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Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Beyond the kidney
Mostly I think about the bladder, in a professional sense, as a possible site for obstruction to be ruled out. Occasionally, when I’m personally reminded about it, I wonder how much urine it can hold. (Pearl from residency:…
Paging the doctor
I recently saw a young hypertensive patient who had suffered a motor vehicle accident complicated by a transected aorta that was successfully repaired several years back. He has had hypertension since then and was referred to us for…
A great combination
Since the retraction of the COOPERATE trial by the Lancet late last year (following Regina Kunz’s famous ‘letter of concern’), combination RAAS blockade has suffered something of a fall from grace. This was dealt a second blow by…
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The Renal Fellow Network has finally joined Facebook. Find us on Facebook and get daily updates on blog posts from the site plus relevant kidney related news from around the world.
RFN now an ISN web favorite
The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) has designated the Renal Fellow Network as an ISN web favorite. The contributors to the RFN are proud of this designation and plan on continuing this wonderful resource for nephrology fellows (and…
“Hey Doc, I think my kidneys hurt.”
How many of you have spoken with patients who complain of mid-back pain and tell you that their kidneys hurt? While dull, aching pain in the mid-lower back is more likely to be associated with musculoskeletal etiologies, kidney-related…
The final blow for high dose B-vitamins?
Efforts aimed at lowering homocysteine levels in order to prevent the progression of CKD and cardiovascular disease takes another major hit in the April 28 issue of JAMA. High dose B-vitamin therapy has been shown to lower the…
Fabry’s disease and the kidney
I read a nice review of Fabry’s disease recently, and was surprised to read that its prevalence in ESRD may be as high as 1-2%. That figure is likely an underestimate, given the frequent failure to screen for…
PD University for fellows
I attended a 2-day conference on home dialysis known as “PD University for fellows” sponsored by the International Society for PD (ISPD), Wake Forest University, Baxter and NxStage in Baltimore, MD. This is a free conference for renal…
Does CAPRIT trial need a TREAT!!!!!
This morning at ATC, the results of a very interesting trial were presented. I would like to share them with you so we can look at them more carefully once the paper is published. The CAPRIT trial is…