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Dr. Adrian Baudy IV

Internal Medicine
New Orleans, LA
14 years experience male

Locations

Office

New Orleans, LA

Address

10800 Kinneil Rd, New Orleans, LA
Directions

My office hours

Friday: 12pm - 4:00am
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About

Bio

Nephrology and Hypertension fellow, ABIM Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician

Specialties
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.

Internal Medicine

Nephrology and Dialysis

Languages spoken

English

Doctor Q&A

111 Answers
99 Agrees
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Get urine culture: You can get a urine culture to see if the bacteria in your urine are sensitive to the antibiotics you received. If they aren't, then you can be switch... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
3-5 days for simp le: If it is a simple uti, typical treatment is 3-5 days. If it is a more complicated uti, such as in a male or pyelonephritis then long treatments are w... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends: There are several reasons for low BP in esrd, including dehydration, carnitine deficiency, heart failure (with or without cardiogenic shock), adrenal ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
No: Simethicone is a mixture of polydimethylsiloxane and hydrated silica gel. Anti-foaming agent that decreases the surface tension of gas bubbles, causin... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Not your chance but: Iga nephropathy is a relatively common kidney disease. It affects millions of people worldwide. It is a disease that affects the filters, or glomeruli... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Most can: Magnesium is freely excreted by the kidneys, so if you have normal renal function it won't bother you. But if you have kidney disease your levels coul... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Go to an urgentcare: Urgentcares often have flat rate pricing, or you could goto a free clinic. You need to have a urinalysis to confirm diagnosis and maybe culture. Then ... Read More
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A 22-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Likely not an UTI: Sounds more like muscle strain/sprain. Utis often start with increased frequency, urgency, and pain with urination.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
ABO and HLA: First ABO blood groups and then specifically hla "minor" groups are matched.
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Yez: There are no interactions that i see listed for aloe vera juice.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
See your doctor: Hypotension and dyspnea on exertion can occur with moderate/severe anemia. You need a complete blood count to check your hemoglobuin and make sure tha... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
What do you labs : Show? More information is need before a diagnosis or further information.
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
See you doctor: If you are having alopecia it could due to your thyroid levels being increased, which are sometimes seen early on in hashimotos before signs of hypoth... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Multiple things: Heart failure, adrenal insufficiency, unstable cardiac arrthymias (abnormal rhythms), sepsis with septic shock, neurogenic shock, cardiogenic shock, a... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Varies: Could be a sign of lead poisoning. You often get a bluish line (burton's line). But likely a more benign problem. Might be best to see your dentist.
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A 61-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends: Could be heart block, and there are different degrees. You would need an ekg to appropriately diagnosis. Also if you we're well conditioned or on av n... Read More
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A 39-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
GPA or Wegener's: Your doctor says these have something in common but he hasn't told you? Interesting.You can get upper and lower respiratory symptoms (serous otitis me... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Possible: But an elevated WBC (which you don't have at this time, your actually now within normal range) isn't really an acute phase reactant. Elevated platele... Read More
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A 44-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Infection: You might have an infection that could has advanced to septic shock, given your story of rigors, low blood pressure, and tachycardia.
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A 23-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
High fluid intake: High fluid intake, high calcium diet, and low sodium diet if your stone was calcium oxalate. High fluid intake and low sodium diet will improve most s... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Either: Kidney stones or are urinary tract infection that has spread to your kidney.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Residual function: Patients can be dialysis dependent, meaning that they have end stage renal disease, but still have a few functioning nephrons (functional unit of the ... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends: Thrombocytopenia is commonly seen in patients with cirrhosis or impaired liver function. There isn't as much a correlation with cardiomegaly (large he... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Possibly: You may also have an uti, which presents with the symptoms you mentioned. Gonorrhea also presently commonly with purulent (thick mucoid) discharge and... Read More
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A 55-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Need antibiotics: You should find an urgent care and get urinalysis and antibiotics if it is suggestive of uti.
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A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends: Was this on ultrasound? Ct? Could be very non-specific especially if your labs (creatinine and gfr) are normal. I wouldn't worry unless your doctor me... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends: For hypothyroidism you should start with your pcp then an endocrinologist if your case is complicated or you need more done. For autoimmune disorders ... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
