#PathPointer: Masked Deposits on Kidney Biopsy
PathPointers highlight important everyday teaching points when reviewing kidney histology. These brief and easy-to-read blog posts include real clinical images to demonstrate [...]
2021
A Patient Behavior Modification to Increase Fluid Intake: The PUSH Trial
With the prevalence of urinary stone disease (USD) nearly doubling over the last 15 years, there has been a concomitant rise in the impact it has on our healthcare system. [...]
Highlights from the June 2021 Issue
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 [...]
Primary FSGS: Using Proteinuria as an Endpoint
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a histologic description with numerous etiologies and proposed pathogenic mechanisms. Proteinuria, frequently associated with [...]
Reducing Kidney Function Decline
A recent Core Curriculum in AJKD from Theresa K. Chen and colleagues focuses on one of the most bread-and-butter topics for nephrology—reducing kidney function decline [...]
Management of Hyperphosphatemia in Patients With CKD Leaves Nephrologists in a Bind
One of my favorite aspects of being a nephrologist is rounding at the dialysis unit. Using a team-based approach (with the patient at the center of the team) we work [...]
#PathPointer: Membranous-Like Glomerulopathy With Masked IgG Kappa Deposits
PathPointers highlight important everyday teaching points when reviewing kidney histology. These brief and easy-to-read blog posts include real clinical images to demonstrate [...]
Highlights from the May 2021 Issue
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 [...]
The Rise of the LVAD and the Fall of the eGFR: A Commentary on LVAD Patients Receiving Maintenance Dialysis and Rivalry
The 1960s in the United States was a roller-coaster of a decade characterized by protests for the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, activists demanding more rights [...]
Membranous Nephropathy: A Panel Discussion
In a recent Core Curriculum published in AJKD, Loulwa Alsharhan and Laurence H. Beck Jr. discuss the typical features of primary and secondary disease; highlight the target [...]