Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
Want to write a case report? RFN has you covered with a list of journals to choose from
Have a Nephrology Question? There Might Be A #Tweetorial For That!
Conferences, Courses, & Grants
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Interventional Nephrology Series
Focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN) Series
Kidney Biopsy of the Month Series
The Nephrology High Impact Article Library at UKidney featuring #VisualAbstracts
Jordan Weinstein (UKidney) has done it again. UKidney has assembled a great collection of high impact articles. What I love about UKidney is the organization and the style. If you are interested in learning more about a particular…
When Nephrology Meets Endocrinology
One of the sessions that caught my attention at the 2017 NKF Spring Clinical Meeting in Orlando, Florida was “Beyond RAAS Inhibitors: Novel Drugs for Diabetic Kidney Disease” by Katherine Tuttle,MD. There was a lot of hype around…
Princess Bride Syndrome
Recently, a young man was admitted to the ICU. He had recently been diagnosed with recurrent cancer and had received a single dose of dexamethasone the previous night. He had taken double the prescribed dose because he had…
Hemodialysis Simulator
I ran into a colleague from Children’s Hospital over the weekend and she pointed me in the direction of this great education website that they have created for the education of students, residents and fellows. In particular, they…
Jaundice and Renal Failure
In patients with combined renal and liver dysfunction it is important to differentiate between renal impairment that is secondary to liver disease i.e. hepatorenal syndrome, and conditions where an insult directly affects both the liver and kidney. …
Measuring cellular immunity to predict CMV infection post-transplantation
CMV infection still remains one of the most common and unpredictable complications in transplant recipients, and the negative consequences in terms of graft lost and recipient survival are well known. In this setting, I would like to present…
Hypertension in Setting of Elevated Intracranial Pressure: to Treat or Not to Treat?
A patient has an elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) and is also markedly hypertensive. You are faced with a dilemma?? Which antihypertensive agents would be preferred in a patient with known elevated intracranial pressure? Should we even be trying…
#NephMadness 2017, A Reflection of Poetry, Shenanigans, and Education
What a contest! NephMadness 2017 was truly epic and this summary video captures all the best parts: Feldman and Lederer explaining their brackets, anger as Kt/V defeated depression, support posts from the NephMadness community, participation of fellowship programs,…
#NephMadness 2017- A Message from the President of the World Ciliopathy Society**
The results are out and the first round is a shocker. What was the panel thinking? KT/V beating depression was a shock to me but just shows how obsessed nephrologists are with numbers. But it was the choice…
#NephMadness 2017: The Gut Microbiota and Kidney Disease- Will it Survive the Hype? #NutritionRegion
I was very excited to see delightful topics in the Nutrition Region of this year’s #NephMadness, especially the Gut Microbiome and Kidney Disease. Before starting my Ph.D., I was aware that the colonic microbiota existed, but I acquired…