Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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The Changing Tides of Immunosuppression
Post by: Aimen Liaqat, MD Nephrology Fellow, Cleveland Clinic We have come far since the first successful kidney transplant in 1954 when Ronald Herrick donated a kidney to his twin brother Richard at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. This…
2021 RPA Annual Meeting Free for Trainees
When: March 18-19, 2021 Where: Virtual Cost: The meeting will be ALL virtual with parts of the program catered especially to early career physicians and best of all it is FREE to all trainees who register for RPA…
Cancer Screening in Kidney Failure: What’s the Optimal Strategy?
Avinash Rao Ullur, MD, DNBClinical Fellow in Adult NephrologyUniversity of TorontoNSMC Intern 2021 Rushing through the dialysis unit can leave little time to consider issues other than electrolytes, volume status, anemia, and bone mineral metabolism. However, it’s the…
RFN NephMadness 2021 Champion: HIF Stabilizers
NephMadness has begun! Submit your 2021 NephMadness picks here.We’ll review some NephMadness basics below and leak our picks for this year. What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled after the US college basketball…
Skeleton Key Group Case 16: Blame-o the Vanc-o
Welcome to the 16th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of 40-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…
16th Annual 2021 Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Young Investigator’s Forum
The 16th Annual 2021 Mid-Atlantic Nephrology Young Investigator’s Forum will be held on March 24-25 in 2021 virtually. Call for abstracts is now open. The Young Investigator’s Forum serves to stimulate research for fellows in training in Nephrology…
NKF 2021 Kidney & Transplant Symposium (March 2nd) – FREE for trainees
On Tuesday, March 2 from 8am- 6:45pm EST, this exciting virtual conference from the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) will highlight recent major advances and best practices in the treatment and care of kidney disease, dialysis, transplantation, and organ…
Registration for Virtual KIDNEYcon 2021 is OPEN
What: Virual KIDNEYcon 2021 When: April 29 – May 1, 2021 Where: Virtual Who Should Attend: Internal Medicine Residents, Pediatric Residents, Adult and Pediatric Nephrology Fellows, Attending Nephrologists KIDNEYcon is an annual conference (started in 2016) designed to…
Nate’s Corner: We Love a Silver Stain, but Your Non-Argyrophilic Casts Do Not
This past weekend, Arkana Laboratories hosted another live pathology session covering part II of all things intratubular casts (now focused on crystalline intratubular casts). Dr. Zeljko Dvanajscak helmed the microscope, taking viewers through the 4 major categories of…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Mixed Cellular Casts
As we have covered before, RBC casts most often signify the presence of glomerulonephritis while WBC casts are indicative of an inflammatory process affecting the glomeruli or interstitium. Sometimes, casts can be seen which contain both red and…