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From the RFN Archives: Drug-Induced ANCA
A subset of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis have drug-induced ANCA disease. There are a few features of drug-induced ANCA disease which set it apart from “idiopathic” ANCA disease, but overall the clinical symptoms are similar. Drug-induced ANCA almost always involves…
Moving and grooving: should we bring the gym into the dialysis unit?
Back in 1999, UCSF researchers strapped some high tech motion detectors onto about 30 patients on dialysis and compared one week’s worth of activity to that of matched controls. Mind you, these control patients were selected to be…
AKI and Fluid Overload
Even in my limited experience as a first year fellow, it seems that the decision to institute RRT seems to hinge on an idiosyncratic blend of patient and center-specific parameters. I was not surprised to learn that there…
From the RFN Archive: Rule of 6s for Dialysis Access Placement
The “Rule of 6s” describes an easy way to evaluate the maturity of a recently-placed arteriovenous fistula for dialysis access–and is even mentioned by name in the most recent KDOQI Guidelines for Dialysis Access. The Rule of 6s…
Urine albumin and protein measurement
Continuing the theme of must knows regarding urinalysis: Urine albumin is detected by the urine dipstick via a reaction with tetrabromophenol blue. The reaction produces a colorimetric result depending on the amount of albumin present, which can be…
Bundling Redux
Here’s an update on the recent financial upheaval in the world of dialysis reimbursement. The expanded bundling payment system was officially implemented in January 2011, and most dialysis units have now switched over to this new billing practice….
MPGN: Think Different
In the week that Steve Jobs stepped down as CEO of Apple, it seems appropriate to tip our cap to that guru of simplicity, and take a stripped down, simplified approach to one of the biggest quagmires in…
Surviving Stress in the Kidney Medulla
Hypertonicity in kidney medullary interstitium is essential for urinary concentration. Osmolality in the papillary interstitium can reach up to 1200 mOsm/kg. How do cells in the renal medullary interstitium survive this hypertonic stress? Virtually all cells respond to…
HemoDoc in AJKD
Also in this months issue of AJKD is a very well written piece by Dr Peter Laird of HemoDoc and Dialysis from the sharp end of the needle in the In a Few Words section on his own…
RFN bloggers in AJKD
Shameless plug. Check out the just released AJKD article, Embracing the Internet as a Means of Enhancing Medical Education in Nephrology by Matt and Conall along with Kenar and Sidharth from Nephron Power.