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Newell R. Falkinburg, M.D., FACP

U.S.
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returns 12/31/2012
Expertise

I am a board certified nephrologist and emeritus professor of medicine at a major medical school and past Director of Nephrology & Hypertension at a university affiliated hospital. I have expertise in all areas of clinical nephrology, dialysis, transplantation and plasmapheresis.

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Professor of medicine Director of Nephrology

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many

Education/Credentials

M.D.


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  • Knowledgeability 9.95
  • Clarity of Response 9.93
  • Politeness 9.92
  • Response Time(hr) 10.2
  • Response Time(hr, last 90 days) 9.3
  • Number of Questions Today 0
  • Max Questions to be Asked in a Day 1
  • Total Questions (since joining AllExperts) 413
  • Volunteer Since 2006-10-14
  • Prestige Points 4420

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Recent Answers from Newell R. Falkinburg, M.D., FACP

2011-01-05 ACE Inhibitor to Retard Kidney Failure:

Dear Donna,    The fact that you have athrosclerosis ( hardening of the arteries) and osteopenia contradicts any claim to good health.  In fact, if left untreated, your athrosclerosis will kill you prematurely

2011-01-04 chronic renal insufficiency:

His creatinine of 1.3 possibly is a little elevated. He needs to have an estimated creatinine clearance or a measured creatinine clearance performed.  If this is normal then one can confidently say that

2011-01-03 Diabetes and water:

The normal color of urine is yellow.  If you drink a lot of water your urine will become light yellow or clear.  This has nothing to do with diabetes.  Diabetes does not effect the color of your urine

2009-03-05 eGFR score of 50:

Dear Philip,    This GFR estimation is abnormal and you need to follow up with a 24 hour urine collection to directly calculate the creatinine clearance which gives a more reliable measurement of GFR.

2008-06-15 Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate:

Dear Jan,    The estimated GFR is low and suggests some form of kidney disease.  However, that test is oftem inaccurate and neeeds to be confirmed or refuted by a 24 hour urine collection for determination

 

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