Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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NKF’s 52nd Annual Medical Symposium – Kidney Care: 2020 and Beyond – 13th November (FREE for fellows)
The 52nd Annual Medical Symposium, a bay area nephrology community tradition, is a day-long program that provides healthcare professionals with timely updates on CKD guidelines & standards, treatments, research and co-morbidities, so they may better care for and…
Kidney Biopsy of the Month: BK virus nephropathy
In 1971, a group of virologists in London first described a novel polyomavirus they discovered in the urine and urothelial cells of a kidney transplant recipient who had developed ureteric stenosis. Named after the patient it was first…
Who is afraid of Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome? Severe hyponatremia – its limits, goals and clamps
From the early physiology courses in Medical School, everyone learns to be wary of rapidly correcting serum sodium in the event of hyponatremia if its duration is chronic or unknown. But was this concern always present? In the…
Water Treatment for Hemodialysis
I am often startled by the fact that patients are exposed to 120-200 L of dialysis solution during each dialysis treatment! Unsurprisingly then, patients on hemodialysis are particularly vulnerable to small molecular weight contaminants in the water used…
Urine Sediment of the Month: Transmitted Light Microscopy Techniques
Although it remains a polarizing topic, looking at urine has come a long way since the dark ages before wide availability of renal biopsy. Not just a passing phase, modern urine microscopy allows the bright nephrologist to readily…
Skeleton Key Group Case 13: Hypercalcemia
Welcome to the 13th 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…
Evolutionary role for aldosterone in females: implications for hypertension therapy
Jessica Faulkner, PhDPostdoctoral FellowAugusta University Aldosterone production and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation is a key physiological pathway promoting retention of salt and water in the distal nephron. Aldosterone is a physiological ligand of MR and MR activation leads…
Potential Adverse Effects of SGLT2 Inhibitors in Clinical Trials
The use of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients with kidney disease is becoming the standard of care. This table covers many of the common potential side effects from several of the major clinical trials. Red- difference showing more adverse…
A Picture Worth a Thousand Words- The Emergence of the Visual Abstract
A visual abstract, sometimes called a graphical abstract or an infographic, is a simplified pictorial representation of a study, concept, or idea. A visual abstract gives viewers a gist of the study. It serves as a review, an…