A 56-year-old kidney transplant recipient due to IgA nephropathy presented to the emergency department with a two day history of fatigue, gross hematuria, and pain over her allograft. She was diagnosed with transplant pyelonephritis and treated with antibiotics…
ASN announced a collaboration with the Home Dialysis University (HDU). ASN will provide 30 scholarships to attend an HDU fellows training course followed by an exciting new 12-month virtual series. ASN strongly recommends applying as soon as possible…
Nephmadness is here!! Submit your 2023 Nephmadness picks here. We will review some Nephmadness basics below and reveal our picks for this year. 1. What is Nephmadness? Nephmadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled…
Welcome to the 29th 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. Written by: Alessandra Rader Visual Abstract & Infographics:…
Avinash Rao Ullur, MD DrNB (Nephrology), FASN, CHS Clinical Fellow in Onconephrology The University of Toronto, Canada Aisha Shaikh, MD Associate Attending, Renal DivisionDepartment of Medicine Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Acknowledgements: This post is part of…
Mohammad Ahsan Sohail, MD Department of Kidney Medicine Nephrology & Hypertension Fellow, PGY-4Cleveland Clinic Tushar Vachharajani, MD, FASN, FACPChair, Department of Medicine, John D. Dingell Department of VA Medical CenterVice Chair, Department of Medicine, Wayne State University School Of…
Routine work with urine microscopy can lead to plenty of “surprises.” Sometimes not only the microscopic evaluation presents something new and unique, but the findings can be observed directly by looking at the sample. The original post on…
Sherida Edding MD, IM PGY-3 Lincoln Medical and Mental Health CenterAndrew Kowalski MD, MPH, FASN, Nephrology Associates of Northern Illinois, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine/ Macneal Hospital Acknowledgements: This post is part of a collaboration between The…
Red blood cells (RBCs) in the urine are normally 7-8 µm in diameter, circular or slightly oval and biconcave in appearance. They may appear crenated, with symmetric spiked membrane contour in hypertonic urine, or spherical, with near loss…
