Dr. Krista L Lentine MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3660 Vista Ave Saint Louis MO, 63110About
Dr. Krista Lentine is a nephrologist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Lentine specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Lentine 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
Stanford University School of Medicine 1998
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Maintenance immunosuppression use and the associated risk of avascular necrosis after kidney transplantation in the United States.
- The cost effectiveness of deceased organ donation.
- Agreement of immunosuppression regimens described in Medicare pharmacy claims with the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network survey.
- Is there a correlation between atherosclerosis and renal resistive indices in kidney transplant recipients?
- Lack of interventional studies in renal transplant candidates with elevated cardiovascular risk.
- Health insurance considerations for adolescent transplant recipients as they transition to adulthood.
- The impact of human leukocyte antigen matching on transplant complications and immunosuppression dosage.
- Patient and graft survival implications of simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation from old donors.
- A retrospective analysis of immunosuppression compliance, dose reduction and discontinuation in kidney transplant recipients.
- Novel methods for tracking long-term maintenance immunosuppression regimens.
- Delivery patterns of recommended chronic kidney disease care in clinical
- Incidence and risk factors for diarrhea following kidney transplantation and association with graft loss and mortality.
- Formation of downhill esophageal varices as a rare but serious complication of hemodialysis access: a case report and comprehensive literature review.
- Income-related disparities in kidney transplant graft failures are eliminated by Medicare's immunosuppression coverage.
- Predictive ability of pretransplant comorbidities to predict long-term graft loss and death.
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