Dr. Kent Alan Kirchner M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1500 E. Woodrow Wilson Blvd Jackson MS, 39216About
Dr. Kent Kirchner is a nephrologist practicing in Jackson, MS. Dr. Kirchner specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Kirchner 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 of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1973
University of Virginia School of Medicine 1973
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- "There is power in the blood": a case discussing ethical issues of utility of resources.
- Effects of nurse counseling on walking for exercise in elderly primary care patients.
- Evaluation of the 7-day physical activity recall in urban and rural men.
- Increased loop chloride uptake precedes hypertension in Dahl salt-sensitive rats.
- Verapamil prevents insulin antinatriuresis in euglycemic rats.
- The years during which I have had the privilege of serving as editor of AJMS have provided a wonderful experience.
- Physical activity in patients who are severely mentally ill: feasibility of assessment for clinical and research applications.
- Effects of insulin on renal sodium excretion.
- Efficacy of a program to encourage walking in VA elderly primary care patients: the role of pain.
- Effects of alpha-thalassemia and sickle polymerization tendency on the urine-concentrating defect of individuals with sickle cell trait.
- Counseling for home-based walking and strength exercise in older primary care patients.
- Postpartum preeclampsia-induced shock and death: a report of three cases.
- Greater loop chloride uptake contributes to blunted pressure natriuresis in Dahl salt sensitive rats.
- Effect of diuretic and antidiuretic agents on lithium clearance as a marker for proximal delivery.
- Renal transplantation in Mississippi.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Vascular Disease
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