Drug dosage adjustment can be a challenge in patients who develop acute kidney injury (AKI). It is suggested to adopt “a start low and go slow” approach when there is an uncertainty in drug dosing or pharmacokinetics. The…
In the previous post, we talked about the Doppler effect, color flow and power Doppler modes. Now let us focus on the spectral Doppler. Spectral Doppler enables us to measure the velocity of blood flow as well as…
In 1971, a group of virologists in London first described a novel polyomavirus they discovered in the urine and urothelial cells of a kidney transplant recipient who had developed ureteric stenosis. Named after the patient it was first…
Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is characterized by microvascular endothelial injury and thrombosis, presenting both clinically and histopathologically in two main forms; acute and chronic TMA. Etiology and Clinical Presentation Table 1: Etiologies of TMA classified according to clinical presentation…
The greyscale ultrasound image is derived from the amplitude information in the echoes returning from a structure/organ. Rapidly moving structures such as red blood cells within blood vessels make very low amplitude echoes that cannot be displayed. That…
Renal Fellow Network teams up with the POCUS Journal to bring you: POCUS Case Reports—Kidney Care Edition. Trainees are encouraged to submit interesting or novel cases highlighting the use of clinician-performed ultrasound in any aspect of the care…
Understanding the basic immunologic principles is crucial for transplant management. Below is a summary of basic transplant immunology. Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Proteins MHCs are the group of cell surface proteins which are important for self-recognition, self-tolerance and…
Amyloidoses are a group of diseases resulting from deposition of amyloid, insoluble fibrils derived from various precursor proteins, into extracellular tissues. Amyloidoses are acquired or hereditary, and depending on where amyloid deposits, can affect a wide range of…
On behalf of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), thank you for your dedication to leading the fight against kidney diseases in these challenging times. ASN and the kidney community want to understand how the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has affected…
The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) CRRT Academy will be held on November 4th and 5th, 2020 at the Hilton Hotel at UAB, 808 20th Street S, Birmingham, AL, 35205. The preliminary conference program is available here: This year,…
