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Nephrology and Kidney Care Information in Pennsylvania
Every day, Clinical Renal Associates physicians are asked questions by patients, and when a similar question surfaces repeatedly, one of our experts writes a brief blog on the topic. We also have a library of articles on topics across the spectrum of kidney disease.
One of the toughest issues facing patients with high blood pressure/ hypertension are questions regarding what types of...
Why Would I want to Get a Kidney Transplant? When your Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) gets severe enough, waste products and...
24 hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring or ABPM is a valuable tool for the management of the patient with hypertension...
Nephrologists (Kidney Medical Doctors) and patients with kidney disease work hard together to prevent kidney disease...
High potassium is a common problem in patients with kidney disease. Whether you have been diagnosed with chronic...
Do Yourself a Big Favor and Control Your Phosphorus. Phosphorus is not removed by dialysis well. The phosphorus control in...
A lot of dialysis patients have diabetes. If you do not have diabetes then you can skip this letter. Diabetic kidney...
You may have noticed that there is a temperature dial on the dialysis machine. I want you to understand what this is for....
This week’s letter is about the importance of taking the medications your doctor orders for you. Why is this medication...
One of my recent letters talked about options to in-center hemodialysis lasting about 4 hours. This message is for those of...
I am writing this Medical Director Letter to talk about the type of dialysis options that patients have to try to improve...