“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 7: My Effluent Looks Like Milk
Urine Sediment of the Month: Fat Oval Bodies
From Dogs, Goats, and Pigs to Humans: The History of Kidney Transplantation
Marijuana Use in Potential Living Kidney Donors: To Exclude or Not To Exclude?
RAAS is Your Friend: Pocket Guide to Heritable Blood Pressure Disorders
New Horizons: RFN & American Society of Nephrology Collaboration
Conferences
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 9: Does My Patient Need Antibiotics Before a Dentist Visit?
While there are less morbidity and mortality associated with peritonitis than sepsis and bacteremia, peritonitis is still a major cause of peritoneal dialysis technique failure and mortality is not negligible. Many measures have been studied and are now…
Focus on POCUN: Shadows and Twinkling Stones
We have another new series of posts to offer this month- Point of Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN). What better way start off than with kidney stones. Urolithiasis is one of the most common indications for urinary tract…
Kidney TREKS: Opening the Door to a Career in Nephrology
This summer, I had the privilege of participating in KidneyTREKS (Tutored Research and Education for Kidney Scholars), a program for medical students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows created by the American Society of Nephrology to provide exposure and…
Landmark Trials in Lupus Nephritis: Look How Far We’ve Come!
Lupus nephritis occurs in up to 80% of patients with SLE, and is associated with significantly reduced survival. Interestingly, one of the first studies to describe lupus nephritis was written approximately 50 years ago (Fig. 1) and was…
Registration for KIDNEYcon 2019 is Open
When- April 12-13, 2019 Where- Little Rock, Arkansas Who should attend- Internal Medicine Residents, Pediatric Residents, Adult and Pediatric Fellows, Attending Nephrologists Travel Grants- Available to Adult and Pediatric Residents and Fellows (DUE DATE Feb 15th) KIDNEYcon is…
Kidney Biopsy of the Month: What is Normal?
RFN is proud to introduce a new series: “Kidney Biopsy of the Month.” We begin with normal histology of the kidney and specifically the glomerulus or renal corpuscle. After all, one needs to know what is normal before…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 7: My Effluent Looks Like Milk
Hey doc, my effluent looks kinda like milk…would it taste good with cookies? Chyloperitoneum is a rare cause of cloudy or even outright white milky effluent. This classic appearance is due to the presence of chylomicrons in a…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Fat Oval Bodies
Below, take a look at nearly round “oval fat bodies” in the urine of a patient with the nephrotic syndrome. Their presence is a sign of higher grade proteinuria: The so called “oval fat bodies” are a common finding in…
International Perspectives on the Ethics of Kidney Transplant
The ethics surrounding organ transplantation is a highly debated topic. Although kidney transplantation has been around for many decades- shifting needs, cultural norms, and resource limitations have led to varying practices worldwide, bringing several ethical principles into the…
“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 6: We Have a Leak!
In the differential diagnosis of inadequate ultrafiltreation, one of the possible entities is a dialysate leak. The more insidious leak will present with weight gain and decreased drain volumes as the dialysate leaks into different planes/potential spaces and…
