Dr. John Michael Lazarus M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
95 Hayden Ave Lexington MA, 02421About
Dr. John Lazarus is a nephrologist practicing in Lexington, MA. Dr. Lazarus specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Lazarus most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Tulane Univ Sch of Med, New Orleans La 1963
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Associates of mortality among peritoneal dialysis patients with special reference to peritoneal transport rates and solute clearance.
- The estimation of blood flow to hemodialyzers by bubble time.
- Peritoneal dialysis adequacy: a model to assess feasibility with various modalities.
- The urea [clearance x dialysis time] product (Kt) as an outcome-based measure of hemodialysis dose.
- Quality-of-life evaluation using Short Form 36: comparison in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients.
- How can survival of the well-dialyzed patient be increased?
- Limitations of the facility-specific standardized mortality ratio for profiling health care quality in dialysis.
- Changing hemodialysis thresholds for optimal survival.
- The effects of varying dialysis regimens on lymphocyte stimulation.
- Association between prevalent care process measures and facility-specific mortality rates.
- Association between pulse pressure and mortality in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis.
- Body size, dialysis dose and death risk relationships among hemodialysis patients.
- Effect of variability in anemia management on hemoglobin outcomes in ESRD.
- The effects of higher hemoglobin levels on mortality and hospitalization in hemodialysis patients.
- Survival of patients undergoing hemodialysis with paricalcitol or calcitriol therapy.
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