Dr. Pran M Kar MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
514 Columbia St Suite # 2 Orlando FL, 32805About
Dr. Pran Kar is a nephrologist practicing in Orlando, FL. Dr. Kar specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Kar 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 Coll Of Med Scis- Univ Of Delhi- New Delhi- Delhi- India 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Combined high-efficiency hemodialysis and charcoal hemoperfusion in severe N-acetylprocainamide intoxication.
- Pseudo pericardial rub.
- Acute renal failure in a hypothyroid patient with rhabdomyolysis.
- Blastomycosis: case report investigating a persistent pulmonary lesion in an immunocompromised patient.
- Renal biopsy training using a simulator.
- Looking beyond the obvious: IgA nephropathy in a liver transplant recipient.
- Overnight hospital stay after colon surgery for adenocarcinoma.
- Laparoscopic colon resections with discharge less than 24 hours.
- Successful management of chylous ascites: A report of two cases.
- Renal fluid overload diagnosed by retinal optical coherence tomography scanning.
- Renal transplantation: donor with renal stone disease.
- Unusual presentation of a secondary malignancy with an unknown and a known primary malignancy.
- Bronchopulmonary disease: an association with ulcerative colitis and pyoderma gangrenosum.
- Treatment of cryptococcal arthritis with fluconazole monotherapy.
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