Dr. David Alan Mccarron
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
120 Nw 9th Ave Suite 206 Portland OR, 97209About
Dr. David Mccarron is a nephrologist practicing in Portland, OR. Dr. Mccarron specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Mccarron most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 1971
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effects of FK506 in rat and human resistance arteries.
- Nonpharmacologic therapy in hypertension: from single components to overall dietary management.
- Finding consensus in the dietary calcium-blood pressure debate.
- Increased dietary micronutrients decrease serum homocysteine concentrations in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Blood pressure and calcium intake are related to bone density in adult males.
- Benefits of dairy product consumption on blood pressure in humans: a summary of the biomedical literature.
- The dietary guideline for sodium: should we shake it up? Yes!
- A randomized trial of improved weight loss with a prepared meal plan in overweight and obese patients: impact on cardiovascular risk reduction.
- Factors affecting blood pressure responses to diet: the Vanguard study.
- The power of food to improve multiple cardiovascular risk factors.
- Dietary sodium and blood pressure.
- Are low intakes of calcium and potassium important causes of cardiovascular disease?
- Sodium excretion and cardiovascular mortality.
- Reducing cardiovascular disease risk with diet.
- Calcium metabolism and cardiovascular function after spaceflight.
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