Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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“Dilutional Acidosis”
Though this is to some degree controversial, volume expansion with normal saline has been associated with the development of a hyperchloremic, non-anion gap metabolic acidosis. What are the mechanisms associated with saline expansion-induced metabolic acidosis? The rationale for…
Renal Cilia Length Increases with ATN
Get your flu shots, everyone! Renal Fellow Network recently had to take an H1N1-sponsored weekend off, and I strongly suggest getting the vaccine if available to you; this bug is no fun at all. I’ve written about the…
Complications of Renal Biopsy
I’ve had to revise the renal biopsy complication rates that I’m quoting my patients after reading this review. – Technically, complications occur in 7.4% to 19.5% of patients. These mostly consist of self-limiting macroscopic hematuria or a peri-renal,…
There are bicarbonate doubters amongst you…
Final results of last week’s Renal Fellow Network poll: There seemed to be general agreement that volume expansion with isotonic saline is definitely effective, and many individuals also selected the isotonic saline + N-acetylcysteine combination. Interestingly, only 23%…
Renal Failure in the Neuro ICU
Here are a few important guidelines for prescribing RRT in the Neuro ICU gleaned from this review. First off, a recap of the physiology… Intracranial pressure increases are buffered by CSF, such that increased ICP leads to increased…
How to best design RCTs for new transplant immunosuppressives
The ability to adequately suppress the immune system and prevent allograft rejection has been a true success story over the past several decades. With the advent of drugs such as calcineurin inhibitors, induction agents such as thymoglobulin, azathioprine…
Differential diagnosis of hypouricemia
Hypouricemia is defined as a serum uric acid level less than 2mg/dL. Although it is generally considered benign, hypouricemia has been associated with several important conditions relevant to nephrologists, including acute kidney injury, uric acid nephrolithiasis, and SIADH…
Gordon Syndrome
File “Gordon Syndrome” under “interesting causes of hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis you may never see.” Also called pseudohypoaldosteronism type II, Gordon Syndrome is relevant less so for the number of patients afflicted but more due to the interesting…
Drugs Associated with Hyperkalemia
There are a variety of drugs which can result in hyperkalemia, via a variety of mechanisms. Here are a list of some of the common offenders, categorized loosely based on mechanism, though admittedly there is some overlap between…
Is renal replacement in nursing home residents futile?
Geriatric nephrology is in focus in this weeks NEJM with this excellent article by Tamura et al. By linking the USRDS database to a national registry of nursing home residents, they were able to document changes in functional…