Dr. Kenneth Bruce Christopher MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
75 Francis Street Mrb 418 Renal Division Brigh Boston MA, 02115Rating
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Dr. Kenneth Christopher is a nephrologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Christopher specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Christopher 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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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Elevation of blood urea nitrogen is predictive of long-term mortality in critically ill patients independent of "normal" creatinine.
- Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and mortality in the critically ill.
- Neighborhood poverty rate and mortality in patients receiving critical care in the academic medical center setting.
- Red cell distribution width and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients.
- Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D at critical care initiation is associated with increased mortality.
- Relationship between neighborhood poverty rate and bloodstream infections in the critically ill.
- Association between hyperkalemia at critical care initiation and mortality.
- Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and acute kidney injury in the critically ill.
- The difference between critical care initiation anion gap and prehospital admission anion gap is predictive of mortality in critical illness.
- Vitamin D in acute kidney injury.
- Vitamin D deficiency and critical illness.
- Pre-hospital vitamin D concentration, mortality, and bloodstream infection in a hospitalized patient population.
- Association between prehospital vitamin D status and hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.
- Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and sepsis in the critically ill.
- The association between primary language spoken and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients.
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