Dr. Domenic A. Sica M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1250 E Marshall St Richmond VA, 23298About
Dr. Domenic Sica is a nephrologist practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Sica specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Sica 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
Va Commonwealth Univ, Med Coll of Va Sch of Med, Richmond Va 1975
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ambulatory blood pressure nondipping status in salt-sensitive and salt-resistant black adolescents.
- Review of eprosartan: a new angiotensin II receptor antagonist. Summary.
- Drug absorption in congestive heart failure: impact on management.
- Effects of potassium on blood pressure in salt-sensitive and salt-resistant black adolescents.
- Drug absorption in congestive heart failure: impact on management.
- The prevalence of salt sensitivity in an African-American adolescent population.
- Effect of increased renal venous pressure on renal function.
- The influence of gender and emotional versus instrumental support on cardiovascular reactivity in African-American adolescents.
- Socioeconomic status and blood pressure reactivity in healthy black adolescents.
- Racial differences in response to acute dosing with hydrochlorothiazide.
- The pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of losartan in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
- What are the influences of salt, potassium, the sympathetic nervous system, and the renin-angiotensin system on the circadian variation in blood pressure?
- Chronically increased intra-abdominal pressure produces systemic hypertension in dogs.
- Class effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
- Old antihypertensive agents-diuretics and beta-blockers: do we know how and in whom they lower blood pressure?
Treatments
- High Blood Pressure (hypertension), Kidney Failure, Electrolyte Disorders
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