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When putting a patient on CRRT, the choice of buffer these days is largely dependent on whether or not you want to use citrate for anticoagulation. Most of our patients get either citrate or bicarbonate. However, not so…
Mercury rising
A patient who had been working in a recycling company that handled thermometers presented with fever, dry cough, fatigue and rash. Based on imaging (CXR showed massive radio-opaque material in the lungs, right atrium and right ventricle; skeletal…
Miracle Drug?
The above figure compares long term survival in a subgroup of a trial that was published in Circulation in 1980. This was a randomized controlled trial of just over 1000 patients with known cardiovascular disease who were treated with medical…
Nathan Hellman Memorial Award: Nate’s spirit lives on…
Nathan Hellman, MD, PhD was an insightful young scientist, a compassionate doctor, a good friend, and a charismatic person with the unique ability to bring people together, as evidenced by this blog which he founded as a Renal…
Pregnancy and Dialysis
A woman with no past medical history was admitted to the ICU service with acute kidney injury secondary to atypical HUS. She was early in pregnancy and we were consulted in order to start dialysis. The management of…
Marinobufagenin and its role in Uremic Cardiomyopathy
Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death among ESRD patients. However, this excess cardiovascular mortality in ESRD patients should not be mainly attributed to coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction. The 4D study and other studies have…
Diagnosis and Management of Post-Transplant Fluid Collections
We were evaluating a kidney transplant recipient three weeks after surgery who presented with a rise in creatinine. We obtained an ultrasound which showed a large fluid collection and mild hydronephrosis. Prograf level was at goal. Peritransplant fluid…
Still mysterious: the elusive circulating factor for FSGS
Important new findings were recently published in relation to proteinuria and FSGS, which are definitely of interest to our community. First, the punch line: There is new evidence for a “circulating factor” in recurrent FSGS in a fascinating…
Acute rejection: what do the circulating cells have to say about it?
One of the frequent situations that we face in the renal transplant clinic is the patient in otherwise good condition who presents with a slight rise in serum creatinine. Although this is sometimes due to reversible causes, such…
To transplant or not to transplant: That is the question
A young woman presented for altruistic kidney donor evaluation. She had no significant past medical history other than two normal prior pregnancies. Physical examination was unremarkable. A CT angiogram revealed bilateral irregularities of the renal arteries and a…