Nephrology Jumble Bumble: Spurious Chemistry Results
In a the December 2012 issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Aiyer et al published an interesting case of spurious hyperphosphatemia in a patient with lymphoma. [...]
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NephMadness: In Review
In late February NephMadness began as an idea to do a nephrology take on the NCAA basketball tournament. We wanted to do an educational initiative that really engaged the [...]
Body Mass Index, CKD and ESRD: Is There a Link?
In an article published in March issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the association between race, body mass index (BMI), and progression to end-stage renal [...]
Recent Progress Using Modern Genetic Tools to Understand Kidney Disease
A number of genetic risk variants, including APOL1 and UMOD, have recently been identified using a variety of genetic tools. A Core Curriculum on this topic published in the [...]
Does More Frequent Hemodialysis Impact Mental Health?
There has been renewed focus on providing hemodialysis more frequently than the conventional thrice-weekly treatments. The Frequent Hemodialysis Network Trials were landmark [...]
Ferric Citrate and Hyperphosphatemia
AJKD recently published an article from Dwyer et al on a dose-response and safety/tolerability trial of a novel phosphorous binder, ferric citrate, for dialysis patients. [...]
Recap of eAJKD’s coverage of the NKF’s 2013 Spring Clinical Meetings
Missed anything at the National Kidney Foundation’s 2013 Spring Clinical Meetings? Check out eAJKD’s coverage of the meeting below! 8th Annual National Young [...]
SCM13: Tips and Tricks for Improved Literature Searching
A Librarian’s Tips and Tricks for Improved Literature Searching Elizabeth Killingsworth, MLS, from the University of Central Florida Libraries, gave a great talk about how [...]
SCM13: Interview with Dr. Ashtar Chami
Dr. Ashtar Chami (AC), from Emory University Hospital, discusses her abstract for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2013 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM13), Autosomal Dominant [...]
NephMadness: The Champion
And we have a winner! Kidney Transplantation It was always going to be transplant. Transplant, winning the nephron lottery. Every patient on dialysis, every child of a CKD 5 [...]