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
Uremic Pruritis – Algorithm for Management
Uremic pruritus affects more than 40% of dialysis patients. Even though is not considered a major complication of ESRD, it is significantly debilitating to patients. Prior blog discussed the potential causes of uremic pruritus, though the clear pathogenesis…
Metformin Guidelines
Metformin is one of the most useful drugs in patients with type 2 diabetes and yet its use in patients with CKD is limited by the perceived association with lactic acidosis. These concerns are due to the association…
Precision Nephrology
One of our attendings, Dr. Sylvia Betcher, PhD, MD gave an excellent presentation at our renal conference about genetic testing in renal diseases that she learned about at #KidneyWeek2015. There were so many good things I liked about…
#NephMadness Increased MAP in Sepsis Haiku Deck
Increased MAP in Sepsis – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires Post by Hector Madariaga. Go to the AJKD blog NephMadness critical care in nephrology region to read more. Make your picks before March 22nd
#NephMadness Norepinephrine in Sepsis Haiku Deck
Norepinephrine in Sepsis – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires Post by Hector Madariaga. Go to the AJKD blog NephMadness critical care in nephrology region to read more. Make your picks before March 22nd
Is there a benefit in pre-transplant weight loss? #NephMadness
To complement the NephMadness Nutrition in Nephrology obesity match-ups, we thought a post on pre-transplant weight loss was timely. According to a recent report published in JAMA, more than one third of the US population are obese (BMI>30)…
Scleritis and Kidney Disease – More than meets the eye…
Scleritis is a severe inflammation involving the deep episclera and sclera. Symptoms include moderate to marked pain, hyperemia of the globe, lacrimation, and photophobia. Scleritis tends to recur and is frequently associated with an underlying systemic illness, such…
Accepting Applications to the Origins of Renal Physiology Course
Nate Hellman, in front of the “Kidney Shed” at Mount Desert Island The National Course for Renal Fellows: Origins of Renal Physiology course will run from August 30 to September 5, 2015 at the Mount Desert Island Biological…
#NephMadness Furosemide Stress Test Haiku Deck #CCRegion
Furosemide Stress Test – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires Post by Hector Madariaga. Go to the AJKD blog NephMadness critical care in nephrology region to read more.
Is Matching at the HLA Epitope Level the Holy Grail of Longer Graft Survival?
All HLA antigens are composed of strings of several polymorphic sites, which may serve as targets, or epitopes, for antibody binding. An important consideration is that HLA antigens have multiple epitopes that can be recognized by specific antibodies….