Dr. Sergio R Acchiardo MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1910 Nonconnah Blvd Suite 120 Memphis TN, 38132About
Dr. Sergio Acchiardo is a nephrologist practicing in Memphis, TN. Dr. Acchiardo specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Acchiardo 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
Univ De Chile, Esc De Pregrado, Fac De Med, Santiago, Chile 1959
Universidad de Chile Facultad de Medicina 1959
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Nonpercutaneous transmission of hepatitis B to the families of hemodialysis patients.
- Biphasic changes in nitric oxide generation in hemodialyzed patients with end-stage renal disease treated with recombinant human erythropoietin.
- Treatment of patients with severe hypertension by inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme.
- Normal circulating adult human red blood cells contain inactive NOS proteins.
- Folic acid dosage for chronic hemodialysis patients.
- Reversible sequestration of nitric oxide by hemoglobin during hemodialysis in end-stage renal disease.
- Implications for the role of endogenous nitric oxide inhibitors in hemodialysis hypotension.
- An enzyme hydrolyzing methylated inhibitors of nitric oxide synthase is present in circulating human red blood cells.
- Iron requirements in hemodialysis.
- Heart rate variability and mortality in patients with end stage renal disease.
- Is Na+ modeling necessary in high flux dialysis?
- Is hematologic response to iron and erythropoietin in hemodialysis patients affected by other factors?
- Dialysis catheter-induced superior vena cava syndrome and downhill esophageal varices.
- INSIGHT potentially prevents and treats depressive and anxiety symptoms in black women caring for chronic hemodialysis recipients.
- The efficacy of nutrition support in infected patients with chronic renal failure.
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