Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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NephMadness 2014 Part 1- Hypertension Bracket
So it is that time of the year again, NephMadness 2014! I am hoping it doesn’t distract me too much from the basketball… This year’s bracket has thrown up some very interesting match ups. I had a really…
The use of Eculizumab in transplantation: What’s new?
Eculizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody (mAb) that binds the complement protein C5 blocking its cleavage into C5a and C5b, thereby preventing the formation of the C5b-9, the Membrane Attack Complex (MAC). Eculizumab is FDA approved for the…
Nephmadess is Back
Nephmadness, the renal counterpoint to the NCAA tournament is back again this year. It is being hosted by eAJKD and the new website looks great. I am looking forward to setting my bracket when the tournament starts on…
Scratching the Surface of Kidney Disease in Sub-Sahara Africa
“John Stanifer is currently a 4th year resident in the Global Health Pathway of the Internal Medicine Residency at Duke and will be joining the Nephrology Fellowship this year. He is interested in first understanding the prevalence of…
CJASN eJournalClub: Patient/Provider Characteristics and timing of dialysis start
CJASN’s eJournal Club has recently been revamped with host institutions presenting a chosen article at their hospital on a rotational basis and feeback gathered by the host center. This month’s journal club was hosted by the Division of…
Dream RCT in Nephrology: what would you choose?
The DreamRCT initiative, driven by Jordan Weinstein of UKidney & Joel Topf of PBFluids, has gone live. The project can be seen as an online reaction to the dearth of clinical trials in nephrology. It has been supported…
DREAM-CARD. Diuresis Related Endpoints After Major CARDiac surgery
This is my contribution to the Dream RCT in Nephrology poll being coordinated by UKidney. As a nephrologist it seems one spends a lot of time trying to rationalize the use of diuretics in the Cardio-Thoracic ICU. Volume…
Hepatitis B and kidney transplantation
Prior HBV infection is not a contraindication to kidney transplantation. It is critical to evaluate patients with serologies and HBV DNA viral load prior to transplant. Most patients should also undergo liver transplant biopsy to exclude significant fibrosis/cirrhosis. Patients with…
Dialysis in Neonates
Recently, there was an article in Slate magazine that detailed the very difficult decision that had to be made by a pregnant woman who discovered at 18 weeks gestation that her baby had complete bladder outlet obstruction with…
CFHR5 Nephropathy and Complement in Kidney Diseases.
It is fair to say that unless you a nephrologist practicing in Cyprus you are unlikely to ever see a case of CFHR5 (Complement factor H related protein 5) nephropathy. It does however give an insight into the…