Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of Pediatric Nephrology
Pediatric Nephrology
Dr. Barbara A. Fivush, MD
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Dr. Barbara A. Fivush works in the field of Pediatric Nephrology. He graduated from Boston University School of Medicine. Boston University School of Medicine is ranked 30/52 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received 4 awards: "America's Top Doctors", "Top Doctors:Baltimore Area", "Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore" and "Super Doctor". Barbara Fivush is a published MD. He published 101 publications, including: 'Chronic renal insufficiency in children and adolescents: the 1996 annual report of NAPRTCS. North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.'
Publications
- Predictors of Kidney disease in a cohort of pediatric patients with lupus.
- Association of higher erythropoiesis stimulating agent dose and mortality in children on dialysis.
- Effects of obesity and race on left ventricular geometry in Hypertensive children.
- Disparities in antiHypertensive medication adherence in adolescents.
- Increased hospitalizations and death in patients with ESRD secondary to lupus.
- Comparative clinical outcomes between pediatric and young adult dialysis patients.
- Secondary hyperparathyroidism and anemia in children treated by hemodialysis.
- Patterns of use of vascular catheters for hemodialysis in children in the United States.
- Clinical course associated with vascular access type in a national cohort of adolescents who receive hemodialysis: findings from the Clinical Performance Measures and ...
- Outcomes for adolescent Hispanic hemodialysis patients: findings from the ESRD Clinical Performance Measures Project.
- Impact of specialization of primary nephrologist on the care of pediatric hemodialysis patients.
- Incidence of atherosclerosis by race in the dialysis morbidity and mortality study: a sample of the US ESRD population.
- Anemia in pediatric hemodialysis patients: results from the 2001 ESRD Clinical Performance Measures Project.
- Adverse clinical outcomes associated with short stature at dialysis initiation: a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.
- Rationale and design issues of the Randomized Intervention for Children With Vesicoureteral Reflux (RIVUR) study.
- No difference in meeting hemoglobin and albumin targets for dialyzed children with urologic disorders.
- Racial differences among children with primary Hypertension.
- Increased risk of death in pediatric and adult patients with ESRD secondary to lupus.
- Hospitalization rates and clinical performance measures in U.S. adolescent hemodialysis patients.
- Association of mortality and hospitalization with achievement of adult hemoglobin targets in adolescents maintained on hemodialysis.
- Comparison of single-pool and equilibrated Kt/V values for pediatric hemodialysis prescription management: analysis from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services C...
- Serum albumin level and risk for mortality and hospitalization in adolescents on hemodialysis.
- Ability of blood pressure to predict left ventricular hypertrophy in children with primary Hypertension.
- Children on long-term dialysis in the United States: findings from the 2005 ESRD clinical performance measures project.
- Linear growth in pediatric hemodialysis patients.
- Clinical outcomes and dialysis adequacy in adolescent hemodialysis patients.
- Short stature and growth hormone use in pediatric hemodialysis patients.
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrology position paper on linking reimbursement to quality of care.
- Anemia and health-related quality of life in adolescents with Chronic kidney disease.
- Initial experience with FK506 (tacrolimus) in pediatric renal transplant recipients.
- Report of the American Society of Nephrology meeting.
- Report of the American Society of Nephrology meetings.
- Renal transplantation in children from 1987-1996: the 1996 Annual Report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.
- Metabolic complications secondary to obstruction of a Kock pouch afferent limb.
- Acute Hypertensive crises in children: emergencies and urgencies.
- Longitudinal evaluation of transport kinetics in children receiving peritoneal dialysis.
- Cutaneous lesions associated with cyclosporine therapy in pediatric renal transplant recipients.
- Heptavax-B in pediatric dialysis patients: effect of systemic lupus erythematosus. Chesapeake Pediatric Nephrology Study Group.
- Irritability and dysuria in infants with idiopathic hypercalciuria.
- Safety of intraperitoneal calcium therapy in a rodent model.
- Karyotype of the beach vole, Microtus breweri, an endemic island species.
- Thrombocytopenia absent radius syndrome associated with renal insufficiency.
- Cyclosporine lowers seizure threshold in an experimental model of electroshock-induced seizures in Munich-Wistar rats.
- Congestive cardiomyopathy in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
- Pancreatic exocrine insufficiency in a patient with nephropathic cystinosis.
- Pancreatic endocrine insufficiency in posttransplant cystinosis.
- Central nervous system toxicity of cyclosporine in a rat model.
- Neurologic complications in long-standing nephropathic cystinosis.
- Gonococcal conjunctivitis in a four-month-old infant.
- Idiopathic linear glomerular IgA deposition.
- Proximal renal tubular acidosis secondary to FK506 in pediatric liver transplant patients.
