Dr. Allan H Sklar MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
20 Phoenix Blvd Nw Christiansburg VA, 24073Rating
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Dr. Allan Sklar is a nephrologist practicing in Christiansburg, VA. Dr. Sklar specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Sklar 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
McGill University Faculty of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Symptomatic hypercalcemia of immobilization in a patient with end-stage renal disease.
- Adjustment of hemodialysis dose for residual renal urea clearance: a two year study of impact on dialysis time.
- Temporal effects of dialysis on cognitive functioning in patients with ESRD.
- The relationship between glomerular filtration rate and survival in patients treated with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
- Severe hyponatremia without severe hypoosmolality following transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) in end-stage renal disease.
- Four-hour atrial natriuretic peptide infusion in conscious rats: effects on urinary volume, sodium, and cyclic GMP.
- Effect of arteriovenous shunting on plasma vasopressin levels in the anesthetized dog.
- Transmission electron microscopy of urinary sediment in human acute renal failure.
- Central nervous system mediators of vasopressin release.
- Prerenal azotemia: differentiation of hyperureagenesis from renal hypoperfusion using urinary urea nitrogen data.
- Postdialysis fatigue.
- Elevated levels of tumor necrosis factor alpha in postdialysis fatigue.
- Effects of normal as compared with low hematocrit values in patients with cardiac disease undergoing hemodialysis and receiving epoetin.
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