Attention Nephrology Fellows: Compete in the 2nd Annual NephMadness Invitational Tournament at the 2025 NKF Spring Clinical Meeting!
Onconephrology Early Program at ASN , titled “Onconephrology: Cancer, Its Treatments and the Kidneys.”
Leucine Crystals in the Urine – Still enigmatic after more than 150 years
Wanted: RFN Fellow Editor (Application Due 11/1)
Kidney Comics: The Nephron Factory
Skeleton Key Group Case #35: Rhabdo Fiasco
2025 NephSIM Nephrons: Application Due 11/1 (For Medical Students & Residents)
Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis Symposium: 9/27 (In-Person)
Skeleton Key Group Case #34: Adrenal Insufficiency- A Salty Saga
Hepatorenal Syndrome: Current Concepts and Challenges
Marc Lawrence Soco, MD Internal Medicine Resident Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City, Philippines @msocoMD Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) was classically recognized as an all-encompassing term referring to the concurrent failure of the kidneys and the liver. Over the years,…
Don’t Discount PD in Patients Critically Ill in the ICU
Jade M. Teakell, MD, PhD, FASN Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director of Nephrology FellowshipMcGovern Medical School, Houston TX@jmteakell A 62-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension, and kidney failure on peritoneal dialysis (PD) presents with…
Dialysis Catheters 101
Sai Santhoshini Achi, MDInternal Medicine Resident at Harlem HospitalIncoming Nephrology Fellow at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston@SaiAchi1 On the first day of my inpatient medicine rotation, I had three patients with dialysis catheters. I kept…
Putting the Brakes on the Braking Phenomenon in Diuretic Therapy
Carlo Trinidad, MDNephrologistDagupan Doctors Villaflor Memorial Hospital, Philippines@hellokidneyMD Diuretic resistance is defined as the failure to achieve the desired diuresis (with concomitant reduction in edema and/or congestion) despite maximal doses of diuretic (Hoorn et al. American Journal of…
Inequities in Home Dialysis Use and Potential Solutions
Katherine Rizzolo MDNephrology Fellow, University of ColoradoTwitter @katierizzolo The 2019 Advancing American Kidney Health (AAKH) executive order set a goal: by 2025, 80% of incident patients with kidney failure should be treated with home dialysis therapies (peritoneal or…
Cancer Screening in Kidney Failure: What’s the Optimal Strategy?
Avinash Rao Ullur, MD, DNBClinical Fellow in Adult NephrologyUniversity of TorontoNSMC Intern 2021 Rushing through the dialysis unit can leave little time to consider issues other than electrolytes, volume status, anemia, and bone mineral metabolism. However, it’s the…
Drug dosing considerations in patients with AKI: Factors and Caveats
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…
Systemic glucocorticoids: an overview of side effects
Systemic glucocorticoids: an overview of side effects– Since the synthesis of cortisone in the 1950s, glucocorticoids have become a staple in the treatment of many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases and a key component of immunosuppressive combinations for transplant…
Lithium and the Kidneys: What Every Nephrologist Should Know
Lithium has been a very efficacious drug in the management of bipolar and other mood disorders. There are several aspects of lithium use that Nephrologists need to be mindful of including its pharmacokinetics, its dosing and target concentrations,…
How to approach a lone low serum bicarbonate: some illustrative cases
Metabolic acidosis is a common condition encountered routinely by Nephrologists. Etiology of this condition is quite varied often requiring detailed history and a battery of tests to tease out the diagnosis. In most of the scenarios, co-existing biochemical…