Dr. Fernando J Borrego MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2369 2ND AVE NEW YORK NY, 10035Rating
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About
Dr. Fernando Borrego is an infectious disease specialist practicing in New York, NY. Dr. Borrego specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Univ Del Salvador, Fac De Med, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1989
Universidad De Buenos Aires, Facultad De Ciencias Medicas 1989
Universidad de El Salvador Facultad de Medicina 1989
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- [Hemodialysis with 2.5 mEq/L of calcium in relative hypoparathyroidism: long-term effects on bone mass].
- [A comparison of phosphorus-chelating effect of calcium carbonate versus calcium acetate before dialysis].
- [Rhabdomyolysis and acute renal failure secondary to statins].
- [Ileocecal tuberculosis during hemodialysis simulating carcinoma of the colon].
- [Beneficial effect of AN69 membranes on anemia in hemodialyzed patients].
- [Platelet antiaggregation and hemorrhagic risk in hemodialysis].
- [Acute renal failure secondary to hepatic veno-occlusive disease in a bone marrow transplant patient].
- [A bit of style].
- [Fistulae or catheter for elderly who start hemodialysis without permanent vascular access?].
- [Fast remission of acute kidney failure after rasburicase use in tumor lysis syndrome].
- [Nephrotic syndrome secondary to focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis in a
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Practice At 5 East 98th Street Box 1118 Mount Sinai Medical Center
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