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…
“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…
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…
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 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…
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”…
Teaching should be a fun, sweet, and rewarding process. Perhaps like eating a piece of cake with some kidney on it. I am currently a third year internal medicine resident, and I always pondered on the ideal…
The medical profession is one of the few professions in the world where the person remains a student for life. We are perennially in this stage of learning some more …a bit more…a little more…And not surprisingly this…
As a current Nephrology trainee I recently decided to do a side step and rotate through obstetric medicine (looking after medical problems in pregnant women). I was interested in this for a few reasons. Throughout my medical training…
Membranous nephropathy is among the most common causes of the nephrotic syndrome in non-diabetic adult. It is an immune complex mediated disease which occurs when circulating antibodies permeate the glomerular basement membrane and form immune complexes with epitopes…