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Flu Season is Here! High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination in Dialysis

January 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

A recent article published by Butler et al in AJKD examines the comparative effectiveness of standard versus high-dose influenza vaccine in the dialysis population. Social Media Editor, Dr. Timothy Yau (AJKDBlog), interviews Dr. Anne Butler (AB) on [read more...]

Reaching Renal Replacement Therapy Targets Through Quality Improvement Initiatives: A Success Story

January 16, 2020 // 0 Comments

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in hospitalized patients and is associated with high morbidity and mortality, especially if requiring renal replacement therapy. Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is indicated in patients who are [read more...]

#NephMadness 2020: Almost Time to Party

January 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Editor’s Note: We are just a couple months away from revealing the NephMadness 2020 bracket. If you want to organize a #NephMadnessParty for your group, set it up between March 16-April 3 and put it on your group calendar now. In 2018, [read more...]

Empirical Treatment of CAPD-Associated Peritonitis: ID Perspective

January 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD article by Kitrungphaiboon et al explored whether cefepime monotherapy, as an empirical treatment of CAPD-associated peritonitis, has noninferior efficacy for the resolution of peritonitis at day 10 (primary treatment response) [read more...]

Highlights from the January 2020 Issue

January 3, 2020 // 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...]

Renal Cortical Necrosis: The Ghostly Appearance of Kidneys

December 16, 2019 // 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 various biopsy findings. A 39-year-old woman G9P9 with 8 previously normal [read more...]

Leveraging Patient-Reported Outcomes for Person-Centered Kidney Disease Care

December 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Narrative Review by Nair and Wilson focuses on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in nephrology research. This topic, which won the 2018 NephMadness, is of increasing relevance and importance in clinical trials. AJKD Social Media Editor, [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Dysproteinemic Kidney Diseases

December 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Core Curriculum by Hogan et al reviews the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of dysproteinemic kidney diseases. Test your knowledge on this topic with the quiz below. For a PDF version of the questions & answers, please click [read more...]

Don’t Panic: Pregnancy in Kidney Disease

December 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Women of reproductive age with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who desire to have children face potential complications during pregnancy. Today we will use a recent AJKD perspective, “Women’s Reproductive Health for the Nephrologist,” in addition [read more...]

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