Annual Dialysis Conference 2020: Travel Grants for 1st 20 Case Submissions
The Annual Dialysis Conference will be held February 8 – 11, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri. Nephrology fellows are invited to submit a 1-page case summary of a challenging or unusual dialysis experience (deadline 12/2/19). A grant will…
19th Annual SSCI Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum
Where and When The 19th Annual Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (SSCI) Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum will be held in New Orleans, Wednesday, February 12, 2020. The SSCI Nephrology Young Investigators’ Forum will be held as a prologue…
Organ-On-A-Chip: Novel Direction of Physiology Research and Drug Development
Scientific technology is advancing quicker than ever before. Something I never thought I would be saying in my lifetime is that science now has the technology to create an Organ-On-A-Chip. An Organ-On-A-Chips is an engineered in vitro modelled…
A Guide to Immunosuppression in Transplantation
During my first year of fellowship, I always found myself interested in the pharmacology of the multiple immunosuppression meds, however, finding concise yet thorough sources of information on them was nearly impossible. Luckily, we have a very fellow…
Home Hemodialysis – Writing a Prescription
Introduction: Welcome to the third piece in the Home Hemodialysis series. After going through the history of home hemodialysis in the United States, and reviewing the literature evaluating the modality, we will now dive into how to prescribe…
Kidney Biopsy of the Month: Light Chain Cast Nephropathy
Introduction Light chain cast nephropathy (LCCN), not to be confused with light chain deposition disease (LCDD), is also known as myeloma cast nephropathy or myeloma kidney; and is one of the many renal complications of multiple myeloma. Patients…
Landmark Nephrology: Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) Timing in Critically Ill Patients
Currently, the timing of initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) remains a challenge. T Despite several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing early versus late initiation strategies of RRT, the…
ISHD presents Hemodialysis University 2019
This conference, presented by the International Society for Hemodialysis (ISHD), will focus on clinically important topics in hemodialysis, home dialysis, and treatment of CKD/ESKD. The program will work to optimize current practice patterns by providing up-to-date, evidence-based, practical…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Mixed, Acellular Casts
Most urinary casts have a fairly homogenous aspect throughout their entirety and are clearly classifiable as either hyaline, granular (with all their variants), waxy, or of some cellular nature. However, in many instances urinary casts are not homogenous…
Focused Cardiac Ultrasound: Abnormalities on the Parasternal Short Axis View
Last month we focused on introducing the Parasternal Short Axis View (PSAX). Now we turn our attention to some of the must-know abnormalities for the nephrologist in this view. Left ventricular function As mentioned in the previous post,…
