Dr. Alan S Kliger MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
136 Sherman Ave Suite 405 New Haven CT, 06511Rating
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Dr. Alan Kliger is a nephrologist practicing in New Haven, CT. Dr. Kliger specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Kliger 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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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical practice guidelines in end-stage renal disease: a strategy for implementation.
- Planning for a kidney transplant: is my doctor listening?
- Automated peritoneal dialysis: clinical prescription and technology.
- Residual renal function in a large cohort of peritoneal dialysis patients: change over time, impact on mortality and nutrition.
- Chronic renal insufficiency: current understandings and their implications.
- Continuous peritoneal dialysis and the extended care facility.
- Patient safety in end-stage renal disease: How do we create a safe environment?
- Method for studying development of colonization and infection of dialysis catheters.
- Serratia liquefaciens infections at a hemodialysis center.
- Serum albumin measurement in dialysis patients: should it be a measure of clinical performance?
- Serum albumin measurement in dialysis patients: should it be a measure of clinical performance?
- Patient safety in the dialysis facility.
- How should chronic kidney disease be defined and classified?
- Frequent Hemodialysis Network (FHN) randomized trials: study design.
- End-stage renal disease measures of quality.
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