Food and Kidney Disease
When the opening of a new Whole Foods Market in the Central West End in St. Louis was announced last year, most people who worked at Barnes-Jewish Hospital were excited to [...]
2017
Understanding Cognitive Decline Among Hemodialysis Patients
One of the greatest losses in life comes while watching a previously witty and thoughtful loved one lose the things that make them, them. I suspect most people can relate to [...]
Hypertension Canada’s 2017 Guidelines
The Hypertension Canada (previously known as Canadian Hypertension Education Program [CHEP]) guidelines have been updated annually since 1999. The development process of the [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Solute and Water Transport in Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an effective treatment for patients with chronic kidney failure. In a recent AJKD Special Article, Ramesh Khanna reviews solute and water [...]
Spin the Wheel! Another Option for IgA Nephropathy: MMF with Low Dose Prednisone
As I settle into my chair at our weekly afternoon city-wide biopsy conference, stuffed from overeating at lunch, I look forward to the case that will be presented by the [...]
#SCM17 Late-Breaking Abstract: Undetected Life-Threatening Cardiac Arrhythmias in Dialysis Patients with High Potassium Variability
Dr. Bhupindar Singh is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine and Executive Director of Research and Medical Affairs for ZS Pharma. He [...]
#SCM17: Winners of the NKF Young Investigators Forum
The 12th Annual National Young Investigators Forum was held on April 18 at the 2017 NKF Spring Clinical Meetings in Orlando, FL. After a day of presentations in clinical [...]
#SCM17: Common Sense Ways to Reduce the Burden of AKI
On Friday, April 21, Paul Palevsky, the winner of the 2017 J. Michael Lazarus Award, presented a keynote address on acute kidney injury (AKI), titled “We Don’t Have to [...]
#SCM17 Late-Breaking Abstract: Vonapanitase for Radiocephalic Fistula Patency
Dr. Anthony Bleyer is Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Wake Forest School of Medicine. He discusses his SCM17 late-breaking abstract, The Effect of [...]
#SCM17: Technologic Innovations in Transitions of Care
Dr. Tiffany Wong, MD, is an internal medicine resident at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. She spoke with Nathaniel Reisinger (@nephrothaniel), AJKDBlog [...]