Dr. Roy Oomen Mathew M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
6439 GARNERS FERRY RD COLUMBIA SC, 29209About
Dr. Roy Mathew is a nephrologist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Mathew specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Mathew 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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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Renal replacement therapy in special situations: heart failure and neurological injury.
- Effect of comorbidity on functional recovery after hip fracture in the elderly.
- Radial artery harvest: a potential cause of arteriovenous access-associated hand ischemia.
- Blood pressure recordings during hemodialysis access interventions: implications for acute management.
- Long-term outcomes of community-acquired versus hospital-acquired acute kidney injury: a retrospective analysis.
- The endothelium as the common denominator in malignant hypertension and thrombotic microangiopathy.
- Hyperglycemia and Acute Kidney Injury During the Perioperative Period.
- Community-acquired acute kidney injury: A challenge and opportunity for primary care in kidney health.
- Transient Hypocalcemia in a Dialysis Patient With Paget's disease and Presumed Renal Cell Carcinoma.
- Is nephrology specialty at risk?
- Pharmacotherapeutic considerations for chronic pain in chronic kidney and end-stage renal disease.
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