Anti-Nephrin Antibodies in Minimal Change Disease
Approach to the Patient with Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter Dysfunction- Part 1
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Interventional Nephrology Series
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#NephMadness
Check out Nephrology Madness Sunday 3/17/13 on eAJKD. They are pitting the top advances in nephrology against each other.
High Salt-Intake and Autoimmunity
The incidence of auto-immune diseases has dramatically increased in the past 50 years and the concern that environmental exposures have contributed to this increase is broadly suspected. However, it is very hard to pin-point to an individual factor. …
Pathology Case of the Month
An elderly woman presented for evaluation to the rheumatology service with arthritis and neuropathy. She was hypertensive and had microscopic hematuria with dysmorphic red cells on microscopy. Her creatinine was 1.6 which had not changed in the previous…
New Opportunity for Future Nephrologists
The ASN has out together this video announcing a new initiative to attract trainees to nephrology early in their careers. This would involve sponsoring medical students to attend the week-long origins of renal physiology course in Bar Harbor,…
Oral Dialysis
It’s an important anniversary for the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and as a result there are events planned in all departments of the hospital over the next year. Not to be left out, the Renal Division invited some…
suPARBaby?
The American Journal of Kidney Diseases published a fascinating letter this month from Jochen Reiser’s group concerning the transmission of the suPAR from a mother to her newborn infant. The patient in question had a history of primary…
Πάντα ρεί – once more on the (right) fluids
Yet another manuscript evaluating fluids for IV replacement was published in JAMA this week underscoring the importance and controversial nature of the topic. A large meta-analysis involving 10,868 patients from 38 trials showed that hydroxyethyl starch (HES) was…
eJournal Club
This month’s eJournal club concerns early initiation and withdrawal from dialysis in Canada. Over the last 20 years, there has been a move towards starting people on dialysis earlier, at least when this is defined in terms of…