Dr. Lynda A Szczech M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
4101 N Roxboro St Durham NC, 27704About
Dr. Lynda Szczech is a nephrologist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Szczech specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Szczech 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
Jefferson Med Coll-Thos Jefferson Univ, Philadelphia Pa 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Racial inequity in America's ESRD program.
- Renal diseases associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection: epidemiology, clinical course, and management.
- Differential survival after coronary revascularization procedures among patients with renal insufficiency.
- Long-term outcomes of revascularization for peripheral vascular disease in end-stage renal disease patients.
- Hypertension and medication-related renal dysfunction in the HIV-infected patient.
- Trends in anemia management among US hemodialysis patients.
- Renal insufficiency and the risk of cardiovascular mortality.
- Characteristics of treated hypertension in incident hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.
- The association between depression and chronic kidney disease and mortality among patients hospitalized with congestive heart failure.
- Costs and outcomes among hemodialysis-dependent patients with methicillin-resistant or methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
- Incidence and etiology of acute renal failure among ambulatory HIV-infected patients.
- Guidelines for the management of chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected patients: recommendations of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
- Physician-diagnosed depression as a correlate of hospitalizations in patients receiving long-term hemodialysis.
- Leptin and renal disease.
- Chronic kidney disease in patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes.
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PO BOX 3814 DUMC ERWIN RD DURHAM NC 27710DUKE REGIONAL HOSPITALl
3643 N ROXBORO ROAD DURHAM NC 27704