Services
The physicians of North Texas Nephrology Associates provide for all aspects of the prevention and treatment of kidney disease, including:
- Consultations for chronic kidney disease
- Evaluation and treatment of acute kidney failure
- Evaluation of proteinuria (protein in the urine) and hematuria (blood in the urine)
- Outpatient and inpatient dialysis supervision and management
- Peritoneal dialysis training and support
- Home hemodialysis training and support
- Evaluation and preparation of patients for kidney transplants
- Provision of follow-up treatment for patients with kidney transplants
- Medical management and prevention of kidney stones
- Provision of nutritional information for patients with kidney disease
- Treatment of severe or complicated hypertension
- Management of diabetic nephropathy
- Management of polycystic kidney disease
- Evaluation and management of glomerulonephritides (including lupus, FSGS, Membranous, MPGN, IgA)
- Treatment of fluid overload, edema, and swelling
- Evaluation and management of disorders of blood chemistries (sodium, potassium, acid-base disorders)
- Evaluation of abnormal calcium metabolism
- Evaluation of metabolic bone disorders
- Anemia management, including injections of erythrocyte stimulatory agents (Procrit and Aranesp)
- Intravenous iron infusions
- Fabryzyme infusion management (for Fabry’s disease)
- Treatment of high-risk obstetric patients with renal disease
- Native and transplant kidney biopsies
- Placement of temporary dialysis catheters
- Supervision of inpatient plasmapheresis
