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Interventional Nephrology Series
Focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN) Series
Landmark Nephrology Series
Kidney Biopsy of the Month Series
Urine Sediment of the Month Series
The Skeleton Key Group: Electrolyte Cases
Dialysis and Transplantation in South Africa: Reflections from a Junior Doctor
South Africa appeared on the cover of TIME magazine last year as the ‘world’s most unequal country’, with a Gini index of 63. Resource limitation, especially in reference to specialist health care services like dialysis, continues to be…
An Overview of Lung Ultrasound: The COVID edition part 2
Last week we began with an introduction to lung ultrasound to equip us during the times of COVID-19. This week we dive into specific nuances that will aid our assessment of patients with COVID. Lung ultrasound for COVID-19…
Skeleton Key Group: Electrolyte Case #7
Welcome to the 7th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of twenty odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying information) that…
An Overview of Lung Ultrasound for the Nephrologist: The COVID edition part 1
We have not talked about lung ultrasound (LUS) after the initial post about A- and B-lines last year. Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the role of LUS as a bedside diagnostic tool is expanding. It is being used to diagnose,…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Cystine Crystals
Cystinuria is the most common kidney stone disease with Mendelian genetics. Caused by mutations in SLC7A9 and SLC3A1, affected patients excrete high amounts of cystine in their urine and are vexed by recurrent episodes of nephrolithiasis. Cystine stones…
Mutations in Type IV Collagen and Their Clinical Significance in Kidney Disease
One in every 10 cases of chronic kidney disease (CKD) may be attributable to a single gene mutation. Read that again. One in every 10 cases. Wow. That was a shock to me. It took me a few…
Medical Decision Making: Time to Get Acquainted with our Biases
My Commission Bias The long awaited PEXIVAS trial was finally published. I was excited to prepare and present this landmark paper at our departmental journal club.The discussion was fascinating until I started realizing that I was fighting hard…
Inferior Vena Cava POCUS: The Basics of Image Acquisition
Most novice users of POCUS are under the impression that inferior vena cava (IVC) ultrasound is very easy and it gives all the information about a patient’s volume status. Unfortunately, both are wrong. Proper identification of IVC can…
2020 RFN NephMadness Champion: Flu Vaccine
NephMadness has begun! Submit your 2020 NephMadness picks here.We’ll review some NephMadness basics below and leak our picks for this year. 1.What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled after the US…
Skeleton Key Group: Electrolyte Case #6
Welcome to the 6th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of twenty odd nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying information) that…