90945 and 90947: 90945*—dialysis other than hemodialysis (e.g., peritoneal dialysis, hemofiltration, or other continuous renal replacement therapies), with single phys... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Shouldn't: Even with hypernatremia, those aren't common symptoms.
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
See your doctor: If this persist you may need to get it further evaluated with some basic labs and simple imaging.
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A 36-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
No: You should continue treatment of your metformin as it is well tolerated. You doctor can follow up on routine blood work to evaluate for the concerned ... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Not Really: I'm unaware of Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) causing soreness as a side effect.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Damage if uncontroll: Uncontrolled diabetes for a long period of time (10 years in type ii and 5 years in type i) can cause kidney damage called diabetic nephropathy. This ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends: Depending on how long you having been taking hydrocodone you may have developed dependence. I would see your pcp or a pain specialist to get you off t... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
No: Because this would be extremely dangerous, as there potassium channels are quite ubiquitous (meaning in almost all cells). And the common potassium ch... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
In moderation: High dietary protein intake, due to its acid-producing load, increases urinary calcium excretion (with potential risk for bone loss and calcium stone ... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Possibly Dehydration: Ketonuria (kentones in the urine) either means you dehydrated or you are making ketones from diabetes with high glucose without sufficient insulin. In... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Many causes: Multiple conditions: early diabetic kidney disease, HIV associated nephropathy, hydronephrosis, cystic kidney disease, amyloidosis, granulomatuous kid... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Possibly: If you had leukocytes and dysuria with negative culture i would say yes, but the flack pain is unusual with an std. You should still probably be scree... Read More
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A 18-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Yes: An uncontrolled UTI can ascend and cause pyelonephritis, and possibly even bacteria in the blood.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Multiple things: You should see your doctor. You may need basic labs to rule out any metabolic or electrolyte abnormality.
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends : Could be a few things, at the top of my differential includes kidney stones and cystic kidney disease with the first be more likely. You need some ima... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends: It depends if you family has polycystic kidney disease, or some other form of cystic kidney disease such as von hippel lindau or tuberous sclerosis. I... Read More
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A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Could be...: Without much information or an exam, this could be a number of conditions but given that you say cough and sneezing it could be a pulled muscle or ple... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Depends: There are several conditions (polycystic kidney disease for example) that can cause multiple cysts in multiple diffeent organs.
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A female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Should if correct...: Antibiotics. If you have a kidney infection (pyelonephritis) then the correct antibiotics should cure the infection. I'm sure you doctor ordered a uri... Read More
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Yes: When used per the manufacter's recommendations.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
Dip it in urine cup: Dip the glucostix, chemstrip, or clinistix in a urine cup and read after 2 minutes (or manufacturer's recommendations).
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
See your doctor: You shouldn't have continued pain after passing kidney stone, it should actually improve.
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Adrian Baudy IV
Internal Medicine 14 years experience
PCP then Rheumatolog: You pcp can start the work up if you have a particular concert. Then a rheumatologist specializes in autoimmune diseases, but they would want a prelim... Read More
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Testimonials
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May 10, 2013
I recommend Dr. Baudy, He clearly has an exceptional knowledge of Internal Medicine. He is providing a valuable public service via Health Tap.
Sep 16, 2013
He provides thoughtful answers.
Good doctor.
HealthTap member
Thanks for your quick reply! My family doc did a complete blood work and found I had low thyroid. Is that good enough or does he need more?
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Thank you, your answer or tip was very helpful! May you enjoy healthy peaceful and successful life. Thank you so much for helping me out.
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Thanks for your quick reply! I have had labs done an mri and they can't figure it out, maybe more labs will help ty

Education & Training

Medical/Graduate school

The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, OH
Graduated 2009MD

Residency

TULANE MEDICAL CENTER

Awards

Top Doctor, Second Place, Louisiana - Winter
2013
Most Influential, Second Place, Metairie, LA - Winter
2013
Thought Leader, Third Place, Louisiana - Winter
2013

Affiliations

Tulane Medical Center
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