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
2024 NephSIM Nephrons: Applications Due 11/15
Applications are now open for the 2024 NephSIM Nephrons/National Kidney Foundation Program, a 6-month virtual mentoring and education program for medical students and residents interested in learning more about nephrology & careers in nephrology. The 2024 program curriculum is available here and additional program details are below. Applications are…
Skeleton Key Case #31: Paralyzing Potassium
Welcome to the 31st case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for Renal Fellow Network. Authors: Russell Leong, Trey Richardson A. The Stem A 41-year-old…
Tricky Testing in the Patient on Hemodialysis
James Bannister, Resident, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UKJamie Willows, Renal Fellow, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UK Introduction When patients on dialysis are admitted to the hospital with a broken bone or a pericardial effusion, for example, they need at least…
2023 Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis Annual Symposium (Hybrid): Friday 9/29, Free for Trainees
Register here (Trainees: $25 in person, FREE for virtual attendance) Date & Location:Friday, September 29th (7:45A – 4P) Hybrid: Virtual + Goldwurm Auditorium (Icahn Medical Institute, 1425 Madison Avenue at East 98th Street New York, NY 10029) Course…
Cylindroids in Urine, Have You Ever Seen It?
The German Louis G.F. Thomas (1838 —1907) described “cylindroids” (Figure 1) in 1870 to indicate elongated elements partly similar to casts [1], the nature of which is still unclear at present . There is no consensus on the…
Midwest Transplant Symposium: October 13-15 (Travel Grants Available!)
The Midwest Transplant Symposium will be held at Washington University in St. Louis, MO from October 13 – 15, 2023 and provide an annual review and update on kidney transplantation with workshops in immmunology and pathology. See the…
Free Thrombotic Microangiopathy Workshop During Kidney Week
The US Thrombotic Microangiopathy Alliance (USTMA) consortium is organizing a TMA workshop on October 31st, noon – 4 pm at Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown, or attend virtually. This will involve interactive case-based discussions with focus on the following: Pregnancy-associated TMA Cancer-associated TMA…
Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel in Patients with Exhausted Vascular Access: Unconventional Sites for Hemodialysis Arteriovenous Access Creation and Catheter Placement
Mohammad Ahsan Sohail, MD Nephrology & Hypertension Fellow PGY-5 Department of Kidney Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Tushar Vachharajani, MD, FASN, FACP Chair, Department of Medicine, John D. Dingell Department of VA Medical Center Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, Wayne…
Pericardial effusion detected on point of care ultrasound: What next?
Abhilash Koratala, MD Medical College of Wisconsin In previous posts, we explored the identification of pericardial effusion through different cardiac windows using POCUS. Now that you know how to identify the effusion, let’s delve into the key findings…
Shared Decision Making in Dialysis Vascular Access
Dr. Avinash Rao Ullur, MD, Clinical Fellow in Nephrology, University of Toronto, Canada avinash.raoullur@uhn.ca Acknowledgements:This post is part of a collaboration between The Renal Fellow Network and the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology (ASDIN), whose mission…