James Bannister, Resident, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UKJamie Willows, Renal Fellow, Sunderland Royal Hospital, UK Introduction When patients on dialysis are admitted to the hospital with a broken bone or a pericardial effusion, for example, they need at least…
Simon Smith, MDInternQueen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK Jamie Willows, MDRenal fellowFreeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a well recognised complication of diabetes when insulin supply cannot meet demand. To briefly recap the familiar pathophysiology:…
If you care for patients with any degree of kidney failure on a regular basis, you understand firsthand how vulnerable these patients are. Each aspect of their care requires careful planning and organization by a large multidisciplinary team,…
Doing my nephrology training in San Francisco, CA has made it clear to me that homelessness is an essential health policy issue. 553,742 people experience homelessness in the United States as of January 2017. While San Francisco has…
This image was from Original Nate Hellman post in 2010 It’s Monday, I turn my pager on at 6:00am, and at 6:03am and again at 6:05am my pager promptly goes off. I recognize both of the numbers, it’s…
