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Message from the NRAA regarding a medical director workshop meeting in Fall 2013. 18 Aug 2013 | 05:28 pm
NRAA Announces Physician Panel for Medical Director Workshop & Nephrology Symposium NRAA, introduces the physician-led panel for the Medical Director Workshop & Nephrology Symposium at the 2013 NRAA...
Frail Renal Phenotype 17 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am
Frailty in the elderly or any patient leading towards ESRD is a tough combination. Renal physicians should not consider dialysis as the de facto treatment for all patients and in certain patients that...
Coffee, tea, or soda: are they going to cause kidney stones? 15 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
Beverages and risk of kidney stones has been a recently studied topic. Recently published studies and most recent being in CJASN by Curhan's group suggested the following: 1. Sugar sweetened sodas wa...
Consult Rounds: Psoriasis and kidney disease 13 Aug 2013 | 07:17 pm
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disorder of the skin. Association with kidney disease has been debated for a long time. Secondary renal amyloidosis in psoriatic arthropathy and dr...
Concept map: C3 Glomerulopathy 12 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
C3 Glomerulopathy can be divided into three distinct clinico-pathological entities. Hope this concept map helps simplify this novel disease entities.
In the NEWS: How many dialysis patients do you have? 9 Aug 2013 | 05:22 pm
In a recent study reported in JASN 2013, dialysis patients receiving treatment from kidney specialists with a higher patient caseload have a greater risk of dying prematurely than those receiving care...
Concept Map: Acute Kidney Injury in HIV 7 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
Adapted and updated from recent article on this by Hartle et al in JASN 2013: AKI in an HIV patient. Click to enlarge the image.
Clinical Case 73: Answers and Summary 6 Aug 2013 | 04:49 pm
Which of the following statements are true regarding bile cast nephropathy? It is also called cholemic nephrosis 10 (41%) It is no different than hepatorenal syndrome 2 (8%) The casts t...
IN THE NEWS: New NKF recommendations for screening 5 Aug 2013 | 04:10 am
Based on some new findings in a recent AJKD study, the National Kidney Foundation now recommends annual screening with a simple urine albumin test that checks for protein in the urine, in specific hig...
Nephrology Crosswords: Onco-Nephrology: Chemotherapy related toxicity 1 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Check out the next KI Nephrology Crosswords on Chemotherapy related renal toxicities.
