Dr. Paul Scott Kurtin MD
Nephrologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Nephrology
1157 Solana Dr Del Mar CA, 92014About
Dr. Paul Kurtin is a pediatric nephrologist practicing in Del Mar, CA. Dr. Kurtin specializes in caring for children with chronic conditions such as hypertension, kidney disease, and chronic dialysis. Pediatric nephrologists have extensive knowledge on the dialysis and transplant processes, while simultaneously developing lasting relationships with the families of their young patients.
Education and Training
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 1977
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- Outcomes assessment: meeting the challenge of accountability in pediatric rheumatology.
- Measuring quality of care for vulnerable children: challenges and conceptualization of a pediatric outcome measure of quality.
- PedsQL 4.0: reliability and validity of the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory version 4.0 generic core scales in healthy and patient populations.
- Parents' Perceptions of Primary Care: measuring parents' experiences of pediatric primary care quality.
- A rapid interview protocol supporting patient-centered quality improvement: hearing the parent's voice in a pediatric cancer unit.
- Can a "fishbone" prevent peritonitis?
- Measuring physician-patient contact: how much is enough?
- Health-related quality of life as a predictor of pediatric healthcare costs: a two-year prospective cohort analysis.
- Communicating with pediatricians about complementary/alternative medicine: perspectives from parents of children with down syndrome.
- Between 'desperation' and disability rights: a narrative analysis of complementary/alternative medicine use by parents for children with Down syndrome.
- Estimating energy requirements for children with renal disease: a comparison of methods.
- Nephrocalcinosis complicating medical treatment of posthemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
- IgA nephropathy as a possible cause of renal insufficiency following liver transplantation.
- Left renal vein entrapment.
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