Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Cyclosporine in Membranous Nephropathy: A non-immune modulatory effect to maintain remission?
This is the story of a 64 year old male mason with past medical history notable for hypertension and hyperlipidemia who was referred to me for evaluation of proteinuria. The patient noted onset of lower extremity edema nine…
Renal Stress Testing
According to the most recent NHANEs data, 15.5 million Americans have CKD III, a figure that has increased by over 40% in less than a decade. CKD III is primarily a marker of global health outcomes, and affected…
Surviving lactic acidosis; lessons from turtles
Lactic acidosis is frequently seen in the hospital setting. Diverse etiologies account for the accumulation of lactic acid as reviewed by Nathan last year. The main impetus for the production of lactate is having a hypoxic state either…
Lessons from the Haiti earthquake for nephrologists?
In the Lancet April 3, 2010 issue, the Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) of the International Society of Nephrology reflected on some of the lessons learned from the Haiti relief efforts after the January 12, 2010 earthquake….
ASN launches renal fellow website
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) announced the creation of a “fellow’s” website today. You can locate this site by following the link or going to the “training” tab of the main ASN website (www.asn-online.org). The ASN fellow’s…
The Earlier The Better
I am currently writing a chapter about Living Kidney Donation “the Gold Standard”. With that in mind and two recent discussions with my co-fellows, I decided to discuss a little bit about the choice of the kidney donor…
An excursion into Magnesium homeostasis
Magnesium (Mg++) is a predominantly intracellular divalent cation which is critical for many metabolic processes and participates in >300 enzymatic reactions. It is essential for many critical transporters including the Sodium/Potassium ATPase cotransporter. Mg++ also has a critical…
Nathan Hellman Memorial Award
Nate Hellman MD PhD, the founder of the Renal Fellow Network, died tragically just over two months ago. He was a wonderful person, who possessed a strong sense of humanity, humor and compassion. Nate touched the lives of…
PD vs HD in the elderly
Patients over 65 tend not to choose peritoneal dialysis for a host of reasons, not the least of which is PD is underutilized in the US in general. However, a recent study suggests that PD may be preferable…
Eeuuuw… too much information!
Almost one year ago, Nate posted here about the results of a large GWA study of chronic kidney disease by Kottgen et al. This project was the result of a collaboration between 4 groups, and produced many exciting…