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
FOAMed
Interventional Nephrology Series
Focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN) Series
Kidney Biopsy of the Month Series
Handling anticoagulation peri-kidney biopsy
Kidney biopsy is considered the most invasive procedure nephrologists are involved. Though complication rates are small, bleeding requiring surgery has been reported to occur in 1 in 1,000 kidney biopsies. More commonly, patients may develop a decrease in…
Origins of Renal Physiology Course
We’ve posted several times about the ‘Origins of Renal Physiology’ held in the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory every year. Fellows who have taken the course over the past 5 years have consistently raved about it, with many describing it as transformative in…
Under Pressure
As a medical student I was taught the CKD hypertension gospel straight from the good book of JNC VII: Thou shalt lower the blood pressure to less than 130/80! This was many years after David Bowe and Freddie…
Water deprived
Recently in the clinic we were asked to review a patient with suspected diabetes inspidus. She had been taking lithium for more than 20 years for bipolar disorder that was very well controlled. During a routine medical examination,…
NYT: 60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked
Interesting article on chain donation in the NYT.
New to the Blogosphere: CJASN eJournalClub
The latest entrant into the blogging community comes to us from CJASN in the form of their new eJournalClub. It’s a neat site, the editors choose an interesting article, put it up with an editorial and then have…
There’s no such thing as a contraction alkalosis
We recently discussed an excellent paper on the classification of metabolic alkalosis. The three suggested subtypes were primary and secondary stimulation of collecting duct ion transport and exogenous alkali administration. Another interesting editorial was just published in JASN…
Extend Medicare Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients!
Currently many kidney transplant recipients lose their Medicare coverage 36 months after receiving a transplant. In some cases these individuals are then unable to afford the cost of anti-rejection medications and subsequently lose their kidney. When this happens…
Lead Nephrotoxicity
I saw a patient in the clinic who was referred for evaluation by his PCP with CKD, a bland urine sediment and a history of hyperuricemia and gout. He had no history of diabetes or hypertension and had…
A picture is worth…
Often on rounds with medical students or housestaff we will review why a serum creatinine of 0.8 mg/dl in a 40 year old athlete… may mean a much higher creatinine clearance than a creatinine of 0.8 mg/dl in…