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It’s that time of year again…
It’s time again to compile the top nephrology-related stories of the year. Last years list was a great collection. Help us come up with this years list by voting for the ones that you feel deserve to make…
Entrapment
An 18 year-old girl with end stage renal disease secondary to focal segmental glomerular sclerosis had a double cuff flex neck peritoneal dialysis (PD) catheter uneventfully inserted in order to begin dialysis. Ten days after this procedure, following…
Renal disease and HIV
Perhaps the most renowned renal disease associated with HIV infection is the collapsing variant of FSGS. This typically presents with the nephrotic syndrome and has been associated with relatively advanced HIV infection, with low CD4 counts and higher…
The odd couple: the kidney and the colon
The gut posses a staggering number of bacteria. There are more bacteria living in our colons than there are human cells in our bodies. These microbes produce compounds, some of which are absorbed and eventually cleared by the…
The Brinicle
The normal saline we use in the hospital contains 9 grams of sodium chloride per liter of water. If you look on the bag you will see 0.9% which is the mass concentration expressed as g/dl (0.9 grams…
Obese mice?
Recently there was a very interesting series in three parts in the online magazine Slate.com concerning the use of mice and rats as surrogates for humans in animal studies. Anyone who has worked with mice in the lab…
The Plot Thickens: Role of Plasmin in Edema Formation in Nephrotic Syndrome
I was at the ASN Kidney Week in Philadelphia last week and I had the chance to check out some abstracts and discuss with the authors. Three abstracts called my attention right away. I uploaded a post a…
Sickle cell disease and the kidney
Since moving to Baltimore, a city with a large African-American population, earlier this year, I have had the opportunity to see several interesting patients with sickle cell SS disease and renal complications. Here is a mention of some…
NKF Spring Meeting
The National Kidney Foundation is accepting abstracts for poster presentations and publication at the upcoming spring clinical meeting in May. Accepted abstracts will be published in the May 2012 issue of the AJKD. Posters accepted and presented will…
New Cases Site from the UK RA
The UK Renal Association (RA); the professional body for UK nephrologists and renal scientists, has recently started a website to foster discussion of interesting cases (There is also a link in the sidebar). The site remains embryonic whilst…