Services

Nephrologists at Akron General are available for consultation and analysis of patients with the following

• Kidney disease
• Glomerulonephritis
• Hypertension
• Chronic kidney disease
• Kidney stones

Akron General nephrologists also provide medical care after kidney transplantation.

Treatment options include:

• Medications
• Treatment to slow the progression of chronic kidney disease
• Dialysis treatment for patients with kidney failure
• Kidney biopsy for diagnostic purposes
• Plasmapheresis treatments (for certain hematologic disorders and other diseases such as Guillain-Barre, multiple sclerosis and severe rheumatoid arthritis)
  

Date Updated: 14-DEC-2004