The American Society of Nephrology offers various travel support opportunities to ASN members to attend Kidney Week 2019, which will be held November 5th – 10th in Washington, DC. The application deadline for the travel support programs below…
People on hemodialysis (HD) are ten times more likely to suffer from a stroke, compared with the general population. In addition to this risk, patients on HD are at a three-fold higher risk of hemorrhagic transformation of ischemic…
White blood cells (WBC’s) in the urine may occur as a result of infection or inflammation anywhere in the urinary tract and the segmented polymorphonuclear neutrophil is the type most often encountered. These WBC’s are identified by the…
Dear Nephrology Fellows, The ASN’s annual nephrology fellows’ survey is open! Didn’t receive the survey email? Send an e-mail to Kurtis Pivert. Nephrology fellows receive multiple surveys a month – but why you should take 5-10 minutes to…
In an ideal world, patients would present to our clinic with straightforward conditions, allowing us to confidently treat the patient with effective medications which will likely have much more benefit than harm. However, we also commonly encounter patients…
Hyponatremia from the Syndrome of Inappropriate Anti-Diuretic Hormone (SIADH) is a common consult a fellow encounters on the inpatient service. In addition to stopping potentially offending drugs, management can range from fluid restriction, loop diuretics, demeclocycline, salt tablets,…
Perhaps that most highly sought finding in urinary sediment microscopy is the presence of granular casts. In clinical grounds, granular casts are typically associated with acute tubular injury (ATI) and guide the differentiation between prerenal and overt tubular…
As a nephrology trainee, everyone expects you to know all things nephron. I was having a corridor discussion with a rheumatology colleague about a recent case. He mentioned a young man who presented with acute kidney injury following…
Renal artery stenosis (RAS) can lead to a reduction in kidney blood flow with resultant ischemia of the affected kidney. The consequences of this reduction are a decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and activation of the…
When consulted by your infectious disease colleagues as to the cause of new or worsening renal impairment in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the differential is broad but changing. The classic HIV-associated collapsing glomerulopathy has become…
