Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
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Kidney transplantation in patients with multiple myeloma – To do or not to do
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the most common malignancy causing ESRD. Renal disease is frequently related to the characteristics of the monoclonal immunoglobulin produced, which can lead to 3 general pathological findings: “cast nephropathy’, light chain deposition disease or…
To buy or not to buy
A number of years ago, I was at a lecture given by a transplant surgeon from London. He was discussing the dangers surrounding living unrelated kidney transplantation and he told the story of a member of a royal…
From the RFN Archives: Water treatment in dialysis- more than a Brita filter
And now for something totally exciting—a post on water treatment in dialysis. Dr Daniel Coyne of Washington University gave a great review on this topic at the Brigham Renal Board Review course this week. Here is the basic…
Tumor lysis or tubular lysis?
A patient presented to the outpatient service with progressive renal insufficiency and sub-nephrotic range proteinuria. He had a long history of CMML with few blasts in his bone marrow aspirate but a peripheral white cell count that was…
Bactrim prophylaxis with high-dose steroid use?
This is a question we face quite often in the Nephrology clinic when we are commencing patients on high dose steroids for glomerular and other systemic inflammatory diseases. I came across a couple of interesting retrospective studies while…
From the RFN Archives: The Ponticelli Protocol
When one is just beginning as a nephrology fellow, it may seem as if all the major glomerular diseases (e.g., membranous nephropathy, FSGS, lupus, etc) are all treated with the same protocols and same immunosuppressive agents: steroids, Cytoxan,…
Heavy Chain Deposition Disease
As an intern, and I’m sure many can relate to this story, I remember trailing after the team, disheveled and exhausted as we rounded endlessly postcall one day. Our hospital had the county jail contract and as we…
MDIBL – ASN reunion
Date for your diary Dr Zeidel and the MDIBL crew wish to invite all previous attendees to the Second Annual Reunion of the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory National Course for Renal Fellows. This is a great opportunity…
Enter the Chimera
I’ve had the privilege of being a part of the care team for several patients who have participated in Stanford’s Immune Tolerance program here in Palo Alto. The idea behind the program is pretty cool: create chimerism (the…
Resistant Hypertension: breaking the barrier
We are frequently faced with patients on multiple anti-hypertensives still with poorly controlled BP levels. I learned some very interesting points on an article at CJASN from Dr Townsend on how to approach the management of those patients:…