Dr. Melvin E. Laski M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3601 4th St Suite 4c201 Lubbock TX, 79430About
Dr. Melvin Laski is a nephrologist practicing in Lubbock, TX. Dr. Laski specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Laski 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
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Penny wise and bicarbonate foolish.
- Outcomes research in dialysis.
- What unique acid-base considerations exist in dialysis patients?
- Fatal adenovirus serotype-5 in a deceased-donor renal transplant recipient.
- Structure-function relationships in aquaporins.
- Metabolic alkalosis, bedside and bench.
- Microperfusion studies on the permeability of retinal vessels. A new model demonstrating organic anion transport and a reabsorptive fluid flux.
- Total CO2 flux in isolated collecting tubules during carbonic anhydrase inhibition.
- Diuretics: mechanism of action and therapy.
- Paraneoplastic syndromes in hypernephroma.
- Normal regulation of acid-base balance. Renal and pulmonary response and other extrarenal buffering mechanisms.
- Fluid and electrolyte abnormalities in the oncology patient.
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