Barry, 62, is under evaluation as a kidney donor to his wife Susan. At his first appointment, you measure his blood pressure at 155/95. Which one of the following is correct? A) You should tell Barry that he…
Hayley, 30, wishes to donate a kidney to her husband Rob. They have a 3 year-old child. Hayley has no known medical problems and is a non-smoker. Her BMI is 23 kg/m2, her blood pressure is 110/70 mmHg…
Rajiv, 39, wants to donate a kidney to his sister-in-law, Shen. His brother, Shen’s husband, is healthy, but unfortunately not a good match for Shen. Rajiv has no past medical history, is a non-smoker and his BMI is…
I was very excited to see delightful topics in the Nutrition Region of this year’s #NephMadness, especially the Gut Microbiome and Kidney Disease. Before starting my Ph.D., I was aware that the colonic microbiota existed, but I acquired…
#NephMadness season is here! The #TransplantRegion has very interesting matchups, but one player that was left out of this contest because is relatively new in the game and relatively unknown, is Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs). In the last few years…
NSMC intern and Pulm Critical Care Attending Kamran Boka produced a great info graphic on the pathophysiology of ecstacy induced kidney injury which has a first round matchup against cocaine toxicity in NephMadness 2016. Check out the entire…
It’s finally arrived, the fourth annual NephMadness has dropped with 32 new Nephrology concepts battling it out for the month of March to see who will be crowned champion. Fully referenced blog posts on each of the topics…
One of our attendings, Dr. Sylvia Betcher, PhD, MD gave an excellent presentation at our renal conference about genetic testing in renal diseases that she learned about at #KidneyWeek2015. There were so many good things I liked about…
Early Goal Directed Therapy – Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires Check out the NephMadness Critical Care Nephrology region. Post by Hector Madariaga
