Dr. Shelley Ruth Salpeter MD
Hospice and Palliative Care Specialist | Hospice and Palliative Medicine
751 S Bascom Ave Internal Medicine De San Jose CA, 95128About
Dr. Shelley Salpeter is a hospice and palliative care specialist practicing in San Jose, CA. Dr. Salpeter provides care to people who are seriously ill. As a hospice and palliative care specialist, Dr. Salpeter works to relieve the pain and suffering of people who have a severe medical condition and are in a critical state. Hospice and palliative care specialists try to improve the quality of life for a person who may not have much time left to live.
Education and Training
Univ of Ca, San Francisco, Sch of Med, San Francisco Ca 1982
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Beta-blocker use in patients with congestive heart failure and concomitant obstructive airway disease: moving from myth to evidence-based practice.
- Cardiovascular safety of beta(2)-adrenoceptor agonist use in patients with obstructive airway disease: a systematic review.
- Screening and treatment of latent tuberculosis among healthcare workers at low, moderate, and high risk for tuberculosis exposure: a cost-effectiveness analysis.
- Letter by Kielstein et al regarding article, "High-dose allopurinol improves endothelial function by profoundly reducing vascular oxidative stress and not by lowering uric acid".
- Should we avoid beta-agonists for moderate and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? YES.
- Rebuttal: should we avoid beta-agonists for moderate and severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Yes.
- Bronchodilators in COPD: impact of beta-agonists and anticholinergics on severe exacerbations and mortality.
- Do inhaled anticholinergics increase or decrease the risk of major cardiovascular events?: a synthesis of the available evidence.
- An update on the safety of long-acting beta-agonists in asthma patients using inhaled corticosteroids.
- Effect of KRAS mutational status in advanced colorectal cancer on the outcomes of anti-epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibody therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- The use of very-low-dose methadone for palliative pain control and the prevention of opioid hyperalgesia.
- Very-low-dose methadone: authors' response.
- Impact of more restrictive blood transfusion strategies on clinical outcomes: a meta-analysis and systematic review.
- A Risk-Benefit Assessment of Dementia Medications: Systematic Review of the Evidence.
- Organization of acetylcholine receptors in quick-frozen, deep-etched, and rotary-replicated Torpedo postsynaptic membrane.
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