Dr. Jackson J Yium MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
960 E 3rd St Suite 208 Chattanooga TN, 37403Rating
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Dr. Jackson Yium is a nephrologist practicing in Chattanooga, TN. Dr. Yium specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Yium 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
Univ of Tx Med Branch Galveston, Galveston Tx 1962
Texas A&M University, TX 1962
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hospital ethics committees: the hospital attorney's role.
- Corynebacterium equi peritonitis in a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis.
- Tobacco smoking and hyponatremia in psychiatric patients.
- Immunologic aspects of interstitial cystitis.
- The morphogenesis of glomerular crescents in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis.
- Corn starch embolization in renal transplants.
- Determination of diet orders by analysis of lab values.
- Hyperparathyroidism in patients on chronic hemodialysis.
- Acute treatment of hypercalcemia with furosemide.
- Hyponatremia in patients with schizophrenia.
- Dialysis-respiratory distress syndrome in patients with uremia secondary to collagen vascular disease.
- Measuring the renal function of acutely ill patients.
- Angioedema associated with angiotensin II receptor antagonist losartan.
- Hypothyroidism and hypercalcemia: report of a case with a parathyroid adenoma and review of the literature.
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