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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Kidney Organ Allocation in the USA – Upcoming Changes!
This is a short video describing the current and new policies regarding deceased donor kidney allocation in the USA. These policies may significantly affect certain groups of patients and physicians must be aware of those in order to…
Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis
A recent renal consult I encountered was a Cantonese gentleman with a classical symptomatic history for Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis (HPP). He presented with a serum K of 1.4 mmol/l and profound weakness. Initially beginning in his teenage years,…
mTOR Pathway in Anti-phospholipid Syndrome
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune hypercoagulable disorder characterized by small-to-large vascular (both arterial and venous) thrombosis with end-organ damages, in presence of circulating antibodies against phospholipid binding proteins. Kidney transplantation in patients with APS is challenging because…
Renal Function after Off- or On-Pump CABG: CORONARY Trial is next #NephJC
The next Nephrology online journal club (#NephJC) will discuss the results of the CORONARY Trial, presented at the late breaking session at the ASN and published this year in JAMA. The trial compared patients undergoing their first coronary…
Spironolactone Revisited
As a renal fellow, I have found myself reaching for spironolactone more and more. It is very helpful when treating the patient with resistant hypertension, but it continues to be under-utilized. Aside from the renal-centric effects of aldosterone,…
Hyperammonemia – When should we start dialysis?
I would like to discuss a case that I recently saw in renal consult. He was a man in his 60s with history of end stage liver disease who received a liver transplant. His hospital course was complicated…
Tick borne diseases for the nephrologist – Babesiosis
The following few posts are a summary of tick borne illnesses that can cause renal failure and/or electrolyte problems. Babesiosis First identified on Nantucket Island in 1969 and was initially know as Nantucket fever. Endemic areas. CDC map….
The Lone Star Tick
Recently a 65-year-old female was referred to an ED in the state of Missouri complaining of fevers, chills, headache, diarrhea and vomiting occurring over the last week. 3 weeks prior she had received an orthotopic liver transplant. Her…
Courses
A bit of housekeeping here – I noticed that all of our current course announcements were out of date. These have now been updated with the most recent versions of each course including the following courses coming up…
Baclofen in dialysis patients: Just say no!
At our hospital, we started noticing a pattern of admissions among some of our maintenance dialysis patients. In one case, an elderly woman with DM, peripheral arterial disease, and ESRD on thrice weekly hemodialysis was sent to the…