NephMadness is back! Submit your 2024 NephMadness picks here by March 31st. Our pick for this year’s NephMadness Champion: Inpatient Use of Phosphate Binders in Acute Kidney Injury (Things We Do For No Reason (TM) Region) First time playing?…
James Bannister, Resident, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UKJamie Willows, Renal Fellow, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UK Introduction When patients on dialysis are admitted to the hospital with a broken bone or a pericardial effusion, for example, they need at least…
Home Dialysis for Fellows is a free online resource dedicated to making fellows stronger clinicians in home dialysis management. It is made of case-based questions that mimic real-life scenarios, and it has a large repository of important recent,…
The use of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with kidney disease is becoming the standard of care. This table covers many of the common potential side effects from several of the major clinical trials. Red- difference showing more adverse…
A visual abstract, sometimes called a graphical abstract or an infographic, is a simplified pictorial representation of a study, concept, or idea. A visual abstract gives viewers a gist of the study. It serves as a review, an…
Let’s face it. Everything changed. Despite this, many educators and training programs have heroically attempted to keep structure, didactics, and interactive learning alive in the face of such significant change. Historically, many GME training programs still rely on…
The use of extracorporeal therapies, like dialysis, is a core part of nephrology training and practice. Fellowship programs spend a considerable amount of time delivering educational content aimed at kidney replacement therapies (KRT). This included hemodialysis, home-based dialysis,…
Dear Nephrology Fellows, Since it’s July, we wanted to share 10 free open access medical education (FOAMed) resources that we think will enhance your fellowship experience as both a learner and educator. We encourage you to visit and…
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…
Throughout medical school and into residency, I have always found the interaction between renin and aldosterone very interesting, especially when learning about pathologies with hypertension that can alter their interactions. Despite this, I could never remember the pathophysiology…