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
Angiomyolipomas
I got an econsult this morning on a young patient with an incidentally-discovered lesion on her kidney which was consistent with an angiomyolipoma. It is not uncommon to see these on ultrasound and there are a few clinical…
Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome
A 70 year old Ghanaian man was recently admitted under our care. He had been diagnosed with aggressive myelodysplasia 2 months previously after presenting with fatigue and abnormal blood results (WBC 50.3, platelets 130 and LDH 928 at…
Should you use intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in the treatment of BK nephropathy?
Nice debate on ASN Transplant Community about the use of IVIG for BK nephropathy. Personally, I have used IVIG in a handful of patients with refractory BK nephropathy in the past. However, I have convinced myself that there…
Cidofovir nephrotoxicity and Probenecid
I recently saw an interesting case. A woman was being treated with cidofovir for adenovirus which was presumed to be responsible for an acute cardiomyopathy. Concurrent with cidofovir, she was also receiving probenecid for renoprotection, which I was…
Hyponatremia and ESRD
Hyponatremia can be seen in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), often as a consequence of a patient’s increase in free water intake in the setting of the kidneys’ diminished ability to regulate sodium and water homeostasis. I…
February Renal Path Video – Wash U Nephrology Web Episodes!
For anyone wanting to unravel an unusual case and brush up on their renal pathology, check out the February episode of the Wash U Nephrology web series.
Point of Care Ultrasound for the Nephrologist at #SCM2017
Want to up your ultrasound game… Attend the point of care ultrasound for the nephrologist pre-course at the NKF Spring Clinical Meeting in Orlando, FL April 18 2017 click here to register The nephrology consultant needs knowledge of…
Renal Grand Rounds: Correlate Clinically
I recently presented the case of a middle-aged patient with ESRD secondary to Goodpasture syndrome. She presented with AKI 3 months after a kidney transplant. Her creatinine had normalized to 0.9mg/dl post-transplant. However, over the next few months…
Renal Grand Rounds – What Lurks in the Gap
I recently presented the case of a middle-aged man with a history of a remote Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, chronic diarrhea, and colon cancer on chemotherapy who initially presented with progressive fatigue and weakness in the setting of increased…
Nephrology Business Leadership University
See below for details on a very interesting looking course for Renal Fellows: We are excited to introduce a new innovative program available to Nephrology Fellows – Nephrology Business Leadership University (NBLuniv.com) NBLU is a unique week long program…