Scholars@Duke
Melissa Gail Teitelman-Grotegut

Melissa Gail Teitelman-Grotegut

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Gastroenterology
melissa.teitelman@duke.edu
Duke Box 3662, Durham, NC 27710
0336 Hosp South, Durham, NC 27705

Selected Publications

Evaluation of the guaiac-positive patient

Chapter · January 1, 2016 One of the more common encounters a physician must deal with is the presence of occult gastrointestinal blood loss. The prevalence may reach up to 1 in 20 adults. The detection of occult blood is important because a person may lose up to 150 ml of blood fr ... Full text Cite

Evaluation of the guaiac positive patient

Journal Article · December 1, 2010 One of the more common encounters a physician must deal with is the presence of occult gastrointestinal blood loss. The prevalence may reach up to 1 in 20 adults. The detection of occult blood is important because a person may lose up to 150 ml of blood fr ... Full text Cite

Gastric ulceration in a patient treated with SIR-spheres.

Journal Article Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol · May 2010 Full text Link to item Cite

Image of the month. Syphilitic proctitis.

Journal Article Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol · April 2008 Full text Link to item Cite

Image of the month. Syphilitic proctitis.

Journal Article Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · April 1, 2008 Cite

The impact of bariatric surgery on menstrual patterns.

Journal Article Obes Surg · November 2006 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: Obesity and anovulation are common medical problems in the United States. Anovulation in obese patients primarily manifests with irregular, sporadic or absent menstrual bleeding. Weight loss of at least 5% has been shown to reverse obesity-rela ... Full text Link to item Cite

Baking soda pica: a case of hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and rhabdomyolysis in pregnancy.

Journal Article Obstet Gynecol · February 2006 Featured Publication BACKGROUND: We report a case of baking soda pica in a woman at 31 weeks of pregnancy causing severe hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and rhabdomyolysis. CASE: A multigravida at 31 weeks of gestation presented with weakness and muscle pain. She was found to ... Full text Link to item Cite

Baking soda pica: A case of hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and rhabdomyolysis in pregnancy

Journal Article Obstetrics and Gynecology · February 1, 2006 BACKGROUND: We report a case of baking soda pica in a woman at 31 weeks of pregnancy causing severe hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis and rhabdomyolysis. CASE: A multigravida at 31 weeks of gestation presented with weakness and muscle pain. She was found to ... Full text Cite

Anti-TNF therapy: Is this our answer to pyoderma gangrenosum

Journal Article Gastroenterology · January 1, 2006 Full text Cite