Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Journals as ranked by nephrology fellows
RFN wanted to know which journals were most helpful for nephrology fellows in training. As a busy nephrology fellow it can be difficult to find time to sift through the vast plethora of neprhology related journals. Interestingly, CJASN…
Screening tests for multiple myeloma
I recently saw a biopsy for a patient who was suspected of having myeloma-related kidney disease, whose biopsy slides were sent to the pathology department at BWH. Along with them came results from a slew of screening tests,…
Do hibernating bears urinate?
And now for a discussion of a burning nephrology question: what happens to a bear’s renal function when it goes into hibernation? (Thank my brother for raising the question while he was a medical student.) The simple answer…
Post obstructive diuresis
Urinary tract obstruction is a frequent occurrence in the hospitalized setting. Thankfully, after relief of the obstruction a vast majority of patients have complete recovery of kidney function. However, a few patients will have marked polyuria (>4-5L per…
Something fishy?
A 30-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of lung nodules detected during pre transplant evaluation for his stage V chronic kidney disease (CKD). Sounds routine, but what caught me completely clueless was when I was…
Epo: The honeymoon is not over
Having just returned from my own honeymoon, I was taken by this recent hypothesis-piece by Fishbane et al. They have made some observations on the natural history of untreated renal anemia from examining the placebo arm of the…
My head feels like it’s about to explode
In a previous post I discussed the relative rates of infection and graft failure of femoral and jugular dialysis catheters. As a follow-on I wanted to talk about another potential complication of catheters. Recently one of our patients…
Doc, I am very sensitized! (part 2)
Let’s continue our discussion from our last blog about sensitized kidney recipients. In summary, we have this 60 yo man interested on a second transplant. He has a high PRA (98%) as well as anti-HLA Abs against his…
Secondary forms of hypertension
Lisa Cohen recently summarized rare “genetic” forms of hypertension including Liddle’s syndrome and PHA type II (Gordon’s syndrome). I want to summarize other causes of “secondary” hypertension which are not inherited (at least not typically in a Mendelian…
Interventional nephrology in fellowship training
Interventional nephrology is quickly becoming a sought after “subspecialty” of nephrology. However, many training programs do not offer a structured training program (as highlighted in this recent AJKD paper). Traditionally nephrology training is spent rounding in the hospital,…