Tricky Testing in the Patient on Hemodialysis
2023 Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis Annual Symposium (Hybrid): Friday 9/29, Free for Trainees
Cylindroids in Urine, Have You Ever Seen It?
Midwest Transplant Symposium: October 13-15 (Travel Grants Available!)
Free Thrombotic Microangiopathy Workshop During Kidney Week
Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel in Patients with Exhausted Vascular Access: Unconventional Sites for Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Access Creation and Catheter Placement
Pericardial effusion detected on point of care ultrasound: What next?
Shared Decision Making in Dialysis Vascular Access
UAB CRRT Academy Information!
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…
Wanted: RFN Fellow Editor! [Applications due 5/31]
We are looking the next fellow editor of Renal Fellow Network, a highly trafficked nephrology blog with 40-50K views per month. This is a call to current nephrology fellows (medicine or pediatrics), PhD students, or PhD post docs….
Identification of various effusions on standard echocardiographic views: part II
Post by: Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASN @NephroPMedical College of Wisconsin In the previous post, we discussed about the appearance of pericardial and pleural effusions in the parasternal long axis view. As parasternal short axis view is obtained from…
NephMadness ’22 Brackets Due 3/31!
As March comes to a close, we’re getting closer to the crowning of the next NephMadness champion. If you haven’t submitted your 2 brackets (per email address) yet at nephmadness.com, there’s still time (but not much)! If you’re…
The 20th Annual SSCI Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum
Abstract submission for the 20th Annual Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum (NYIF) as well as the call for abstracts for Southern Regional Meeting (SRM) 2022 is now open. Fellows can submit an abstract to…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Pathologic Crystals in the Urine
Urinary crystals are a frequent finding and there are several different types that can be observed under the microscope. We’ve discussed some of these crystals in a previous Urine Sediment of the Month post. Unlike these more common…
Home dialysis in the COVID-19 era and beyond
Bourne Auguste, MD, MSc, FRCPCNephrologistUniversity of Toronto The COVID-19 pandemic has and continues to have a profound impact on society and our everyday lives. As of March 2021, more than 2.5 million people around the world have died…
Kidney Biopsy of the Month: Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
Definition A group of podocytopathies (of varying etiologies) share a common morphologic feature of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), typically with moderate to heavy proteinuria. The term “sclerosis” means healing and it is characterized by accumulation of glomerular collagen…
Telemedicine & Nephrology
In 1996, the Institute of Medicine defined telemedicine as the use of electronic information and communication technologies to provide and support health care when distance separates “participants”. Telehealth is a broad term encompassing the use of electronic communication…