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Skeleton Key Group Case 20: Slow down, use the desmopressin brakes!
Welcome to the 20th 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…
Flight Delayed: How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Shaped Me as a Resident Physician
Sai Santhoshini Achi, MDInternal Medicine Resident at Harlem Hospital Center, New York @SaiAchi1 “This is to notify you that your flight is going to be delayed,” blared the airport announcement. It was around March 2020, and I was traveling…
Starting at Home and Staying at Home for Dialysis
Brian Rifkin, MDInterventional and General Nephrology Hattiesburg ClinicHattiesburg, MS@brian_rifkin The push to have more patients dialyzed in the home setting is gaining momentum in the United States (US) under programs like the ETC (ESRD Treatment Choices), in which…
American Society of Nephrology Loan Mitigation Pilot Program is Open to Applications
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has just announced the launch of a brand-new Loan Mitigation Pilot Program. The program, organized by the ASN Loan Mitigation Pilot Program Task Force, will fund 6 successful candidates $50,000 to reduce…
Don’t Discount PD in Patients Critically Ill in the ICU
Jade M. Teakell, MD, PhD, FASN Assistant Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director of Nephrology FellowshipMcGovern Medical School, Houston TX@jmteakell A 62-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension, and kidney failure on peritoneal dialysis (PD) presents with…
Sick Day Protocol to Prevent AKI: What is the Evidence?
Lama Ghazi, MD PhDPostdoctoral Associate at Clinical and Translational Research Accelerator, Yale University School of Medicine@lama_ghazi I always want to know how the story ends as soon as I start and I always prefer when people lead with…
Culprit Antigens in Membranous Nephropathy: Growing by the Day
Mythri Shankar, MD, DNBAssistant Professor of NephrologyInstitute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, India@nephromythri Membranous nephropathy (MN) is a common cause of nephrotic syndrome in n adults predominantly presenting in the 5th decade of life. The incidence of MN in adults…
The Story of Kidney Evolution
Mythri Shankar, MD, DNBAssistant Professor of NephrologyInstitute of Nephrourology, Bengaluru, India@nephromythri “Homeostasis” is a steady state of internal, physical, and chemical conditions maintained by the body in order to sustain life. This homeostasis in the human body is…
Dialysis Catheters 101
Sai Santhoshini Achi, MDInternal Medicine Resident at Harlem HospitalIncoming Nephrology Fellow at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston@SaiAchi1 On the first day of my inpatient medicine rotation, I had three patients with dialysis catheters. I kept…
Skeleton Key Group Case #19: A Rare Cause of Hypokalemia
Welcome to the 19th 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…