Post by: Namrata Parikh. Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a group of autoimmune disorders whose hallmark is inflammation of small blood vessels throughout the body, producing a myriad of manifestations. AAV had once been considered to…
Accelerating discovery in PKD research! The Polycystic Kidney Disease Research Resource Consortium (PKD RRC) funded by The National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), consists of three national Research and Translation Core Centers (RTCC) and a…
Welcome to the 21st case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of 50-odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for the Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying…
GlomCon Glomerular Disease Fellowship is a virtual, one year long program providing a unique educational experience in glomerular diseases. Featuring expert clinicians and educators from around the world, interactive workshops, and in-depth pathology lectures, this program is an…
Laura Slattery, Specialist Registrar in Nephrology and General Internal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, Dublin. Paracetamol or acetaminophen ingestion can result in a variety of toxic syndromes predominantly related to alterations of glutathione metabolism and/or depletion of glutathione…
Marc Lawrence Soco, MD Internal Medicine Resident Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City, Philippines @msocoMD Hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) was classically recognized as an all-encompassing term referring to the concurrent failure of the kidneys and the liver. Over the years,…
The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) CRRT Academy will be held on October 15th and 16th, 2021. This year we will use a completely virtual platform for attendees with live faculty on site for the hands on workshops. We will have a…
Laurence Black, PhDPostdoctoral FellowUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Precision medicine is an exciting approach to treat diseases on an individual basis that considers and incorporates the genetic make-up, environment, and lifestyle of each patient to develop personalized therapeutic…
Paresh R. Jadav, MD (jadav_md)Dept of Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY Introduction Kidney allograft monitoring is dependent upon non-specific markers like creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and proteinuria. Kidney biopsy remains the gold standard…
Urinary crystals are a frequent finding and there are several different types that can be observed under the microscope. We’ve discussed some of these crystals in a previous Urine Sediment of the Month post. Unlike these more common…