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Credentials for The Virtual Nephrologist, youtube presentations and medical publications

Video PRESENTATIONS for The Virtual Nephrologist:

To visit our YouTube channel: The Virtual Nephrologist 

• 06-2023 Hemodialysis or Peritoneal Dialysis

• 05-2023 Risk factors and screening for Chronic Kidney Disease, CKD

• 03-2023 Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease

• 12-2022 When do I start Dialysis?

• 06-2022 The Artificial Kidney 

• 02-2022 Checking Blood Pressure at home

• 01-2022 Vitamin D Simplified

• 06-2020 Checking Blood Pressure at home

• 06-2018 Checking Blood Pressure at home

• 06-2018 Virtual tour and Explanation of ICU

• 12-2017 Hypertension, simplified

• 10-2017 Introduction to Medical ETHICS

• 04-2016 Hypertension and Metabolic Syndrome

• 03-2016 Hepato-Renal Syndrome

• 03-2013 The Youtube Channel

Credentials of The Virtual Nephrologist

MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS

BY

DR. RIFAI

Dealing with dramatic health care problems during times of natural disaster and armed conflict

Alasfar S, Zakaria W, Nasan KH, Zanabli AR, Al-Saghir F, Rifai AO, Luycks V, Murad L, Kaysi S, Al-Makki A, Sekkarie M

Kidney International, KI, 05-2023

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37187288/

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Successful Surgical Management of Urethral Prolapse in a postmenopausal Female

Kevin D. Healey, Davong D. Phrathep, Andrew B. Herson, Kaila R. Fives, Jenna R. Hurley, Carlos E. Ramos, Ahmad O. Rifai

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37303371/

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A Rare Presentation of Rhodococcus Equi Bacteremia as a Result of Right Upper Arm Cellulitis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Keana-Kelley D. Swanner, Riya Patel, Thuy T. Nguyen, Felicia N. Patel, Raul Magadia, Ahmad O. Rifai, Margaret Davenport

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37255906/

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Antitubular Basement Membrane Antibody Disease Associated with Nivolumab Infusion and Concomitant Acute Pyelonephritis Leading to Acute Kidney Injury : a Case Report and Literature Review

Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Kristin M. Denig,Tiffany Caza, Shana M. Webb, Sarah Rifai, Sarah Khan, Sally Dahan, and Samaa Alamin

Case Reports in Nephrology, vol. 2023, Article ID 6681756, 5 pages, 2023.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10085645/

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Successful Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma Pulmonary Embolism Using Inari FlowTriever System

Rachel Hess, Zachary Mazurek, Adena Zadourian, Jessica Stahl, Ahmad O. Rifai and Harini Bejjanki

Clin Image Case Rep J. 2022; 4(11):274

https://www.literaturepublishers.org/archive/Successful-Treatment-of-Renal-Cell-Carcinoma-Pulmonary-Embolism-Using-Inari-FlowTriever-System.html

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A Fatal Case of Isolated Renal Mucormycosis in an Immunocompetent Male

Kevin D. Healey, Davong D. Phrathep, Stefan Anthony, Michael A. Jenkins, Lynda Gentchev, Ahmad O. Rifai

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9597702/

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Hernia Causing Ureteral Obstruction with Hydronephrosis and Subsequent Urinary Tract Infection and Sepsis                                

Kevin D. Healey, Ahmad O. Rifai, Alexander J. Maqueira, William Kantrales, Courtney Albury

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36304363/

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Peritoneal Dialysate Leak Mistaken as Fournier’s Gangrene

Kareem Rifai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Sidra Shakil, Mohammad Mehio, Sami M. Rifai and Sarah Rifai

http://www.clinicsinsurgery.com/abstract.php?aid=8174

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Edwardsiella tarda: A Classic Presentation of a Rare Fatal Infection, with Possible New Background Risk Factors

Kevin D. Healey, Sami M. Rifai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Masha Edmond, Daniel S. Baker, Kareem Rifai

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34873141/

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Hemodialysis Machines capable of Performing Isolated Ultrafiltration in the Absence of Adequate Water Supply Are Needed During Disasters

Mohamed Sekkarie, Padam Hiracham, Khaldoun Soudan, Ahmad Oussama Rifai

https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(21)01022-6/fulltext

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.03.875

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Impact of a Hurricane on Dialysis Patients: A Case Study. A Oussama Rifai, Harini Bejjanki

https://www.kidneynews.org/view/journals/kidney-news/12/9/article-p26_19.xml

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Delayed Diagnosis of Colonic Adenocarcinoma in a 30-Year-Old Postpartum Woman Misdiagnosed with HELLP Syndrome

Alexander J. Maqueira, Ahmad O. Rifai, Courtney Albury, William A. Kantrales, David Rydell, and Henry Breland

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32908771/

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A Case Report on Pasteurella Multocida Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis: When Cats Think Medical Equipment Are Toys

Saeid Mirzai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Aron Tidrick, Qitan Huang, Justin Hale

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6942743/

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Successful external cephalic version in a patient with uterus didelphys and fetal malpresentation

Saeid Mirzai, Samuel Brian Wolf, Saima Mili, Ahmad Oussama Rifai

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31748355

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Probable Clostridium septicum pneumocephalus in a user of natural remedies with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus, type 1

Saeid Mirzai, Ahmad Oussama Rifai, Shana Webb, Kareem Rifai, Amanda Reiner

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6610224/

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New Approach to Orogastric Tube Placement in the Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Department.

Rifai AO, Intern Med, an open access journal, Inter Med 2018, 8:4

DOI:  10.4172/2165-8048.1000288

https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/new-approach-to-orogastric-tube-placement-in-the-intensive-care-unit-and-the-emergency-department-2165-8048-1000288-104281.html

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Continuous venovenous hemofiltration using a stand-alone blood pump for acute kidney injury in field hospitals in Syria

A Oussama Rifai, Lina B Murad, Mohamed A Sekkarie, Akram A Al-Makki, Abdul R Zanabli, Anas A Kayal and Khaldoun A Soudan

Kidney Int 2015 87: 254-261; 10.1038/ki.2014.334

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25635714

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Credentials for The Virtual Nephrologist