Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Kidney Stones – What’s the diagnosis? – Answer
This was an interesting case and all those who responded correctly identified that the patient had bowel pathology. However, only one person figured out that the issue was an ileostomy. This patient had a low urine volume and…
Extended High Cut-Off (HCO) Hemodialysis for Myeloma Cast Nephropathy
There has been much recent interest in novel extra-corporeal treatments for removal of nephrotoxic free light chains (FLC) in myeloma cast nephropathy. HCO dialyzers employ high flux membranes with particularly large pores (up to 50kDa Vs 15kDa for…
What are you smoking?
I recently saw an interesting case series published in CJASN where they reported four cases of oliguric AKI associated with synthetic cannabinoids use. Renal biopsy revealed acute tubular injury in three of them and calcium oxalate crystals in…
When should a Liver Transplant Recipient get a Combined Liver Kidney Transplant?
Currently there is huge variation in the number patients receiving a kidney transplant at the time of their liver transplant across the US; Combined Liver Kidney Transplant (CLK). The rate of good quality (standard criteria) kidneys being transplanted…
Kidney Stones – What’s the diagnosis?
A 65yo man was reviewed in the clinic for assessment of kidney stones. He has a history of stones for at least 8 years and has been passing small calculi on a regular basis for the last few…
ASN Annual Meeting Travel Support Opportunities
It’s the time of the year again to start thinking about travel to the ASN annual meeting in Atlanta. Thankfully, in this time of limited travel budgets and sequestration, the ASN offers a number of travel awards that…
Renal Grand Rounds – Case of the month
A young woman with h/o polysubstance abuse and seizures was admitted to hospital with status epilepticus. She was treated with a propofol infusion at 5mg/kg/hr which was maintained due to perceived continuing seizure activity. On hospital day 5,…
The end of Fellowship
Dear Readers, It’s been an honor and a pleasure to have been a contributor and deputy editor here at RFN over the past few years. I’m writing this on the final day of my fellowship as I get…
Lonely Glomeruli
One of the difficulties in doing molecular research on the kidney is the diversity highly specialized cells that exist in the glomerulus. As a result, it is important to be able to isolate glomerular tissue from the surrounding…