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Pharmacotherapy for the Nephrologist: From Anticoagulants to Anti-hypertensives

October 13, 2021 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Core Curriculum from Vondracek et al tackles the broad topic of pharmacotherapy. In this piece, the authors discuss basic principles and give a comprehensive [...]

Highlights from the October 2021 Issue

October 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 [...]

Is new always better? Apixaban vs. Warfarin and CKD Progression

September 29, 2021 // 0 Comments

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), with a prevalence of nearly 24.5%. This is over 2 times higher than [...]

#PathPointer: An approach to glomerular disease in kidney biopsies

September 22, 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 [...]

Highlights from the September 2021 Issue

September 3, 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 [...]

IgA Nephropathy: A Panel Discussion

September 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

In a recent Core Curriculum published in AJKD, Prapa Pattrapornpisut and colleagues discuss Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) the most prevalent primary glomerulonephritis [...]

Association of Blood Pressure With the Progression of CKD: Are We Any Further Forward?

August 18, 2021 // 0 Comments

Lowering blood pressure (BP) is beneficial in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) from a cardiovascular protection point of view, and has formed the basis of our [...]

On Arguments of Race and Estimated GFR

August 4, 2021 // 0 Comments

Update: The Final Report was published on September 23, 2021. A Special Report published in AJKD highlights an interim report from the joint NKF/ASN Task Force on the [...]

Highlights from the August 2021 Issue

August 2, 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 [...]

Introducing the 2021-22 AJKD Editorial Interns

July 26, 2021 // 0 Comments

The AJKD editors are excited to continue the Editorial Internship Program for a fourth year, and thank all the fellows who responded to the recent call for [...]

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Articles by AJKDblog

Pharmacotherapy for the Nephrologist: From Anticoagulants to Anti-hypertensives

Highlights from the October 2021 Issue

Is new always better? Apixaban vs. Warfarin and CKD Progression

#PathPointer: An approach to glomerular disease in kidney biopsies

Highlights from the September 2021 Issue

IgA Nephropathy: A Panel Discussion

Association of Blood Pressure With the Progression of CKD: Are We Any Further Forward?

On Arguments of Race and Estimated GFR

Highlights from the August 2021 Issue

Introducing the 2021-22 AJKD Editorial Interns