Dr. David Michael Ratliff MD
Anesthesiologist
231 Hibbard St Pikeville KY, 41501About
Dr. David Ratliff is an anesthesiologist practicing in Pikeville, KY. Dr. Ratliff ensures the safety of patients who are about to undergo surgery. Anestesiologists specialize in general anesthesia, which will (put the patient to sleep), sedation, which will calm the patient or make him or her unaware of the situation, and regional anesthesia, which just numbs a specific part of the body. As an anesthesiologist, Dr. Ratliff also might help manage pain after an operation.
Education and Training
Marshall Univ Sch of Med, Huntington Wv 1994
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Inhibition of human aldose and aldehyde reductases by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
- Oxidative stress indices in IDDM subjects with and without long-term diabetic complications.
- Increased levels of methylglyoxal-metabolizing enzymes in mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells from insulin-dependent diabetic patients with diabetic complications: aldose reductase, glyoxalase I, and glyoxalase II--a clinical research center stud
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