Since the advent of minimally invasive renal denervation procedures about a decade ago, the nephrology community had been eagerly awaiting conclusion of the SYMPLICITY 3 trial. As many of you might already know, Medtronic, the device’s company issued…
Dear Readers, It’s been an honor and a pleasure to have been a contributor and deputy editor here at RFN over the past few years. I’m writing this on the final day of my fellowship as I get…
JAMA has a new platform called the JAMA Network Reader that you can use to get access to content from any of the JAMA journals (includes what were formerly called Archives of …). All the content (which includes…
Check out Nephrology Madness Sunday 3/17/13 on eAJKD. They are pitting the top advances in nephrology against each other.
The 2013 ASN In-Training Examination for Nephrology Fellows will be administered on Thursday, April 11, and Friday, April 12. Nephrology fellows may sit for the examination on one of two testing dates. Testing will begin at 8:00 am…
This past week CMS announced the formation of a new form of payment and service delivery for patients with ESRD – the ESRD Seamless Care Organization (ESCO) – essentially an ACO specifically and exclusively for individuals with ESRD….
1) Surreptitious vomiting or diuretic abuse – metabolic alkalosis, Laxative abuse – non-gap metabolic acidosis. 2) Aquaporin 2 – apical membrane of collecting duct, Aquaporins 3 and 4 – basolateral membrane of collecting duct, Aquaporin 1 – proximal tubule….
The Lupus Foundation of America is proud to announce its new Career Development Award RFA. The purpose is to facilitate the professional development of nephrology, dermatology, and rheumatology fellows, in the U.S. and Canada, interested in lupus research towards a…
Ever encountered this situation? You’re going about your daily business and discover that one of your patients on hemodialysis has an elevated phosphorous. You skim through the list of prerequisites and see that yes, the nutritionist has been…
1) In diabetic glomerular disease you can see linear staining of GBMs with IgG, Kappa and Lambda. 2) The three C3 immunoflourescence patterns of post strep GN 1) Starry Sky (most common) 2) Garland (less common) 3) Mesangial (resolving Starry…
