Dr. Paul Marc Palevsky M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
University Drive Division Va Pittsburgh Health Pittsburgh PA, 15240About
Dr. Paul Palevsky is a nephrologist practicing in Pittsburgh, PA. Dr. Palevsky specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Palevsky 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
Northwestern Uniiversity 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Treatment of edematous disorders with diuretics.
- Factors affecting system clotting in continuous renal replacement therapy: results of a randomized, controlled trial.
- Determinants of ceftazidime clearance by continuous venovenous hemofiltration and continuous venovenous hemodialysis.
- Determinants of ceftriaxone clearance by continuous venovenous hemofiltration and hemodialysis.
- Barriers to the delivery of adequate hemodialysis in ESRD Network 4.
- Improving compliance with the dialysis prescription as a strategy to increase the delivered dose of hemodialysis: an ESRD Network 4 quality improvement project.
- Rapid microtiter plate assay for determination of inulin in human plasma and dialysate.
- The Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative--part V: operational characteristics of CRRT.
- The Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative II: the Vicenza conference.
- Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative II: the Vicenza conference.
- Selection of endpoints for clinical trials of acute renal failure in critically ill patients.
- Dialysate and blood flow dependence of diffusive solute clearance during CVVHD.
- Tracking and improving influenza immunization rates in a high-risk medicare beneficiary population.
- Perioperative management of patients with chronic kidney disease or ESRD.
- Commentary: quality improvement projects: how do we protect patients' rights?
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