Professor, Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine

Internal Medicine

Dr. Steven C. Castle, MD

Steven C. Castle works in the field of Internal Medicine. Steven Castle is a published MD. He has 33 papers published. The most current publication "Evidence of enhanced type 2 immune response and impaired upregulation of a type 1 response in frail elderly nursing home residents."

Publications

Clinical practice algorithms: medication management to reduce fall risk in the elderly-part 4, anticoagulants, anticonvulsants, anticholinergics/bladder relaxants, and...
Clinical practice algorithms: medication management to reduce fall risk in the elderly--Part 3, benzodiazepines, cardiovascular agents, and antidepressants.
Clinical practice algorithms: medication management to reduce fall risk in the elderly--part 2, summary algorithm.
Host resistance and immune responses in advanced age.
The Comprehensive Care Clinic.
Outcomes of a consult fall prevention screening clinic.
Postoperative delirium and Ogilvie's syndrome resolving with neostigmine.
Comorbidity is a better predictor of impaired immunity than chronological age in older adults.
Megestrol acetate suspension therapy in the treatment of geriatric anorexia/cachexia in nursing home patients.
Effect of impaired renal function on the pharmacokinetics of coadministered cefoperazone and sulbactam.
Infections in the nursing home.
Changes with age in the proliferative response of splenic T cells from rats exposed to ethanol in utero.
Diminished proliferative response of con A-blast cells to interleukin 2 in adult rats exposed to ethanol in utero.
Single-dose pharmacokinetics of intravenous ampicillin plus sulbactam in healthy elderly and young adult subjects.
Suppressive effects of alprazolam on the immune response of mice.
Effect of age on fever response to recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha in a murine model.
Mechanism of immunosuppressive effect of alprazolam: alprazolam suppresses T-cell proliferation by selectively inhibiting the production of IL2 but not acquisition of ...
Immunosenescence and vaccination in nursing home residents.
The equivalency of infrared tympanic membrane thermometry with standard thermometry in nursing home residents.
Depression in caregivers of demented patients is associated with altered immunity: impaired proliferative capacity, increased CD8+, and a decline in lymphocytes with s...
Immune function, mood, and perceived burden among caregivers participating in a psychoeducational intervention.
Interrelationship of fever, immune response and aging in mice.
Fever response in elderly nursing home residents: are the older truly colder?
The SENIEUR Protocol after 16 years: a need for a paradigm shift?
Cross-regulatory roles of interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-10 in atherosclerosis.
Analysis of cutaneous delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction and T cell proliferative response in elderly nursing home patients: an approach to identifying immunodefic...
Age-related impaired proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells is associated with an increase in both IL-10 and IL-12.
Antigen presenting cell function is enhanced in healthy elderly.
Evidence of enhanced type 2 immune response and impaired upregulation of a type 1 response in frail elderly nursing home residents.
Immune dysfunction in the elderly and its reversal by antihistamines.
The frail elderly: role of dendritic cells in the susceptibility of infection.
A need to study the immune status of frail older adults.

Schools

Ohio State University College of Medicine
Riverside Methodist Hospital
UCLA Med Center Va Hospital

Doctors Specialties

Geriatric Medicine
Internal Medicine

Accepted Insurances

Education

UCLA Medical Center
Riverside Methodist Hospitals - OhioHealth

Hospital

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

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