Dr. Derrick L Latos M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
58 16th St Suite 500 Wheeling WV, 26003Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Derrick Latos is a nephrologist practicing in Wheeling, WV. Dr. Latos specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Latos 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
Wv Univ Sch of Med, Morgantown Wv 1972
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Carbenicillin therapy in patients with normal and impaired renal function.
- Hemodialysis in the elderly: vascular access and initiation of renal replacement therapy.
- Practice recommendations for the use of L-carnitine in dialysis-related carnitine disorder. National Kidney Foundation Carnitine Consensus Conference.
- Chronic kidney disease: the new epidemic and its impact on West Virginia.
- Geriatric nephrology: a paradigm shift in the approach to renal replacement therapy.
- Dialysis medical directors' role in maintaining quality of care and responsibility for facility-specific patient outcomes: evolution and current status.
- Your responses pour in.
- White Paper, SB-576.
- Aftermath.
- Glomerulonephritis and sinusitis. Hypocomplementemic glomerulonephritis
- Presidential address. New strategies, timely communications planned.
- Considerations for a Primary Care Physician Assistant in Treating Kidney Transplant Recipients.
- Renal failure as a presenting sign of metastatic colon carcinoma.
- Renal failure as a presenting sign of metastatic colon carcinoma.
- Acid-base and electrolyte changes following maximal and submaximal exercise in hemodialysis patients.
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