Highlights from the October 2023 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 [...]
2023
Why Can’t We Flozinate? Reflections on Our Inability to Optimally Prescribe SGLT2 Inhibitors to the Patients That Need Them Most
Dr. James Torain is a second-year nephrology fellow at Duke University Hospital. He currently has an interest in implementation of home dialysis modalities. Health [...]
“Honoring My Father’s Legacy”: An Interview
In A Few Words is a recurring AJKD feature that highlights the diverse stories that define kidney disease. In a recent piece, Dr Mohamed Hassanein reflected on his [...]
Hyperkalemia and Potassium Binders: A Panel Discussion
In a recent Original Investigation published in AJKD, David Bushinsky and colleagues characterized the effect of patiromer on serum phosphorus in patients with CKD, [...]
Highlights from the September 2023 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 [...]
Minimal Change Disease: A Changing Perspective
Dr. Zachary Appelbaum, is a Nephrology fellow in the Renal -Electrolyte and Hypertension Division at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He matriculated from the [...]
Spurious Electrolytes in Malignancy
Dr. Helbert Rondon, @NephroMD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Renal-Electrolyte Division at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he also serves [...]
Intradialytic Hypotension: Iron Is Not to Blame
Seolhyun Lee @LeeSeolhyun Dr. Seolhyun Lee is currently a clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University. He attended medical school at Chungnam National University in [...]
Highlights from the August 2023 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 [...]
Burnout and Turnover Among US Dialysis Technicians: An Interview
AJKD Interviews Editor Timothy Yau (@Maximal_Change) talks to Dr. Laura Plantinga and Dr. Bernard Jaar on their recent publication looking at burnout and turnover in dialysis [...]