Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Urine Sediment of the Month: The Thin Waxy Cast
The thickness of the fluid layer examined by urinary microscopy is determined by the volume of resuspended sediment put on the glass slide and the size of the coverslip. Using 13-15ul of sediment and coverslips of 18x18mm2 as…
Wanted: RFN Fellow Editor! [Applications due 5/31]
We are looking the next fellow editor of Renal Fellow Network, a highly trafficked nephrology blog with 40-50K views per month. This is a call to current nephrology fellows (medicine or pediatrics), PhD students, or PhD post docs….
Identification of various effusions on standard echocardiographic views: part II
Post by: Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASN @NephroPMedical College of Wisconsin In the previous post, we discussed about the appearance of pericardial and pleural effusions in the parasternal long axis view. As parasternal short axis view is obtained from…
Join WIN! Women In Nephrology
Fellows!! Are you interested in enhancing your career development and leadership skills? Are you interested in gaining a successful mentor outside of your home institution? Are you interested in connecting with other fellows and meeting nephrology role models…
NephMadness ’22 Brackets Due 3/31!
As March comes to a close, we’re getting closer to the crowning of the next NephMadness champion. If you haven’t submitted your 2 brackets (per email address) yet at nephmadness.com, there’s still time (but not much)! If you’re…
Origins of Renal Physiology Course: Fellows 2022
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories are delighted to announce that, after a COVID interruption last year, will again be hosting the National Course for Nephrology Fellows. When: August 27– September 3, 2022 Location: MDI Biological Laboratory (travel information)…
Applications for 2022 American Transplant Congress Trainee Travel Grants Due 3/15
The American Transplant Congress (ATC) is the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) and the American Society of Transplantation (AST) and will be held June 4 – 8, 2022 in Boston, MA. The AST Trainee and…
The POCUS Journal Kidney Care Edition
It’s been a year and a half since put out the call for cases for a compendium of point of care ultrasound topics for nephrologists in collaboration with The POCUS Journal. We had an overwhelming response from the…
Registration for Virtual KIDNEYcon 2022 is OPEN
When: April 29-30, 2022 Where: Virtual Who Should Attend: Internal Medicine Residents, Pediatric Residents, Adult and Pediatric Nephrology Fellows, Attending Nephrologists KIDNEYcon is an annual conference (started in 2016) designed to provide updates in the latest advances in…
The Case of the Missing Casts
A 50 y/o woman presents with symptoms of fatigue and malaise for 1-2 weeks. Medications include ACE, HCTZ, and a multivitamin daily. She had a UTI 6 weeks ago that did not improve after a 5 day course…