Dr. German T. Hernandez M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
4801 Alberta Ave El Paso TX, 79905About
Dr. German Hernandez is a nephrologist practicing in El Paso, TX. Dr. Hernandez specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Hernandez 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- Nephrology
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Creatinine levels among Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans in the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
- Blood mercury reporting in NHANES: identifying Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American, and multiracial groups.
- Lead poisoning from an Ayurvedic herbal medicine in a patient with chronic kidney disease.
- White/black racial differences in risk of end-stage renal disease and death.
- A new approach for evaluating bone turnover in chronic kidney disease.
- Interrelationship between chronic kidney disease and risk of cardiovascular diseases.
- Sodium glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibition with canagliflozin in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
- Double superior vena cava on fistulogram: A case report and discussion.
- Dural arteriovenous fistula discovered in patient presenting with recent head trauma.
- Dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to chronic cocaine abuse: a case report.
- Multicystic dysplastic kidney complicated by pyelonephritis.
- Biventricular non-compaction with predominant right ventricular involvement, reduced left ventricular systolic and diastolic function, and pulmonary hypertension in a Hispanic male.
- Hepatitis C- and HIV-induced porphyria cutanea tarda.
- Acute kidney injury with oxalate deposition in a patient with a high anion gap metabolic acidosis and a normal osmolal gap.
- Serum amyloid A renal amyloidosis in a chronic subcutaneous ("skin popping") heroin user.
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