AKF: Pair Up
Pair Up is the American Kidney Fund’s new national campaign empowering women to protect themselves— and the people they love— from kidney disease. Laila Ali joined the AKF this past Thursday to kick off the Pair Up campaign…
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Dialysis care in Bangladesh
Although diabetes and hypertension rates in developing countries is rising to match that seen in developed regions, care for patients with end-stage renal disease is still a nascent field. I recently visited Dhaka, Bangladesh. I was able to…
ACT: Now more than thespians
As a kid growing up in the San Francisco ACT brought to mind guys in tights running around and projecting their voices at the American Conservatory Theater. Now I’ve got to adjust my association with the acronym with…
From The RFN Archives: “Full House” Immunostaining
Renal pathologists may throw out the term “full house” immunostaining…what does this mean? This means quite simply that all five major immunofluorescent stains on a renal biopsy (IgM, IgG, IgA, C3, and C1q) are all positive. The analogy…
New to the Blogosphere: The Kidney Doctor
If your looking for something new and interesting in the online Nephrology world check out Dr Ajay Singh’s The Kidney Doctor. Since starting up last month there has already been some great content including a post from the…
Moving and grooving: should we bring the gym into the dialysis unit?
Back in 1999, UCSF researchers strapped some high tech motion detectors onto about 30 patients on dialysis and compared one week’s worth of activity to that of matched controls. Mind you, these control patients were selected to be…
AKI and Fluid Overload
Even in my limited experience as a first year fellow, it seems that the decision to institute RRT seems to hinge on an idiosyncratic blend of patient and center-specific parameters. I was not surprised to learn that there…
From the RFN Archive: Rule of 6s for Dialysis Access Placement
The “Rule of 6s” describes an easy way to evaluate the maturity of a recently-placed arteriovenous fistula for dialysis access–and is even mentioned by name in the most recent KDOQI Guidelines for Dialysis Access. The Rule of 6s…
Bundling Redux
Here’s an update on the recent financial upheaval in the world of dialysis reimbursement. The expanded bundling payment system was officially implemented in January 2011, and most dialysis units have now switched over to this new billing practice….
HemoDoc in AJKD
Also in this months issue of AJKD is a very well written piece by Dr Peter Laird of HemoDoc and Dialysis from the sharp end of the needle in the In a Few Words section on his own…