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At Renal Medicine Associates, we are dedicated to providing the most comprehensive, thorough, and patient-centered care available. We strive to offer our patients the most appropriate and effective treatment from diagnosis to treatment for their condition as quickly and efficiently as possible. We are committed to our patient’s treatment and understanding of their diagnosis whether dialysis or transplantation be necessary. We are fully equipped to provide outstanding patient care and treat all manner of kidney-related conditions and diseases. Our office staff is welcoming, compassionate and fully equipped to help during these difficult times.

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Acute Kidney INJURY

Acute kidney injury is defined as a rapid rise in creatine (blood test for the kidneys), or decrease urinary production and is caused by multiple causes. Rapid identification and treatment of this problem is paramount to prevent further decline in health.

Renal Medicine Associates provides care of patients who have acute decline is kidney function, care can be provided in the clinic or in hospitalized patients in most of the local hospitals in Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Los Cruces and Roswell.

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Chronic Kidney Disease Management

One of the major focuses of our practice is to focus on prevention of chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression to later stages that will lead to dialysis or kidney transplantation. Early recognition and intervention are essential to slowing disease progression, maintaining quality of life and improving outcomes.

CKD is the end results of multiple factors such as aging, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, kidney stones, obesity, medications that are toxic for the kidneys, etc.

Our providers apply evidenced based approach to minimize risk for further decline of kidney disease when possible.

Our group has created a CKD clinic that is led by experienced nurse practitioners, this clinic is open from Monday to Friday and its main goal is to prevent further kidney disease progression, correct abnormalities associates to CKD progression (such as anemia, hypertension, electrolyte abnormalities, etc) and prepare patients who are in latest stages of CKD to a successful transition to end stage renal therapies (dialysis or kidney transplantation).

Our clinic also provides full medical management for patients who patients who are the last stages of CKD but are not candidates or does not want to pursue dialysis or transplantation

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KIDNEY AND PANCREAS TRANSPLANT

For patients suffering from renal failure, a kidney transplant can be a life- changing gift. Renal Medicine Associates under the leadership of Dr. Richard Cronin, and support of Presbyterian Hospital, started the second kidney transplant program in the state of New Mexico in, 1986.

Our program has completed more than 500 transplants since its creation. All physicians at Renal Medicine have experience in managing patients with kidney transplants, and patients with other solid organ transplants (heart, liver and pancreas).

We provide pre-transplant evaluation, living kidney donor evaluation, and lifelong medical care post kidney transplantation. We see patients at the Presbyterian Kidney Transplant Center located in the Presbyterian Physician Building (201 Cedar St, 8th floor, Albuquerque, NM) and at our offices in Albuquerque, Los Cruces and Roswell.

More information about getting a kidney transplant in Albuquerque is available in the section of this website on the Presbyterian Kidney Transplant Center.

https://www.phs.org/doctors-services/services-centers/transplant-services/Pages/default.aspx

To contact the transplant clinic, please call (505) 841-1434 or 1-800-597-7217

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TELENEPHROLOGY (TELEMEDICINE)

Here at Renal Medicine Associates, we are committed to offer every patient that has kidney disease, or any of its accompanying conditions, a chance to benefit from the specialized care that we provide and the many advantages of receiving prompt and regular kidney care regardless where they are located in New Mexico. You can be seen by our providers without the costs associated with travel and have the ability to stay close to home and in proximity to family and caretakers. You can be seen by video conference by our providers. Ask for our telemedicine services.
FORMS FOR REFERRAL
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Electrolyte and minerals disorders

The kidneys are one the main organs that regulate electrolytes in our bodies. Moderate to severe electrolyte abnormalities are associates with multiple symptoms and some can be life threatening. Our team of providers provide care of patients who have electrolyte abnormalities such as high/low potassium, high/low sodium, high/low magnesium, high/low calcium, high/low phosphorus, etc.
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Home and In- center dialysis

Apart from kidney transplant, one of the main ways to replace kidney function when kidney fails is to provide dialysis therapy. At Renal Medicine all providers have vast experience in different modalities in dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis). We have pioneered in the state the initiation of in-center nocturnal hemodialysis and home hemodialysis; these are the newest modality of dialysis that has been associated with much better survival and better quality of life.
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KIDNEY STONE DISEASE PREVENTION

Kidney stones are one of the most painful of the urologic disorders, have beset humans for centuries. Scientists have found evidence of kidney stones in a 7,000-year-old Egyptian mummy. Unfortunately, kidney stones are one of the most common disorders of the urinary tract. Each year, people make almost 3 million visits to health care providers and more than half a million people go to emergency rooms for kidney stone problems.

Our Nephrologists provide expertise in managing kidney stone disease management by looking into the causes and prevention.

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HYPERTENSION CLINIC

The kidneys are of the main organs that intervene in blood pressure control and most of kidney diseases can lead to high blood pressure. Uncontrolled hypertension will lead to chronic kidney disease progression, heart attacks, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, etc.

We focus on care of patients who have difficult to control hypertension (patients who are in 3 medications without achieving adequate blood pressure control), white-coat hypertension, masked-hypertension, poorly controlled hypertension, stress-related hypertension, all secondary and hormonal causes of hypertension, and hypertension complicating pregnancy

We Provider 24 hours –Ambulatory Blood Pressure (BP) monitoring to patients. To schedule a 24 hours BP monitoring fill out the below form

Our hypertension clinic focus is to provide a multidisciplinary approach. Our Hypertension clinic is currently receiving new patients and patients can be referred or self-refer using below form

Form for Referral

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