Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Conferences, Courses, & Grants
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Interventional Nephrology Series
Focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN) Series
Kidney Biopsy of the Month Series
Tenckhoff Catheter Insertion by a Nephrologist
Despite its many benefits, peritoneal dialysis (PD) uptake is quite poor in many countries. For example, in Malaysia, around 12% of all patients with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) are on PD). One barrier to use of this…
St Anthony’s Fire: Ergot and the Kidney
What do migraines, holy fire, witch trials, and kidney failure have in common? That would be ergotamine. Ergotamine is a compound with a wide spectrum of pharmacologic activity produced by fungus in the claviceps species. It has agonist…
The UAB (Live + Virtual) CRRT Academy: November 4th & 5th, 2020
The University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) CRRT Academy will be held on November 4th and 5th, 2020 at the Hilton Hotel at UAB, 808 20th Street S, Birmingham, AL, 35205. The preliminary conference program is available here: This year,…
Physical Activity in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: Lessons From Basic Science
Casey DerellaPhD CandidateAugusta University Exercise and physical activity of any kind provide a substantial number of health benefits. In fact, the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommend that some exercise is…
Abstract Submission Open: 2020 ASN Kidney Week Digital Basic Research Forum for Trainees and Early Career Scientists
Digital Basic Research Forum for Emerging Kidney Scientists; A Partnership Between ASN and APS Wednesday, October 21st, 20208:45am – 5:40pm Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4)Virtual – Details TBD Abstract Submission Opens: July 20th, 2020 Abstract Submission Closes: August…
Skeleton Key Group: Electrolyte Case #10
Welcome to the 10th 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…
Virtual AST Fellows Symposium on Transplantation 2020
In exciting news, the American Society of Transplantation-led Fellows Symposium will be going virtual this year! The program will run Thursday, September 24th & Friday, September 25th, 11:00 am – 4:45 pm EST. There will be four 1 and…
Preemptive Kidney Transplantation: Past, Present and Future
Introduction Kidney transplantation (KT) has been proven to be the optimal form of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) with resultant lower morbidity and mortality rates, and better quality of life. Why do preemptive kidney transplant recipients have a survival…
Urine Sediment of the Month: 4 Flavors of Nucleated Cells
In the routine urinary sediment examination, you may come across 4 types of nucleated cells: 1. Squamous epithelial cells2. Leukocytes3. Transitional epithelial cells4. Tubular epithelial cells Let’s discuss how to differentiate between them. Squamous epithelial cells are easily…
GlomCon’s Virtual Glomerular Disease Fellowship
GlomCon is a grassroots initiative that brings together clinicians, pathologists, and researchers in a collaborative manner to help patients with glomerular diseases. An essential component of GlomCon is glomerular disease education. Expert clinicians and educators from around the…