Whenever there is a diagnostic problem in nephrology we traditionally try to integrate syndromes and generate a list of differential diagnoses. This can help us focus a workup and sometimes even start treatment before a biopsy is reported….
South Africa appeared on the cover of TIME magazine last year as the ‘world’s most unequal country’, with a Gini index of 63. Resource limitation, especially in reference to specialist health care services like dialysis, continues to be…
NephMadness has begun! Submit your 2020 NephMadness picks here.We’ll review some NephMadness basics below and leak our picks for this year. 1.What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled after the US…
I’m a first-year nephrology fellow who is very passionate about medical education. As a fellow at a large academic center, I have the opportunity to work closely with trainees from multiple levels and play an integral role in…
Literature shows that over half of the patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) will eventually develop some degree of acute kidney injury (AKI). The development AKI imparts significant repercussions to both the acute and long term…
NephMadness has begun! Submit your 2019 NephMadness picks here.We’ll review some NephMadness basics below and leak our picks for this year. 1.What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled after the US…
I grew up in León city, Nicaragua. León is known locally as the home of the oldest university in Nicaragua and it is located very close to the Pacific Ocean. The lack of a formal education makes it…