I will share with you some of the tips I learned from my pathologist friend Ibrahim Batal.When evaluating an allograft kidney biopsy for acute changes, you should:First, scan at low power magnification, look for arteries, check for necrosis…
African-Americans (AA) have higher rates of kidney disease than Americans of Caucasian ethnicity. Two years ago the MHY9 (non-muscle myosin heavy chain 9) locus on chromosome 22 has been associated with glomerulosclerosis and non-diabetic end stage renal disease…
I recently saw a patient in clinic who was referred for a creatinine of 1.5, stable for a number of years. She had no other risk factors for CKD except a history of daily NSAID use for chronic…
I wanted to share a case of a 35-year old man with hypertension and reduced renal function (GFR about 70). Family history was significant for a paternal grandmother and mother with hypertension. No evidence of secondary causes of…
We usually associate proteinuria with a defect in the glomerular filtration barrier, but it is useful to remember that the proximal tubule (PT) also plays a role in resorption of proteins. Nate discussed this controversy in a prior…
Coming to the transplant clinic from 2 years of CKD clinic, prescribing ACEI/ARBs was a habit, a good one I guess. Does this hold truth in the transplant world, well… I am not sure anymore after I read…
Last week, I got an email from a residency friend asking me what I would do with a patient who had a Bosniak II renal cyst. Since “I don’t know” no longer seemed a satisfactory answer for someone…
I asked this question during my clinical renal fellowship at Brigham, where I had the chance to take care of a 39 yo female with a history of ESRD secondary to MPGN s/p DCD kidney transplant 8 months…
The 4 variable MDRD equation was developed based on a US sample of 1628 participants in which glomerular filtration rate was measured as the renal clearance of I-iothalamate and a prediction equation was formulated using serum creatinine, age,…
At Renal Grand Rounds last week one of our fellows, Dr. Martina McGrath, presented the case of a 53 year old male with no past medical history, who initially presented with fever, chills, chest pain and epistaxis, was…
