Dr. Ali Khaled Abu-alfa MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
789 Howard Ave Dana Building -3rd F New Haven CT, 06519About
Dr. Ali Abu-alfa is a nephrologist practicing in New Haven, CT. Dr. Abu-alfa specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Abu-alfa 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Approach to fluid management in peritoneal dialysis: a practical algorithm.
- The association of darbepoetin alfa with hemoglobin and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic kidney disease not receiving dialysis.
- Successful use of intraperitoneal daptomycin in the treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus peritonitis.
- Gadolinium-based contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: why did it happen and what have we learned?
- Tumor lysis syndrome and acute kidney injury: evaluation, prevention, and management.
- Experience with outpatient computed tomographic-guided renal biopsy.
- Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and gadolinium-based contrast agents.
- Hypertensive Encephalopathy and Renal Failure in a Young Man.
- Hungry bone syndrome two weeks after starting cinacalcet: a call for caution.
- Mucosal biopsy findings and venous abnormalities in idiopathic myointimal
- Cathepsin D in intestinal ganglion cells. A potential aid to diagnosis in suspected Hirschsprung's disease.
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