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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Effects of Intensive Low-Salt Diet Education on Albuminuria: CJASN e-Journal Club
This month’s CJASN e-journal club was hosted at the Department of Nephrology at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. It discussed a trial designed to investigate the efficacy of an intensive low salt diet intervention (weekly 30 minutes phone feedback…
SHROOM3, Making sense of GWAS risk alleles
In this months edition of JCI a group led by Dr B Murphy from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai describe a beautiful set of experiments that explain the mechanism by which the CKD and eGFR risk…
Vote for the Top Nephrology Stories of 2014
This is the 5th year RFN has hosted the Top Nephrology Stories of the year poll. This is an attempt to look at the year in nephrology voted by the readers of RFN. Take a few moments and…
A cause and a cure of hyperkalemia? The next #NephJC
There has been a flurry of publications in the field of hyperkalemia with 3 separate trials of oral potassium binding agents within a week of each other (Sodium Zirconium in JAMA, and NEJM and Patiromer in NEJM) and…
Creatininase
There was a fascinating case published a couple of months ago in the American Journal of Medicine. I have a particular interest in this case as it was my clinic mentor, Julian Seifter, who made the diagnosis and…
Edelman is the Root of Almost All Good in Nephrology
Almost all the formulas we use in the management of the disorders of water homeostasis are derived from the Edelman equation. I am presenting where these formulas come from for the math aficionados. Edelman equation · Original…
SEVERE CHRONIC HYPONATREMIA: A Pathophysiological Rumination.
[This is the final post in the five-part series covering some important and often overlooked (and under-published) issues and concepts in the management of severe hyponatremia. While this is not, by any means, an exhaustive discussion of the…
Michelle P Winn Endowed Lectureship, ASN 2014
At this year’s ASN Kidney Week in Philadelphia Andrey Shaw, MD, presented the inaugural Michelle P Winn Endowed Lectureship. Dr Shaw was not only a longtime collaborator of Michelle’s but also a very close personal friend making him…
Blogger night at #KidneyWk14 on Thursday
Thursday night at 8:30 pm, Blogger Night (after the ASN Presidents Reception). If you like the Neph Social Media Crew from Twitter, Renal Fellow Network, AJKDblog or NephJC, join us for drinks at Field House Philly sports bar….
Nephrology fellows events at ASN #KidneyWk14
Welcome Reception: Nov 12th: 6-7PM Marriott Downtown, Grand Ballroom, Salon H Fellows In Training Bowl (Mystery Case Debate): Nov 14th 2-3PM Convention Center, Room 119A Fellows In Training Bowl (Jeopardy game Nephrology Challenge): Nov 14th 3-4PM Convention Center,…