outcomes Nationally (ACTION) study.
- Complications of oral anticoagulant therapy: bleeding and nonbleeding, rates and
- Paracetamol (acetaminophen) and warfarin interaction: unraveling the pivotal role of the vitamin K cycle.
- Warfarin maintenance dosing patterns in clinical practice: implications for safer anticoagulation in the elderly population.
- Antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation.
- Grading strength of recommendations and quality of evidence in clinical guidelines: report from an american college of chest physicians task force.
- The risk of hemorrhage among patients with warfarin-associated coagulopathy.
- Translating the results of randomized trials into clinical practice: the challenge of warfarin candidacy among hospitalized elderly patients with atrial fibrillation.
- The "gender gap" in authorship of academic medical literature--a 35-year perspective.
Awards
- Best Doctors 2007, 2007, 2007
Treatments
- General Care
- Heart Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (dvt)
- Pain
- Rash
- Phlebitis
- Vascular Disease
- Permanent Removal Of Ingrown Toenails
Fellowships
- Mass General Hospital, Fellow:General Medicine 1991
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