Basics of Lung Ultrasound for the Nephrologist: What are A-lines and B-lines?
Landmark Trials in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: Past, Present and To Be Cont’d…
Kidney Biopsy of the Month- The Tubulointerstitium Part 2: The Medulla
Urine Sediment of the Month: Dysmorphic RBCs, the Hallmark of Glomerular Hematuria
IdeS (Imlifidase): Breaking Bad Immunoglobulins in Sensitized Transplant Recipients
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Transition To Fellowship & Faculty: Challenges & Solutions
It’s almost the end of this academic year and July 1st is just around the corner. Whether you are an internal medicine resident moving on to a nephrology fellowship or a senior nephrology fellow about to become an…
Landmark Trials in Peritoneal Dialysis Adequacy: A 3-Minute Read
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) treatment began much earlier than hemodialysis but was not successful due to the many complications associated with it and the difficulties with access to the peritoneal cavity. It was in 1946 that Dr. Fine and…
Saturday Night Acute Kidney Injury
We recently took over the care of a 20 year old man of Asian origin who was admitted under the surgical team. He presented with 4 days of bilateral, colicky loin pain. He had no past medical history…
Introduction to Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: The Parasternal Long Axis View
Why should nephrologists perform cardiac ultrasonography? Cardiac POCUS, also known as focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is a valuable adjunct to physical examination in various clinical settings. Being able to evaluate cardiac pump function, chamber size, wall thickness, presence…
Compete in the 8th Annual ASN 2019 Kidney Week Fellow-in-Training Bowl!
Bragging rights are up for grabs again at this year’s 8th annual Kidney Week Fellow-in-Training (FIT) competition! Ready to play? Enter your team of 4 nephrology fellows here. This year’s competition, like last year’s, will consist of 3…
Kidney Inflammation and Hypertension
Hypertension is commonly associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The combination of hypertension and CKD together make for a BIG clinical problem. The last two decades have seen research focused on many potential causative pathways linking both hypertension…
Dosing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies (CRRT): What is Enough?
To better understand continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT), we must understand the process of solute removal by diffusion and convection. Diffusion is the process by which “molecules that are present in a solvent and can pass freely across…
Looking for Travel Support to Attend ASN Kidney Week 2019?
The American Society of Nephrology offers various travel support opportunities to ASN members to attend Kidney Week 2019, which will be held November 5th – 10th in Washington, DC. The application deadline for the travel support programs below…
A Balancing Act: Managing Acute Stroke in Patients on Hemodialysis
People on hemodialysis (HD) are ten times more likely to suffer from a stroke, compared with the general population. In addition to this risk, patients on HD are at a three-fold higher risk of hemorrhagic transformation of ischemic…
Kidney Biopsy of the Month: Diabetic Nephropathy
Morphological changes due to diabetes are similar in type 1 and type 2 diabetes and can be observed in all the 4 structural compartments of the kidney: glomeruli, vessels, interstitium, and tubules. Approximately one-third of diabetics will develop…
