AJKD Blog

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic approach taken, what was learned, and why it [read more...]

A young man who had an identical twin donor was recently transplanted. The cause of end-stage disease was IgA nephropathy. The donor had no renal dysfunction or proteinuria. There was no demonstrable HLA mismatch. The panel [read more...]

Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs frequently and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. Iodinated contrast has often been implicated as a risk factor for the development of AKI. The [read more...]

It is not a coincidence that salt makes food taste so much better and that women may crave it during pregnancy. Sodium is the core of our extracellular volume, an ultimate requirement for blood pressure and organ perfusion. [read more...]