Kathy Drinkwater
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)
Contact
- (520) 626-6453
- Arizona Health Sciences Center, Rm. 245212
- kdrinkwater@arizona.edu
Degrees
- D.O.
Work Experience
- Banner Health (2022 - Ongoing)
Licensure & Certification
- Arizona State Medical Licensure, American Board Of Internal Medicine (2022)
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Courses
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Scholarly Contributions
Journals/Publications
- Drinkwater, K., & Peters, K. (2023).
Role of Muscle Biopsy in Undifferentiated Myositis: A Case Report
. American Journal of Medicine, 136(10). doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2023.06.024 - Peters, K. H., & Drinkwater, K. (2023). Role of Muscle Biopsy in Undifferentiated Myositis: A Case Report. The American journal of medicine, 136(10), e199-e200.
- Drinkwater, K., Varshney, N., & Morris, C. C. (2020). Hepatic Sarcoidosis Presenting as Hypercalcemia. The American Journal of Medicine. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2020.05.031More infoA 56-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and history of cerebrovascular accident presented to our institution with acute encephalopathy and failure to thrive, with a 16.5-kg weight loss over 5 months. On admission, the patient was hypercalcemic to 14.6 mg/dL and hypokalemic to 2.6 mg/dL. According to his wife, the patient's mentation and oral intake had been declining, with worsening abdominal pain, fatigue, and vomiting after eating. On physical examination, the patient appeared cachectic and uncomfortable, with tenderness to palpation in the right upper quadrant.
