Scholars@Duke
Komal Safdar

Komal Safdar

House Staff
Medicine, Nephrology

Selected Publications

Impact of Treatment Modalities on Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay for Patients Admitted With Severe Hyponatremia.

Conference Ann Pharmacother · November 4, 2025 BACKGROUND: The diversity in presentation and cause of hyponatremia leads to a wide array of treatment modalities which are selected based on severity, chronicity, volume status, and putative cause. Due to the variability in treatment selection, it is pert ... Full text Link to item Cite

Onco-hypertension: An Emerging Specialty.

Journal Article Adv Chronic Kidney Dis · September 2021 Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. With the introduction of newer chemotherapeutic agents, targeted therapies, and immunotherapy, the prognosis and survival of patients with cancer has remarkably improved. As a result, patients are liv ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clerkship Grading and the U.S. Economy: What Medical Education Can Learn From America's Economic History.

Journal Article Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges · February 2021 Clerkship grades (like money) are a social construct that function as the currency through which value exchanges in medical education are negotiated between the system's various stakeholders. They provide a widely recognizable and efficient medium through ... Full text Open Access Cite

Changes in mechanical dyssynchrony in severe aortic stenosis patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Journal Article Echocardiography · February 2019 IntroductionAortic stenosis (AS) imposes a significant afterload on the left ventricle, but regional manifestations of the overall load may not be unif ... Full text Open Access Cite

UBR-5, a Conserved HECT-Type E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, Negatively Regulates Notch-Type Signaling inCaenorhabditis elegans

Journal Article G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics · July 1, 2016 AbstractNotch-type signaling mediates cell−cell interactions important for animal development. In humans, reduced or inappropriate Notch signaling activity is associated with various developmental defects and disease states ... Full text Open Access Cite