June 2013

Are Nephrology Fellows Doing Enough Procedures? Give It Up or Get It Back?

June 27, 2013 // 0 Comments

Nephrology fellows have traditionally been trained in the placement of femoral and internal jugular catheters for dialysis. With improvements in the quality of care provided [...]

MGRS: Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance: The Era Has Begun

June 25, 2013 // 2 Comments

In an article recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Zand et al discuss a series of patients with C3 glomerulopathy and monoclonal gammopathy. This [...]

Hyponatremia and the Risk of Death on Dialysis

June 20, 2013 // 0 Comments

In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Nigwekar et al examined data from an incident dialysis patient cohort (ArMORR) and concluded that [...]

Weekend admissions of dialysis patients?— Oh No!!

June 18, 2013 // 1 Comment

Hospital admissions over weekends have been associated with worse outcomes in a variety of patient populations. The cause for this remains unclear. Authors of a recent study [...]

Heart Failure with Preserved or Reduced Ejection Fraction in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients – What’s the Difference?

June 13, 2013 // 0 Comments

Increasing attention has been given to preserved ejection fraction heart failure (HFPEF) in the general population, but little is known about this clinical entity in patients [...]

Pathology of Nephrotoxicity Associated With Monoclonal Antibody Therapy

June 11, 2013 // 0 Comments

In the June issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Sasaki et al report an interesting case of diffuse proliferative IgA-dominant immune complex glomerulonephritis [...]

The Thiazide and Hyponatremia: A Commentary

June 6, 2013 // 0 Comments

Hyponatremia is a well-recognized complication of treatment with thiazide diuretics. Mechanisms include interference with maximal urinary dilution and stimulation of [...]

Test Your Knowledge: Kidney Transplantation and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

June 4, 2013 // 0 Comments

A recent article by Chandran et al published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases describes a case of recurrent HIV-associated immune complex disease with lupus-like [...]