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The Uncertainty of Monoclonal Gammopathies
I spend a lot of time discussing patients with renal disease and monoclonal gammopathies with my haematology colleagues, trying to figure out what is of ‘renal significance’ and ‘undetermined significance’. One of those discussions recently was around a…
Assessing the risk of CKD progression using Kidney Failure Risk Equations
“The best way to predict your future is to create it“. Abraham Lincoln Predicting the future is a tenuous concept and at face value is perhaps better suited to popular media and science fiction than medicine. We have…
Dialysis in Undocumented Immigrants: A Fellow’s Experience
This image was from Original Nate Hellman post in 2010 It’s Monday, I turn my pager on at 6:00am, and at 6:03am and again at 6:05am my pager promptly goes off. I recognize both of the numbers, it’s…
When You See Zebra Bodies…Think Commonly Prescribed Medications?
A patient presented with nephrotic range proteinuria and lung cancer, so we performed a routine kidney biopsy. During our pathology conference, we discussed a classic run-of-the mill case of membranous nephropathy secondary to malignancy. Our pathologist showed us…
Pseudohyponatremia: is that a thing?
As most stories do, this one begins with a case. I was on call over the weekend, it was busy, and I was called by the neuro ICU for a new consult. Their patient had been hyponatremic for…
Mexican transplant program: All that glitters is not gold
“All that glitters is not gold” is a typical saying that alludes to the difference between appearance and evidence; it is undoubtedly one of the most common sayings by Mexicans and one of the ideas present when citing…
How to organize your scientific PDF library?
During my training I downloaded and collected tons of journal articles for future reference. Most of these articles were in a pdf form and I had assigned these to variously named folders for easy retrieval. Most of us…
Nephrology Web Episode – The Kidney Biopsy!
The monthly nephrology webisode from the Wash U Nephrology Series is back with another history lesson. This video focuses on the history of the percutaneous kidney biopsy and its evolution from the 1950s to today. Check it out…
Snake Bites and Kidney Injury
Snake bite is a common and frequently devastating environmental and occupational disease, especially in rural areas of developing countries in tropical regions. Clinical manifestations depends on the dose of venom injected, bite to needle time, potency and adequacy…
An Artificial Implantable Kidney: Basics for Nephrologists and Fellows
Has a patient ever asked you about the artificial kidney? At this point many nephrologists and patients have heard about the latest advances, and it has even reached the mainstream news. A simple Google search for “artificial kidney”…