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Skeleton Key Group Case #25: Falling for Phosphate!
Welcome to the 25th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of 50-odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for the Renal Fellow Network. These are actual cases (without patient identifying information)…
Beyond RNA: How Integration of Single Nucleus Chromatin Accessibility Sequencing Can Help our Understanding of the Kidney
Eryn E. Dixon, PhD Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis The reach of single cell sequencing technologies continues to rapidly expand across tissue and disease models with the introduction of multi-omic approaches. Here, we continue our…
The 21th Annual SSCI Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum
The 21th Annual SSCI Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum will be held virtually on February 24, 2021. The purpose of the Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum is to create a meeting where research trainees in the SSCI/AFMR region can present…
Apply to Join the 2022 NSMC Internship
The Nephrology Social Media Collective (NSMC) internship is a year-long internship where you can gain valuable skills making educational content online. The internship was established in 2015. Over 150 individuals have graduated from the program. Applications are open…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Identifying Phagocytosed Particles
“What am I looking at? ” Phagocytosis and particle internalization by cells in the urine is not common, but of clinical interest when it occurs.Phagocytosis/particle internalization can be observed in urine microscopy by the usual culprits: professional phagocytes…
Annual Dialysis Conference Fellow Case Submissions
Nephrology fellows are invited to submit a 1-page case summary of a challenging or unusual dialysis experience. Authors of the top 6-8 cases will be selected to present their cases in the Fellows Forum session of the main…
Point of Care Ultrasound for Nephrologists: Establishing Use Cases and Building the Evidence for Tomorrow
Check out an entire issue of Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease devoted to “Point-of-Care Ultrasound.” This issue was inspired by the growing body of young nephrologists who have become interested in using point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to improve outcomes…
Skeleton Key Group Case #24: Why So Sad, Sodium?
Welcome to the 24th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of 50-odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for the Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying…
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
Sriram Sriperumbuduri MD DM DRCPSCNephrology FellowThe Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa Canada@sriperumbuduris Catheter dysfunction in peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a common complication leading to diminished quality of life, reduced dialysis and the potential to abandon PD and transition to hemodialysis…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Beyond the Urizon
One of the welcome side-effects of doing your own urine sediment examination is having easy access to a microscope and some basic lab equipment. This allows you to examine all sorts of things besides urine (Fig. 1). For…