Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Conferences, Courses, & Grants
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Attention Fellows: Attend the Origins of Renal Physiology Fellows Course 2017
The National Course for Renal Fellows: Origins of Renal Physiology (August 27 – September 3, 2017), is filling up fast. This 1 week course provides a strong foundation in renal physiology for future renal investigators, teachers and clinicians….
Lupus Podocytopathy
I recently finished my 2nd month on the consult service which was a very exciting time for me because I saw patients with every class of Lupus with different kinds of presentations. It was especially rewarding because I…
PPIs and CKD association present after exclusion of AKI
PPIs have been associated with AKI including acute interstitial nephritis; CKD development; and CKD progression to ESRD. That is, in over 10,000 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities participants followed for at least 10 years, incident CKD developed among PPI…
Time for #NephMadness 2017
NephMadness 2017 has 32 nephrology concepts divided across 8 different topic areas, called regions. Each region has 4 concepts which compete against each other in a single elimination tournament. We have selected content experts from each topic to help…
Dialyzing a patient with an intracranial hemorrhage
Patients with intracranial hemorrhages often develop cerebral edema, which can create unique challenges when providing maintenance hemodialysis. Conall also covering this on RFN a few years back. Hemodialysis can worsen cerebral edema through a rapid decrease in serum…
ASN Communities Onconephrology Live Journal Chat
On Monday, February 27 at 9:00 pm EDT the Onco-Nephrology community is hosting a journal chat on immune checkpoint inhibitors and all ASN members are invited! Here is how you can participate: Join the Onco-Nephrology Community, if you haven’t already Set your community…
Angiomyolipomas
I got an econsult this morning on a young patient with an incidentally-discovered lesion on her kidney which was consistent with an angiomyolipoma. It is not uncommon to see these on ultrasound and there are a few clinical…
Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome
A 70 year old Ghanaian man was recently admitted under our care. He had been diagnosed with aggressive myelodysplasia 2 months previously after presenting with fatigue and abnormal blood results (WBC 50.3, platelets 130 and LDH 928 at…
Should you use intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in the treatment of BK nephropathy?
Nice debate on ASN Transplant Community about the use of IVIG for BK nephropathy. Personally, I have used IVIG in a handful of patients with refractory BK nephropathy in the past. However, I have convinced myself that there…
Cidofovir nephrotoxicity and Probenecid
I recently saw an interesting case. A woman was being treated with cidofovir for adenovirus which was presumed to be responsible for an acute cardiomyopathy. Concurrent with cidofovir, she was also receiving probenecid for renoprotection, which I was…