Trainee Events at #KidneyWk 2018
Kidney Week 2018 is here and it’s obvious that everyone is excited for a great week in San Diego! Whether it’s your first time at Kidney Week or you’ve experienced it (perhaps many times) before, the number of…
What Happens on Dialysis is Likely from Dialysis: Tunneled Dialysis Catheter Infections
While making rounds, I was paged to the dialysis unit to evaluate a patient on hemodialysis via a tunneled dialysis catheter, who began having chills and hypotension during a session. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon situation and…
“La Creatinina”-A Modern Epidemic of Kidney Disease
It is not often you see components of a basic metabolic panel (BMP) as a headline in the news. However, in one corner of the world, “creatinine” has become a term that commonly used by the public. It…
Don’t be Alarmed, but Your Kidney has a Clock
Most of us go to sleep and wake up around the same time every day, even on the weekends when we try to sleep in. When we change our schedule to either wake up earlier or because we…
New ASN Podcast: Youngest Kidney Week Presenters Discuss Their Experiences
With Kidney Week just around the corner, the American Society of Nephrology (@ASNkidney) has released a new podcast featuring a conversation between ASN Communications Associate, Sara Leeds, and two of the youngest Kidney Week attendees who have ever…
Contrast and AKI: The Plot Thickens
In my intern year while on the wards a patient of mine with normal kidney function on admission developed acute kidney injury (AKI) 48 hours after angiography; I thought I was confident about the diagnosis, it had to…
The 2018 ASN Kidney Week Fellows in Training (FIT) Bowl Schedule
Every year since 2012, ASN has hosted the FIT bowl at Kidney Week to inspire fellows to compete and learn nephrology in a fun and competitive way. In previous years, there had been 2 teams of fellows from…
Annual Dialysis Conference: March 16-19 2019, Dallas, TX
If you are interested in learning more about the ins-and-outs of dialysis consider attending the Annual Dialysis Conference: the largest multidisciplinary dialysis conference founded in 1980 by the Division of Nephrology at the University of Missouri. Who Can…
Can the Nephrology Fellow Shift the Tides in Nephrology Education and Recruitment?
A 2008 research study found that Canadian medical residents were most likely to choose a specialty based on factors such as lifestyle, previous role models, experience of the resident with the specialty, and mentorship. The same study found that procedural…
CMV: Almost Always On The Transplant Patient’s Differential Diagnosis
A 50 year-old presented with a 3 day history of malaise and fatigue 2 months after receiving a deceased donor kidney transplant with T-cell depleting induction therapy. Discharge medications after transplantation included tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, prednisone, and valganciclovir…
