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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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…
The Baggage of AV Access: Too Big a Load for an Overburdened Heart?
Maria Angela M. Matabang, MDLincoln Medical Center @AnjMatabang Acknowledgements: This post is part of a collaboration between The Renal Fellow Network and the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), whose mission is to provide excellence in…
Skeleton Key Group Case #28: Mysterious Acidosis in Cancer
Welcome to the 28th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of 50-odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for the Renal Fellow Network. These are actual cases (without patient identifying information)…
Nate’s Corner: Where Does the Hyperglycemia Correction Factor for Sodium Come From?
Margaret DeOliveira, MDRenal Fellow Network Co-Editor Sodium correction for hyperglycemia is a common topic but what is the physiology behind it? When patients are hyperglycemic, the serum osmolarity is higher as a result of glucose being an effective…
Making Sense of Make (Major Adverse Kidney Events) After AKI
Sandhya Suresh, MD DrNB@SandyrvsdavNSMC 2022Department of Nephrology, SRIHER, Chennai, India Introduction: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) affects nearly 13.3 million people every year with 85% of the cases occurring in the low and middle-income countries. Several epidemiological studies have…
Does Creation of an AVF Reduce Progression of Kidney Disease?
Sindhuri Prakash-Polet, MD, PhD & Sean Kalloo, MD, MBA, FASDIN Fellow in Interventional Nephrology & Assistant Professor of Medicine (in Radiology), Columbia University Medical Center @sprakashpolet Introduction: Efforts to find therapeutics and interventions that can modify the trajectory…
Women in Nephrology’s Fellow Leadership Institute
Introducing Women in Nephrology’s Fellow Leadership Institute! This is a one-year program designed for nephrology fellows (or post-doctoral fellows) to learn and practice leadership and career development skills that are typically not taught during fellowship. This is an…
Tick Tock Goes the Circadian Clock
Hannah Costello, PhDPostdoctoral Fellow, University of Florida Chronic kidney disease commonly occurs with aging. The aging population is increasing, with the World Health Organization stating that the population of adults aged 60 and older will increase from 12%…
Why be PICC-Y about Central Lines in Patients with CKD?
Tazeen Rizvi, MDAdvocate Christ Medical CenterOak Lawn, IL Epidemiology: A Peripherally inserted Central Catheter (PICC) is a 50 to 60 cm long single, double, or triple lumen catheter, which is placed in a peripheral arm vein and terminates…
Leukocyte Lysis in Dilute Urine
The influence of urine concentration on the cells we observe during urine microscopy is well known. Concentrated urine specimens with a high urine specific gravity (SG) preserve nucleated cellular morphology the best, however, some cellular structures (e.g.: erythrocytes)…