Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Conferences, Courses, & Grants
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Interventional Nephrology Series
Focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN) Series
Kidney Biopsy of the Month Series
Favorite Renal Consult Topics
Poll results: the most appealing Nephrology Consult scenario chosen, perhaps not surprisingly, was workup of new-onset glomerulonephritis (44%). I would contend that many individuals choose Nephrology because they are interested in issues such as glomerulonephritis, interesting electrolyte and…
SGK1, Hypertension and the Metabolic Syndrome
I was recently asked the mechanism by which insulin resistance causes sodium retention and hypertension, and had to lie. Here’s what I should have said. Serum and glucocorticoid-inducible kinase 1 (SGK1) is an enzymatic central orchestrator of many…
Differential Diagnosis of Hypomagnesemia
Why do we care about hypomagnesemia? And why are cardiologists so eager to replete the serum magnesium above 2.0 mg/dL? Very low serum Mg can result in serious cardiovascular and CNS effects. Specifically, hypomagnesemia can cause QRS widening…
Familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy
I recently saw my first patient formally diagnosed with familial juvenile hyperuricemic nephropathy (FJHN), and since I had little prior knowledge about this condition, I decided to read up. Apparently, FJHN is more common than we think, and…
Basics of PD prescription writing
Concerning the basics of PD prescription writing–and only the basics, since there’s lots to say about this interesting topic–the minimum prescription should specify the following: 1. What kind of PD does the patient use: for the most part,…
History of Cystoscopy
I stumbled across a bit of Nephrology/Urology history the other day while strolling around a hospital in Paris: this plaque commemorating one of the key steps in the invention of ureteroscopy and cystoscopy. The plaque can be found…
New Year’s Eve Poll Results
Happy New Year’s Eve! I found the results of last week’s poll to be surprising…well, I guess I shouldn’t be too shocked to see that Nephrology Fellows won the “hardest working fellow in show business” award, being that…
Complications of EPO Use
Well, I had hoped to be more of an active blogger during my holiday vacation this year, but my internet access has been much spottier than desired way out in the boondocks of Western France (not that I…
A second look at dilantin
The first time phenytoin was addressed as a blog on this site was on the one year anniversary of the inauguration of the RFN. I’d just like to bring it up again, because a question pertaining to phenytoin…
Mount Rushmore of Nephrology Announced
The readers have spoken and it is time to announce the results of the hypothetical “Mount Rushmore of Nephrology”: the four Nephrology Pioneers whose contributions have mattered most, and deserve to have their imagery preserved forever on a…