Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Something about this doesn’t seem quite right…
There was an interesting case report in KI earlier this year. It concerned a 69yr old man with a history of benign prostatic hyperplasia and Waldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemia (WM) who was admitted for the workup of renal failure. His…
Doc, I have kidney pain radiating to my left ureter….
The quest for biomarkers to accurately diagnose AKI is often analogized to ACS/myocardial infarction. Thus we have dubbed AKI biomarker investigation the “search for our troponin,” with the goal of facilitating early and accurate diagnosis of AKI that…
What’s in a name?: Dr. Wegener’s Murky Past
This months issue of JASN has a review of ANCA-associated vasculitis. The authors discuss the controversy regarding the naming of Wegener’s Disease and whether it’s time for a new name to be chosen for this condition. Dr. Friedrich…
Plans after nephrology fellowship?
The academic year is almost over and many renal fellows can finally see the long awaited “light” at the end of the tunnel. Two first year renal fellows and Nephron Power blog contributors from North Shore-Long Island Jewish…
Variability in Blood Pressure: Just a blip?
What is your approach to the patient with occasional high, or variable, blood pressure readings, or measurements that bounce around above and below the target range? In such situations, the American Heart Association guidelines on measurement of blood…
Compensation for living organ donation! status quo no more but…
I talked earlier this year about “Compensation for living donation”. The comments I got show how controversial this subject is. I was happy to see that ATC this year opened the debate on this crucial matter because keeping…
Chocolate for cardiovascular health?
As this is restaurant week in Durham, NC, I thought it would be fitting to blog about the health benefits of food, in particular the delicacy that is ‘dark chocolate’. This is not a new idea in the…
Drug-induced autoimmune disease of the kidney
Drug-induced autoimmune diseases of the kidney include SLE-like disease and drug-induced vasculitis (DIV). As many as 10% of all diagnosed Lupus cases in the US may be drug-induced Lupus (DIL). These syndromes typically develop after drug treatment for…
AWAK: sci fi creature, or PD modality of the future?
It’s time to write about something truly cool in the world of dialysis (how often do we get to say that?). In early 2011, clinical trials are scheduled to begin testing the AWAK, or Automated Wearable Artificial Kidney….
“Idiopathic” or “smoking-related” nodular glomerulosclerosis
Nodular glomerulosclerosis refers to a histologic pattern of nodular mesangial sclerosis with accentuated, lobular-appearing glomeruli on renal biopsy. Although classically described in association with diabetes (the so-called “Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesion”), the lesion is NOT pathognomonic for diabetic nephropathy. In…