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Blood Pressure Measurement in Dialysis: There’s No Place Like Home (Part 1)

January 19, 2022 // 0 Comments

This is a 2 part blog post by #NephJC cofounder, hypertension guru and longtime AJKD contributor Swapnil Hiremath. In Part 1, he outlines the quandaries of blood pressure [...]

Save the Date for #NephMadness 2022

January 18, 2022 // 0 Comments

It’s almost March, and you all know what that means…it’s almost time for NephMadness 2022! This year the tournament will officially begin on Tuesday, March [...]

Don’t “Curb your Enthusiasm” Anymore: The Endovascular AVF is “Pretty, Pretty, Pretty, Pretty Good”

January 12, 2022 // 0 Comments

It has been said—and can’t be stated enough—that the arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is the lifeline for a patient on chronic hemodialysis. This vessel connecting [...]

Highlights From the January 2022 Issue

January 5, 2022 // 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 [...]

Tubule or Not Tubule?

December 22, 2021 // 0 Comments

It is widely accepted that estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin creatinine ratio have been used as measures in chronic kidney disease (CKD) staging [...]

KIDNEYTEXT – Not an Autocorrect, an Intervention to Improve Dietary Education

December 15, 2021 // 0 Comments

Patients who progress to hemodialysis often enter a world where following dietary instructions can be difficult. There are now new goals for dietary protein intake on [...]

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccines and the Immune Response for Patients on Hemodialysis

December 8, 2021 // 0 Comments

Patients with kidney failure on maintenance hemodialysis are at higher risk of SARS-CoV2 infection and worse outcomes, spurring the urgent need for effective vaccination [...]

Highlights From the December 2021 Issue

December 1, 2021 // 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 [...]

#PathPointer: Concurrent anti-GBM disease and Membranous Nephropathy

November 17, 2021 // 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 [...]

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