Doctors Who Treat von Willebrand Disease in Children | NYU Langone Health
View a list of doctors who treat von Willebrand Disease in Children at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone.
Doctors Who Treat Wilms Tumor in Children | NYU Langone Health
View a list of doctors who treat Wilms Tumor in Children at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone.
Does the Presence of Preoperative Proteinuria Predict Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury in Obese Patients Undergoing Elective Laparoscopic Surgery?
The research design of this study is a prospective cohort study. Potential subjects will be any patients undergoing elective laparoscopic weight loss surgery including: gastric band placement, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, or a combination of the above procedures. Bariatrics group at NYULMC currently performs 900 procedures/year. Greater than 98% of these patients are seen at Pre-Admission Clinic (PAT) and will be identified during their visit. Pre-operative urine sample will be collected during PAT visit and a urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (uACR) will be calculated after laboratory analysis. All subjects will receive standardized educational material about risk of CKD from the National Kidney Foundation. AKI will be diagnosed and staged using the KDIGO criteria. The lowest creatinine value on file within 30 days prior to surgery will serve as the reference value. The primary outcome measure will be post-operative creatinine. The highest postoperative serum creatinine value obtained within 48 hours after surgery will be used as the comparison value. We hypothesize that preoperative proteinuria will be associated with an increased incidence of AKI within 48 hours after elective laparoscopic bariatric surgery.
Donating Your Eggs | NYU Langone Health
The NYU Langone Fertility Center is seeking women 21 to 32 years old of all ethnicities to donate their eggs to help others achieve pregnancy.
Double Vision | NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone specialists provide expert diagnosis and treatment for people experiencing double vision, also known as diplopia.
Down Syndrome Program | NYU Langone Health
Doctors from the Down Syndrome Program, part of Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, address all of your child’s medical needs.
Dr. Arun Chopra, Pediatric Intensive Care | NYU Langone Health
Dr. Arun Chopra shares why he chose to become a specialist in pediatric critical care at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone.
Dr. Chanelle Coble-Sadaphal, Pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine Specialist | NYU Langone Health
A rare genetic condition shaped Dr. Chanel A. Coble-Sadaphal’s interest in adolescent medicine at Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone.
Dr. Elizabeth Raetz, Director of Pediatric Hematology–Oncology | NYU Langone Health
NYU Langone’s Dr. Elizabeth A. Raetz pursued a career in pediatric hematology–oncology after losing her grandparents to cancer.
Dr. Jason Fisher, Pediatric Surgeon | NYU Langone Health
Dr. Jason C. Fisher’s interest in taking things apart and reassembling them helped him become a skilled pediatric surgeon at NYU Langone.