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
Don’t be Alarmed, but Your Kidney has a Clock
Most of us go to sleep and wake up around the same time every day, even on the weekends when we try to sleep in. When we change our schedule to either wake up earlier or because we…
New ASN Podcast: Youngest Kidney Week Presenters Discuss Their Experiences
With Kidney Week just around the corner, the American Society of Nephrology (@ASNkidney) has released a new podcast featuring a conversation between ASN Communications Associate, Sara Leeds, and two of the youngest Kidney Week attendees who have ever…
Contrast and AKI: The Plot Thickens
In my intern year while on the wards a patient of mine with normal kidney function on admission developed acute kidney injury (AKI) 48 hours after angiography; I thought I was confident about the diagnosis, it had to…
The 2018 ASN Kidney Week Fellows in Training (FIT) Bowl Schedule
Every year since 2012, ASN has hosted the FIT bowl at Kidney Week to inspire fellows to compete and learn nephrology in a fun and competitive way. In previous years, there had been 2 teams of fellows from…
Annual Dialysis Conference: March 16-19 2019, Dallas, TX
If you are interested in learning more about the ins-and-outs of dialysis consider attending the Annual Dialysis Conference: the largest multidisciplinary dialysis conference founded in 1980 by the Division of Nephrology at the University of Missouri. Who Can…
Can the Nephrology Fellow Shift the Tides in Nephrology Education and Recruitment?
A 2008 research study found that Canadian medical residents were most likely to choose a specialty based on factors such as lifestyle, previous role models, experience of the resident with the specialty, and mentorship. The same study found that procedural…
CMV: Almost Always On The Transplant Patient’s Differential Diagnosis
A 50 year-old presented with a 3 day history of malaise and fatigue 2 months after receiving a deceased donor kidney transplant with T-cell depleting induction therapy. Discharge medications after transplantation included tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, prednisone, and valganciclovir…
New ASN Podcast Focuses on Nephrology Fellows
The American Society of Nephrology (@ASNKidney) has released a new podcast featuring a conversation between nephrology fellows Samira Farouk, MD, MS (@ssfarouk) and Devika Nair, MD (@devimol) and ASN Communications Associate Sara Leeds on fellows’ perspectives and experiences….
Homelessness and Kidney Disease
Doing my nephrology training in San Francisco, CA has made it clear to me that homelessness is an essential health policy issue. 553,742 people experience homelessness in the United States as of January 2017. While San Francisco has…
Free Water and Sodium Calculator App
A free water and sodium calculator app is available for download for iOS, Android. The app was created by Daniel Batlle from Northwestern University. The app focuses on commonly used formulas for water and sodium. While there are…