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Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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“Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis” Post 1: The Peritoneal Equilibration Test (PET)
Welcome to a series of posts titled “Let’s Talk About Peritoneal Dialysis.” Today, we will be discussing the Peritoneal Equilibration Test (PET) that is performed in peritoneal diaysis (PD) patients. I distinctly recall my first time as a…
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Videos
Check out these 10 videos by Abhilash Koratala, MD, FASN from the University of Florida on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS): Introduction to Ultrasound Point-of-Care Renal Ultrasonography POCUS of the Lung, Inferior Vena Cava, & Heart Case Studies in Renal…
Teaching Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) Basics to Internal Medicine Residents
When we recently asked a room full of internal medicine residents rotating through the medical intensive care unit (MICU) what “CVVH” stood for, most of them could not answer. A few years ago, as an internal medicine resident,…
When to Start Renal Replacement Therapy in the Critically Ill?
The vast majority of us have been confronted with these questions: When to start dialysis in a patient in the ICU ? What modality should I start with? What kind of vascular access should I place? How I…
Wanted: RFN Editor & ASN Media-Communications Committee Fellow
We are looking for an individual to serve a 2-year term as fellow editor of RFN as well as fellow member of the ASN Media and Communications! This is a call to current nephrology fellows (medicine or pediatrics)…
Natural Disaster and Kidney Disease: How Prepared Are We?
If you care for patients with any degree of kidney failure on a regular basis, you understand firsthand how vulnerable these patients are. Each aspect of their care requires careful planning and organization by a large multidisciplinary team,…
Diversity and Inclusion: What is #IamASN?
The ASN Diversity and Inclusion Committee developed this hashtag to broadly showcase the diversity of ASN Members. The goal is that every member feels like they are an equal and important representation of the ASN. We encourage ASN…
Trainee Events at #KidneyWk 2018
Kidney Week 2018 is here and it’s obvious that everyone is excited for a great week in San Diego! Whether it’s your first time at Kidney Week or you’ve experienced it (perhaps many times) before, the number of…
What Happens on Dialysis is Likely from Dialysis: Tunneled Dialysis Catheter Infections
While making rounds, I was paged to the dialysis unit to evaluate a patient on hemodialysis via a tunneled dialysis catheter, who began having chills and hypotension during a session. Unfortunately, this is not an uncommon situation and…
“La Creatinina”-A Modern Epidemic of Kidney Disease
It is not often you see components of a basic metabolic panel (BMP) as a headline in the news. However, in one corner of the world, “creatinine” has become a term that commonly used by the public. It…