Ultrafiltration for Heart Failure
The concept of removing excess fluid via ultrafiltration (UF) is not a new one. The first described use of UF dates back to 1974. Back then, drip clamps were used to calibrate the amount of UF. For this…
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Dearbhla Kelly
Lithium and the Kidneys: What Every Nephrologist Should Know
Lithium has been a very efficacious drug in the management of bipolar and other mood disorders. There are several aspects of lithium use that Nephrologists need to be mindful of including its pharmacokinetics, its dosing and target concentrations,…
How to approach a lone low serum bicarbonate: some illustrative cases
Metabolic acidosis is a common condition encountered routinely by Nephrologists. Etiology of this condition is quite varied often requiring detailed history and a battery of tests to tease out the diagnosis. In most of the scenarios, co-existing biochemical…
NKF’s 52nd Annual Medical Symposium – Kidney Care: 2020 and Beyond – 13th November (FREE for fellows)
The 52nd Annual Medical Symposium, a bay area nephrology community tradition, is a day-long program that provides healthcare professionals with timely updates on CKD guidelines & standards, treatments, research and co-morbidities, so they may better care for and…
Who is afraid of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome? Severe hyponatremia – its limits, goals and clamps
From the early physiology courses in Medical School, everyone learns to be wary of rapidly correcting serum sodium in the event of hyponatremia if its duration is chronic or unknown. But was this concern always present? In the…
Water Treatment for Hemodialysis
I am often startled by the fact that patients are exposed to 120-200 L of dialysis solution during each dialysis treatment! Unsurprisingly then, patients on hemodialysis are particularly vulnerable to small molecular weight contaminants in the water used…
Landmark Nephrology: Use of Rituximab in Lupus Nephritis
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multisystem involvement and no cure. Among patients with SLE, roughly 50% develop lupus nephritis and are at risk of developing lupus nephritis-related end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). Current therapies for…
‘The Kidney and Beyond’ – a free virtual meeting from the Renal Association SpR club and Royal Society of Medicine (5th & 6th Sept)
In a unique collaboration between the UK Renal Association SpR Club and The Royal Society of Medicine Nephrology Section, the annual Renal SpR club Autumn meeting will explore issues of multi-system dysfunction and multi-morbidity in kidney diseases on the…
Pivoting to Virtual / Individualized Learning in the COVID Era
Let’s face it. Everything changed. Despite this, many educators and training programs have heroically attempted to keep structure, didactics, and interactive learning alive in the face of such significant change. Historically, many GME training programs still rely on…
Virtual AST Fellows Symposium on Transplantation 2020
In exciting news, the American Society of Transplantation-led Fellows Symposium will be going virtual this year! The program will run Thursday, September 24th & Friday, September 25th, 11:00 am – 4:45 pm EST. There will be four 1 and…