Assistant Professor in Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Nephrology

Kenneth B. Christopher works in the field of Nephrology. He went to medical school at New York Medical College. He has 4 awards "Endocrine/Nutrition Specialty Award", "Promising Investigator Award", "Sepsis Specialty Award" and "Annual Scientific Award". Kenneth Christopher has written publications. He has 24 publications published with PubMed. The lastest publication is: 'Hypernatremia at Hospital Discharge and Out of Hospital Mortality Following Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage.' Kenneth B. Christopher accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.

Publications

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• LiFe: a liver injury score to predict outcome in critically ill patients.
• Hypernatremia at Hospital Discharge and Out of Hospital Mortality Following Primary Intracerebral Hemorrhage.
• Understanding vitamin D deficiency in intensive care patients.
• Red cell distribution width and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients.
• Elevation of blood urea nitrogen is predictive of long-term mortality in critically ill patients independent of "normal" creatinine.
• Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D at critical care initiation is associated With increased mortality.
• Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and mortality in the critically ill*
• Derivation and validation of the Acute organ failure score to predict outcome in critically ill patients: a cohort study.
• The Association of Acute Kidney Injury in the Critically Ill and Postdischarge Outcomes: A Cohort Study.
• Reply to s das et Al.
• Association Between Prehospital Vitamin D Status and Hospital-Acquired Clostridium difficile Infections.
• Evidence for a U-shaped relationship between pre-hospital vitamin D status and mortality: a cohort study.
• Diabetes mellitus and community-acquired bloodstream infections in the critically ill.
• The association between primary language spoken and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients.
• Association of Low Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Sepsis in the Critically Ill.
• Pre-hospital vitamin D concentration, mortality, and bloodstream infection in a hospitalized patient population.
• Vitamin d in Acute kidney injury.
• Editorial (hot topic: vitamin d deficiency and critical illness).
• The difference between critical care initiation anion gap and prehospital admission anion gap is predictive of mortality in critical illness.
• Association of low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and Acute kidney injury in the critically ill.
• Relationship between neighborhood poverty rate and bloodstream infections in the critically ill*.
• Neighborhood Poverty Rate and Mortality in Patients Receiving Critical Care in the Academic Medical Center Setting.
• Vitamin d status and community-acquired pneumonia: results from the third national health and nutrition examination survey.

Schools

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• New York Medical College

• Brigham and Women39s Hospital

• The Miriam Hospital

Procedures Preformed

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• Hemodialysis
• Peritoneal Dialysis

Conditions Treated

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• Acidosis
• Acute Kidney Failure
• Alkalosis
• Amyloidosis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Critical Care Medicine
• Nephrology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Endocrine/Nutrition Specialty Award
• Promising Investigator Award
• Sepsis Specialty Award
• Annual Scientific Award

Education

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• Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Brown University
• New York Medical College

Hospital

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• Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Medicare Facts

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1043295314
Last Name Of The Provider	CHRISTOPHER
First Name Of The Provider	KENNETH
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