How to Use nephrology in a Sentence

nephrology

noun
  • Apart from a flurry of responses from his nephrology friends, Klein got hundreds of replies from others.
    — Deborah Yetter, The Courier-Journal, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Removing race from the eGFR was a long process that divided the field of nephrology for years.
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Attention to palliative care in nephrology has lagged behind its use for advanced cancer, for instance.
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2021
  • For some specialties — like dermatology and nephrology — the delays were even longer.
    — Michael Hochman, STAT, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Fresenius has been in talks with the UC Irvine’s nephrology group for a little more than a year about setting up the kidney center.
    — Jonathan Winslow, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2017
  • Fred Husserl is a nephrology specialist and has lived in New Orleans since 1972.
    — Chris Smith | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 8 Jan. 2021
  • Pre-dialysis nephrology care, for example, has been shown to lower death and hospitalization rates.
    — Nada Hassanein, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2023
  • In national surveys, Browne and her colleagues found some nephrology social workers had more than 200 patients at a time.
    — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But Korkor, a medical doctor with a specialty in nephrology, isn't content with capturing scenes in his time away from the office.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2017
  • Some staff will come from UCI’s nephrology clinic, which was recently acquired by Fresenius.
    — Jonathan Winslow, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2017
  • Djamali, who is also nephrology division chief at UW Health, said white blood cells will be extracted from a patient’s parent or sibling.
    — Mark Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The findings both electrified and polarized the nephrology community.
    — Stephen S. Hall, Science | AAAS, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Jing Miao, an assistant professor of medicine in Mayo Clinic’s nephrology department, agreed that the first thing to know is whether the patient responded to steroids.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Her father is the director of the division of nephrology at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.
    — Vincent M. Mallozzi, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2016
  • Many who do choose family medicine later narrow their focus, subspecializing in nephrology or infectious disease and no longer offer primary care, Wong said.
    — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Worried, the nephrology department staff began asking any kidney transplant recipients who received the vaccines to have their antibody levels tested two weeks after their second shot.
    — Maryn McKenna, Wired, 16 June 2021
  • This year, however, increases in cancer, cardiology, nephrology, pulmonology and urology were significant enough to put Rady over the top.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2023
  • Trevino said the hospital has had strong cardiovascular services, emergency care and diabetes, endocrinology, nephrology and pulmonology care.
    — Laura Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 22 July 2019
  • Dennis Moledina encountered a common problem during his training in nephrology, the specialty dedicated to kidney health.
    — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • According to Larry Cowgill, a professor of veterinary nephrology at the University of California at Davis, even pollen, stamens and petals that drop from shelves can be toxic.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Pediatric cardiology is now available, and gastroenterology, nephrology and neurology will be offered in January.
    — Robin Goist, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Since then, the foundation has spent more than $40 million on research, nephrology fellowships and scientific meetings, becoming the largest non-governmental source of PKD research money.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity, 29 June 2018
  • For Elaine Kamil, 75, a pediatric nephrology specialist in Los Angeles, immense grief after the unexpected death of her 31-year-old-son physically took a toll on her heart.
    — Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Specialty care—things like cardiology, nephrology, dermatology and orthopedics—tends to differ tremendously from primary care and urgent care in its accessibility.
    — Jeffrey Wessler, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
  • In addition to recommending the removal of race from the eGFR equation, nephrology researchers are evaluating a handful of different race-free equations that combine creatinine with other biomarkers such as the protein cystatin C.
    — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Science | AAAS, 22 July 2021
  • In addition to tele-critical care, the hospital has UAB virtual care programs for neurology, infectious disease, and nephrology, the last of which has been especially critical to care for Covid-19 patients with failing kidneys.
    — Katie Palmer, STAT, 5 Oct. 2021

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