Ruth Lachar Wintz, MD

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Education & Training

MD, Baylor College of Medicine
MD, University of CA Los Angeles Med Center
Internship, University of CA Los Angeles Med Center
Publications

Exogenous Vasopressin-Induced Hyponatremia in Patients with Vasodilatory Shock: Two Case Reports and Literature Review
Salazar, M, Hu, BB, Vazquez, J, Wintz, RL & Varon, J 2015, , Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, vol. 30, no. 5, pp. 253-258. https://doi.org/10.1177/0885066613507410

Angiokeratomas in the intensive care unit
Wintz, RL, Varon, J, Mendez Flores, RG & Fuentes Rojas, SC 2015, , Critical Care and Shock, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 87-89.

Incidental nephrograms in acute renal failure
Wintz, RL, Lynds, R & Varon, J 2010, , Critical Care and Shock, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 121.

Unusual side effect from hydrogel pads during therapeutic hypothermia
Varon, J, Acosta, P, Wintz, RL & Mendoza, N 2008, , Resuscitation, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 248-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2008.03.223

Angioedema associated to ophthalmic beta-blockers
Mendoza, N, Davis, L, Wintz, RL & Varon, J 2008, , Critical Care and Shock, vol. 11, no. 2.

The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: A Practical Approach to Implementing Quality Reporting
Wintz, R, Rosenthal, B & Fadem, SZ 2008, , Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ackd.2007.10.007

Detection of diabetic myonecrosis. Complication is often-missed sign of underlying disease.
Wintz, RL, Pimstone, KR & Nelson, SD 2006, , Postgraduate medicine, vol. 119, no. 3, pp. 66-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.2006.11446053

A Systematic Review of Diabetes Self-Care Interventions for Older, African American, or Latino Adults
Sarkisian, CA, Brown, AF, Norris, KC, Wintz, RL & Managione, CM 2003, , The Diabetes Educator, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 467-479. https://doi.org/10.1177/014572170302900311