Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
Want to write a case report? RFN has you covered with a list of journals to choose from
Have a Nephrology Question? There Might Be A #Tweetorial For That!
Conferences, Courses, & Grants
FOAMed
Interventional Nephrology Series
Focus on Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Nephrology (POCUN) Series
Kidney Biopsy of the Month Series
#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….
#NephMadness Early Goal Directed Therapy Haiku Deck #CCRegion
Early Goal Directed Therapy – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires Check out the NephMadness Critical Care Nephrology region. Post by Hector Madariaga
#NephMadness 2015: It’s almost here
It’s almost March, time to fill out your bracket. No not college hoops, it’s time for the annual Nephrology SoMed educational phenomenon that is NephMadness. The brainchild of Matt Sparks and Joel Topf has grown legs in its…
Blood pressure target in diabetes mellitus
Hypertension in diabetic patients increases the risk of microvascular and macrovascular complications. It is quantitatively and qualitatively different from the non-diabetic population and characterized by disturbed circadian rhythm of blood pressure (BP) with increased variability. It also features…
#MyNephroStory: A Rewarding Journey
There is a lot of discussion about the recent nephrology Match in the US and everyone is discussing what’s wrong with nephrology? Why is the interest in Nephrology waning? Like most people I took a unique journey to…