Welcome to the 12th case of the Skeleton Key Group, a team of forty+ nephrology fellows who work together to build a monthly education package for Renal Fellow Network. The cases are actual cases (without patient identifying information) that intrigued…
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. …
The Williams sisters put yet another Wimbledon doubles tittle into their trophy case over the weekend. This, just hours after Serena had won the singles competition. Pretty impressive. In reading the coverage I learned that during the last…
We heard a very interesting presentation today on autoimmune pancreatitis and concurrent systemic disease. The pathogenesis is felt to be related to IgG-4 producing plasma cells, and has now been linked to numerous systemic disease manifestations. The case…
In general, when we are asked to evaluate a patient with liver disease for the development of acute renal failure, the three top differentials are usually: true hepatorenal syndrome, a prerenal picture (often 2/2 overdiuresis) and ATN. Cholemic…
