Skeleton Key Group Case # 30: Cancerous lytes!
Urine Sediment of the Month: Fibrin Casts in Urine Microscopy
Quick Guide to Converting ESAs
We Want You…to Participate in the 2023 Nephrology Fellow Survey
Disrupting Catheter Associated Fibrin Sheath Formation
AKI in a patient with macroscopic hematuria
Kidney Comics: The Pathogenesis of ANCA Associated Vasculitis
ASN Collaboration with the Home Dialysis University
Origins of Renal Physiology Course: Fellows 2023
Urine Sediment of the Month: Fibrin Casts in Urine Microscopy
Casts form in the distal tubules and collecting ducts when either Tamm-Horsfall mucoprotein or fibrin agglutinate and become molded into cylindrical structures within the tubular lumen. Cells and various substances, when present in the tubule, are incorporated into…
Quick Guide to Converting ESAs
Amy Yau, MD Erythropoietin stimulating agent (ESA) dosing is a black box of knowledge until you go into nephrology or hematology. Especially between hospitalized patients and dialysis units and outpatient clinics. Maybe this will be obsolete with HIF…
Origins of Renal Physiology Course: Fellows 2023
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories will be hosting the National Course for Nephrology Fellows. When: August 26– September 2, 2023Location: MDI Biological Laboratory (travel information)For: Nephrology Fellows Applications close on June 6, 2023. The course is supported by…
Nephmadness 2023!
Nephmadness is here!! Submit your 2023 Nephmadness picks here. We will review some Nephmadness basics below and reveal our picks for this year. 1. What is Nephmadness? Nephmadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled…
Glomerular Diseases Symposium for the Clinician 2023
The Loma Linda University Glomerular Diseases Symposium for the Clinician 2023 will be providing an update on current therapies and ongoing clinical trials in this area. This one day symposium will be held both in-person and online. This…
Embracing International Medical Graduates in Nephrology: Time to Get Serious
Sujith Palleti, MDLoyola University, Chicago, Illinois Dr. Palleti is a 2nd-year nephrology fellow in an ACGME-accredited program in the US who entered training through an exceptionally qualified candidate pathway. He completed his medical school training in India and…
28th International AKI and CRRT meeting
The 28th International AKI and CRRT meeting will be held in person (March 28-April 1 2023) from Thursday to Saturday at the Marriott Marquis Marina Hotel in San Diego. Further information in this link. The meeting is focused…
Can SGLT2 Inhibitors be Used in the Treatment of Hypomagnesemia?
Dr. Subashri MohanasundaramAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NephrologyGovernment Thoothukudi Medical College & Hospital, India@happiedoc SGLT2 inhibitors: Though much of the limelight of SGLT2 inhibitors is rightly focused on kidney protection and heart protection, there is less focus on the various…
American Society of Transplantation (AST) Fellows’ Symposium: 9/23 – 9/25
The AST Fellows’ Symposium will be held September 23 – 25, 2022 in Grapevine, TX. Fellows can register here by August 10 (travel grants are available). Check out the full program here (and portions of it below) Travel…
Home Dialysis University 2022
Home Dialysis University Fall 2022 is now open for registrations. There will be 2 events (September and October), each with a limited capacity. The courses this fall will be for live participants only – no remote or virtual…