Where and When The 19th Annual Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum will be held in New Orleans, Wednesday, February 12, 2020. The SSCI Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum will be held as a prologue…
Introduction: Welcome to the third piece in the Home Hemodialysis series. After going through the history of home hemodialysis in the United States, and reviewing the literature evaluating the modality, we will now dive into how to prescribe…
Introduction Light chain cast nephropathy (LCCN), not to be confused with light chain deposition disease (LCDD), is also known as myeloma cast nephropathy or myeloma kidney; and is one of the many renal complications of multiple myeloma. Patients…
This conference, presented by the International Society for Hemodialysis (ISHD), will focus on clinically important topics in hemodialysis, home dialysis, and treatment of CKD/ESKD. The program will work to optimize current practice patterns by providing up-to-date, evidence-based, practical…
Last month we focused on introducing the Parasternal Short Axis View (PSAX). Now we turn our attention to some of the must-know abnormalities for the nephrologist in this view. Left ventricular function As mentioned in the previous post,…
IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common form of glomerulonephritis worldwide, and is responsible for ~10% of glomerulonephritis in the United States. IgA nephropathy can be primary or secondary. The pathophysiology of primary IgAN is complex and incompletely…
Parasternal short axis (PSAX) view is the cross-sectional view of the heart. The image acquisition, sonographic anatomy and the key pathologies seen in this view are discussed below. How is the exam performed? The transducer selection and the…
Understanding chronic kidney disease (CKD), and its associated health risks, has been a priority for clinical and basic researchers alike. For years, the role of serum uric acid levels in CKD as a marker or causal factor have…
More than 30-million Americans are living with diabetes and 90% of these people have type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2). There are numerous complications associated with long-term diagnosis of DM2, with a prominent concern being the development of impaired…
Introduction Dialysis Access-Associated Steal Syndrome (DASS) has been reported in up to 6% patients with an arteriovenous (AV) access. However, the true incidence of clinically significant DASS, requiring surgical intervention, may be lower as reported in a prospective…
