Robert O Hickman
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
Ambulatory Clinic 825 Eastlake Avenue Seattle WA, 98109Rating
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Dr. Robert Hickman is a nephrologist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Hickman specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Hickman 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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PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Safety and efficacy of erythropoietin in children with chronic renal failure.
- Vitamin D intoxication in an anephric child.
- Galactosemia. A genetic study of four generations by enzyme assay.
- Application of the pumpless hemodialysis system to infants and children.
- Comprehensive management of renal failure in infants.
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 and the hemolytic uremic syndrome: importance of early cultures in establishing the etiology.
- A prospective study of complications in Hickman right-atrial catheters in marrow transplant patients.
- Between the lines: The 50th anniversary of long-term central venous catheters.
- The increasing incidence of the hemolytic-uremic syndrome in King County, Washington: lack of evidence for ascertainment bias.
- Escherichia coli O157:H7 as the predominant pathogen associated with the hemolytic uremic syndrome: a prospective study in the Pacific Northwest.
- Hemolytic uremic syndrome epidemiology: a population-based study in King County, Washington, 1971 to 1980.
- Failure of high dialysis-fluid glucose to prevent the disequilibrium syndrome.
- Preliminary studies with the fistula catheter - a new vascular access prosthesis.
- Improved granulocyte procurement with the continuous flow centrifuge.
- Renal transplantation in childhood cystinosis: effects of the metabolic disease and renal allografts on each other.
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