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#KidneyWk 2019: FIT Bowl (AKA NephJeopardy)

November 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

The Fellows-In-Training (FIT) Bowl is always one of the most engaging events for trainees at #KidneyWk. This year, there was standing room only for the finals, which pitted nephrology fellows from Mt. Sinai @ISMMSKidney against those from Mass [read more...]

#NephMadness 2020: Logo Reveal

November 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

We hope you like the NephMadness 2020 logo as much as we do! Many thanks to Peter Dong (@peter_dong11) for designing this for us. As we stated in the wrap-up post, our favorite part of NephMadness 2019 was seeing all the NephMadnessParties! If you [read more...]

2019 Inductees to the AJKD Reviewer Hall of Fame

November 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

In 2017, we began recognizing reviewers who have distinguished themselves by consistently providing insightful, detailed, and valuable input to our authors and our editorial team. We continue the tradition this year by inducting six remarkable [read more...]

2019 AJKD Editors’ Choice Award

November 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

In 2017, we established an annual celebration of articles that our editorial team designated as “Editors’ Choice” selections. Over the last year, AJKD published close to a hundred Original Investigations that expand our understanding of the [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Hypertension Region

November 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

We will be revealing the NephMadness 2020 logo on Friday, and for the last 7 weeks we’ve been releasing one quiz each week based on NephMadness 2019 regions. Today we venture into the Hypertension Region, which was the overall NephMadness 2019 [read more...]

Highlights from the November 2019 Issue

November 1, 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: Hospitalist Nephrology Region

October 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

The countdown continues for the big reveal of the NephMadness 2020 logo at Kidney Week! NephMadness 2019 featured the Hospitalist Nephrology region. Is there any need to hold ACEi or ARBs prior to, or immediately after, surgery? Is giving “prn” [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Exercise Nephrology

October 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Just a couple more weeks left until the big reveal of the NephMadness 2020 logo at Kidney Week! NephMadness 2019 featured the Exercise Nephrology region. What’s different about exercise in patients on dialysis vs those with transplants? How do [read more...]

Metabolic Acidosis in CKD

October 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Overview of Metabolic Acidosis in CKD The presence of a mildly diminished bicarbonate in advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the more polarizing topics in nephrology. Some would argue that the impaired acid-base homeostasis will lead [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Complement

October 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

We’ve been releasing quiz questions from NephMadness 2019 every week as we count down to the NephMadness 2020 logo reveal at Kidney Week. Did you miss any of the previous quizzes? Catch up here. This week we focus on the Complement Region. The [read more...]

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