2019

Renal Cortical Necrosis: The Ghostly Appearance of Kidneys

December 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

PathPointers highlight important everyday teaching points when reviewing kidney histology. These brief and easy-to-read blog posts include real clinical images to demonstrate various biopsy findings. A 39-year-old woman G9P9 with 8 previously normal [read more...]

Leveraging Patient-Reported Outcomes for Person-Centered Kidney Disease Care

December 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Narrative Review by Nair and Wilson focuses on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in nephrology research. This topic, which won the 2018 NephMadness, is of increasing relevance and importance in clinical trials. AJKD Social Media Editor, [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Dysproteinemic Kidney Diseases

December 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Core Curriculum by Hogan et al reviews the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of dysproteinemic kidney diseases. Test your knowledge on this topic with the quiz below. For a PDF version of the questions & answers, please click [read more...]

Don’t Panic: Pregnancy in Kidney Disease

December 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Women of reproductive age with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who desire to have children face potential complications during pregnancy. Today we will use a recent AJKD perspective, “Women’s Reproductive Health for the Nephrologist,” in addition [read more...]

Highlights from the December 2019 Issue

December 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

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 matters. We hope our readers [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Potassium Homeostasis

November 26, 2019 // 2 Comments

A recent Core Curriculum by Palmer and Clegg published in AJKD reviews the regulatory aspects of normal K+ physiology as a preface to highlighting common disorders in K+ homeostasis and their treatment. Test your knowledge on this topic with the [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2019: Successful Pregnancy Outcomes Across the Spectrum of Kidney Diseases

November 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Click here for more KidneyWk 2019 coverage on the AJKDBlog. The “Successful Pregnancy Outcomes Across the Spectrum of Kidney Diseases“ session was held on Nov 8, 2019 at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. Pregnancy on dialysis is rare, [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2019: Pain Management in ESKD

November 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

The “Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire 2019” session was held on Nov 7, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. Click here for more KidneyWk 2019 coverage on AJKD Blog. This is Part 3 of the Kidney STARS’ write-up of KidneyWk [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2019: Intermittent Fasting and Kidney Disease

November 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

The “Linking Lifestyle, BP, and Kidney Diseases: What Is the Evidence?” session was held on Nov 7, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. Click here for more KidneyWk 2019 coverage on AJKD Blog. This is Part 2 of the Kidney [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2019 – Acute Interstitial Nephritis

November 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

The “Drilling Down on Acute Interstitial Nephritis” session was held on Nov 8, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. I had the distinct opportunity of meeting some of the very talented participants of the ASN Kidney STARS. The program [read more...]