- Intraperitoneal albumin infusion and pain.
- Diabetes as a complication of tacrolimus (FK506) in pediatric renal transplant patients.
- Immune response to influenza vaccination in children with renal Disease.
- Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in children with Chronic renal disease: a prospective study of antibody response and duration.
- Immunizations in children on PD: current guidelines and recommendations.
- Hypogammaglobulinemia and fatal sepsis in an infant maintained on peritoneal dialysis.
- Defective antibody response to Hemophilus influenzae type b immunization in children receiving peritoneal dialysis.
- Resolution of nephrocalcinosis associated with tumor lysis syndrome.
- Neisseria sicca peritonitis in a patient maintained on Chronic peritoneal dialysis.
- IgG subclass levels in pediatric patients on Chronic peritoneal dialysis.
- Cytokine production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from pediatric Chronic peritoneal dialysis patients.
- Renal proximal tubular epithelium from patients with nephropathic cystinosis: immortalized cell lines as in vitro model systems.
- Neurologic abnormalities and mortality in rats treated with cyclosporine A.
- Accelerated recovery from immune-mediated thrombocytopenia with plasmapheresis.
- Alterations in the generalized Shwartzman reaction induced by cyclosporine.
- Vancomycin prevents polytetrafluoroethylene graft infections in pediatric patients receiving Chronic hemodialysis.
- Hypogammaglobulinemia in children undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
- Urolithiasis associated with the ketogenic diet.
- Glucose tolerance in children with renal allografts and effect of growth hormone treatment.
- Culture of renal tubular cells from the urine of patients with nephropathic cystinosis.
- Accelerated growth rates in children treated with growth hormone after renal transplantation.
- Dissociation of tubular cell detachment and tubular cell death in clinical and experimental "acute tubular necrosis".
- Cyclosporine in the treatment of azathioprine-induced red cell aplasia following renal transplantation.
- Acute tubular necrosis associated with Lowe's syndrome: possible role of rhabdomyolysis.
- Plasmapheresis, intravenous cytomegalovirus-specific immunoglobulin and reversal of antibody-mediated rejection in a pediatric renal transplant recipient: a case report.
- Varicella in the first year after renal transplantation: a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS).
- Does greater pediatric experience influence treatment choices in Chronic disease management? Dialysis modality choice for children with end-stage renal disease.
- Effect of parental donor sex on rejection in pediatric renal transplantation: a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.
- Recommended immunization practices for pediatric renal transplant recipients.
- Chronic renal insufficiency in children and adolescents: the 1996 annual report of NAPRTCS. North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.
- Immunization guidelines for pediatric renal Disease.
- Renal Disease in Down syndrome: autopsy study with emphasis on glomerular lesions.
- Antibody levels to diphtheria, tetanus, and rubella in infants vaccinated while on PD: a Study of the Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Study Consortium.
- Evaluation of neurotoxicity in pediatric renal transplant recipients treated with tacrolimus (FK506).
- Immunization practices in children with renal Disease: a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study.
- Racial differences in choice of dialysis modality for children with end-stage renal Disease.
- Haemophilus influenzae type b immunization in infants on peritoneal dialysis. Pediatric Peritoneal Dialysis Study Consortium.
- Adolescent hemodialysis: results of the 2000 ESRD Clinical Performance Measures Project.
- Does growth retardation indicate suboptimal clinical care in children with Chronic renal disease and those undergoing dialysis?
- The impact of dialysis and transplantation on children.
- Validation of PD Adequest 2.0 for pediatric dialysis patients.
- Relation between pediatric experience and treatment recommendations for children and adolescents with Kidney failure.
- Risk factors for urolithiasis in children on the ketogenic diet.
- Racial differences in access to the Kidney transplant waiting list for children and adolescents with end-stage renal disease.
- Immunizations for pediatric dialysis patients.
- Impact of gender on access to the renal transplant waiting list for pediatric and adult patients.
- Hypogammaglobulinemia in infants and young children maintained on peritoneal dialysis. Pediatric Dialysis Study Consortium.
- For-profit versus not-for-profit dialysis care for children with end stage renal Disease.
- Tacrolimus vs. cyclosporine A as primary immunosuppression in pediatric renal transplantation: a NAPRTCS study.
Schools
Boston University School Of Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Conditions Treated
- Hydronephrosis
- Hypertension
- Hypertensive Heart and Chronic Kidney Disease
Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Nephrology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Blue Choice Network POS
- Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Maryland POS
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Southern Health PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan
- Choice Care PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Options PPO
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Top Doctors:Baltimore Area
- Top Doctors:Washington-Baltimore
- Super Doctor
Education
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Johns Hopkins University -
Boston University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Johns Hopkins Hospital
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