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
FOAMed
Interventional Nephrology Series
Focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN) Series
Kidney Biopsy of the Month Series
How the Chloride Sweat Test in Cystic Fibrosis Works
Mutations in the CFTR gene are responsible for cystic fibrosis. CFTR encodes a chloride transporter which in addition to its being expressed in the lungs and pancreas, is also found in the kidney. As I have blogged about previously,…
Osmotic Nephrosis
“Osmotic nephrosis” is a term which describes a common form of renal tubular injury in response to hyperosmolar substances. It is especially relevant to iv contrast nephropathy, and was first observed in animals and human patients infused with…
Differential Diagnosis of Kidney Injury Following Stem Cell Transplant
One of the major medical advances over the past few decades has been the success of stem cell transplants, which serves as a potential cure for many patients with previously untreatable leukemias and lymphomas. With the expanded use…
Malpractice
Scary article–from both a patient care perspective as well as from a medicolegal perspective–which will make you think about always checking that potassium level before making a decision about skipping dialysis…”Young Mother Dies After Missing Dialysis Treatment“. In…
Lyme Nephritis??
I included two question marks in the title, since the existence of Lyme Nephritis remains controversial. However, somebody presented a case of alleged Lyme Nephritis in a recent Renal Grand Rounds which was interesting. In brief, the case…
Calcium Phosphate Stones
Calcium phosphate stones are actually pretty rare. While calcium oxalate stones comprise about 80% of all instances of nephrolithiasis, calcium phosphate stones typically occur only in a small subset of patients–about 5 to 10% of patients according to…
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex and the Kidney
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic disease, caused by mutations within one of two genes (TSC1 or TSC2) which is named for the formation of hard tumors (“tubers”) within a variety of tissues, including the CNS,…
ESA Glycosylation
There are numerous formulations of recombinant human erythropoietin, but only a few of which are used in the U.S. Generally speaking, all of the formulations have the exact same 165 amino acid core sequence which encodes the human…
Renal Transplant Fellowship
While the ACGME regulates the vast majority of post-graduate residencies/fellowships, there are a few exceptions. One of the notable ones is the rapidly evolving Kidney Transplant fellowship. Previously, nephrologists were certified as members of the kidney transplant community…
Core Competencies
In 1999, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)–the organization which oversees all residency and fellowship programs in the U.S. and is responsible for their official status as a licensed training program–issued a list of 6 Core…