It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. 2012 proved to be a year of ups and downs in the nephrology community. Large clinical trials from the failed phase 3 bardoxalone study in diabetic nephopathy to…
Thanks to everyone who responded to our readership poll. We have seen a large increase in traffic to the site over the last year and it is important to know who your audience is. It was interesting to…
RFN wanted to know which journals were most helpful for nephrology fellows in training. As a busy nephrology fellow it can be difficult to find time to sift through the vast plethora of neprhology related journals. Interestingly, CJASN…
Interventional nephrology is quickly becoming a sought after “subspecialty” of nephrology. However, many training programs do not offer a structured training program (as highlighted in this recent AJKD paper). Traditionally nephrology training is spent rounding in the hospital,…
RFN was curious to see why medicine residents decide to pursue nephrology training? Obviously, this in a decision that has multiple factors. Results from the RFN poll (73 total)- 58% of all respondents to our poll thought that…
Last week’s poll results: who should provide funding for large, randomized controlled drug trials? Most respondents (58%) chose the diplomatic answer and said that it should be a combination between government and pharmaceutical companies. I was somewhat surprised…
Interestingly, there was a near 50-50 divide on last week’s poll question regarding the surprising election of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate in the state of Massachusetts. Many viewed the election as a referendum on public…
Poll results from last week: The majority of individuals (60%) felt that it was definitely unsafe giving gadolinium to ESRD patients, with 45% of individuals also agreeing that it was unsafe in CKD stage 4. As is consistent…
The Poll Results from last week were relatively convincing: Up To Date is the most commonly used current reference system for rapidly obtaining nephrology knowledge, with 67% of respondents declaring Up To Date as their top source. I…
Poll results: the most appealing Nephrology Consult scenario chosen, perhaps not surprisingly, was workup of new-onset glomerulonephritis (44%). I would contend that many individuals choose Nephrology because they are interested in issues such as glomerulonephritis, interesting electrolyte and…
