An 18-year-old white man presents to the renal transplant clinic with complaints of fatigue and nausea for the last week. He was the recipient of a deceased donor kidney transplant 12 months prior and has experienced stable allograft…
Listen to a podcast from Dr. Mark Zeidel about the Origins of Renal Physiology course at Mount Desert Island held every September in Maine. This course is a great opportunity to learn about renal physiology “hand’s on” with…
Time is running out for graduating fellows to complete the quick 9 question survey to find out what kind of jobs are out there. It only takes a minute! RFN will take the poll down in a week…
The best answer is D. Lifton et al. described a single gene mutation on the hormone-binding domain of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MCR). Individuals with this missense mutation develop early-onset hypertension with characteristic low renin and aldosterone levels. The…
A 26-year-old primigravid woman is admitted during her 34th week of pregnancy with severe, refractory hypertension. She was noted to have mild hypertension prior to pregnancy. Her family history is remarkable for pregnancy-related hypertension in her aunt. Her…
The results are in. Looks like the best way to study for the nephrology board exam, scheduled to be given on November 4th, 2010, is the ASN Board Review Course. I personally did not attend this course last…
The academic year is almost over and many renal fellows can finally see the long awaited “light” at the end of the tunnel. Two first year renal fellows and Nephron Power blog contributors from North Shore-Long Island Jewish…
As this is restaurant week in Durham, NC, I thought it would be fitting to blog about the health benefits of food, in particular the delicacy that is ‘dark chocolate’. This is not a new idea in the…
Nodular glomerulosclerosis refers to a histologic pattern of nodular mesangial sclerosis with accentuated, lobular-appearing glomeruli on renal biopsy. Although classically described in association with diabetes (the so-called “Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesion”), the lesion is NOT pathognomonic for diabetic nephropathy. In…
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