Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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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…
Kidney Week App
For those headed to Philly check out the Kidney Week App on the ASN website. Nice way to organize your itinerary, follow the Twitter feed and keep maps handy.
New to the Blogosphere: eAJKD
Former RFN editor Matt Sparks, along with quite a cast of others have helped to launch eAJKD, a companion blog to AJKD. Check it out.
Renal Fellow Network at ASN
I expect many of you are heading to Kidney Week this year, so we’re planning a Renal Fellow Network social night from about 8pm on Friday November 11th in McGillin’s Olde Ale House, 1310 Drury Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. All…
From the RFN Archives: Fabry’s disease and the kidney
I read a nice review of Fabry’s disease recently, and was surprised to read that its prevalence in ESRD may be as high as 1-2%. That figure is likely an underestimate, given the frequent failure to screen for…