SCM12: Role of B cell therapy in ANCA-associated vasculitis
Thursday 5/10/12 Role of B-Cell Therapy in ANCA associated vasculitis Ulrich Specks, MD (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN) Great lecture today by Dr. Specks, the lead author of [...]
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eAJKD’s Coverage of the National Kidney Foundation’s 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings
eAJKD will be providing coverage of selected research news and presentations from the National Kidney Foundation’s 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM12) in Washington, [...]
Educating Patients about CKD: Are We Lagging Behind?
The Medicare Improvement of Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) was initiated in 2010. It allows for nephrology practices to give chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4 Medicare [...]
Beyond Predictive Elements for Early Fistula Failure?
Early failure is a major issue in dialysis patients receiving an arteriovenous fistula. It is associated with increased morbidity and costs of medical care. Previously, Lok [...]
Center-Level Factors and Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation
It is well known that African Americans have a lower rate of living donor transplantation compared with Caucasians. In a recent article published in the American Journal of [...]
Integrated Nephrology Care: What Does the Future Hold?
Care of the patient with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is complicated and expensive. Implementation of an integrated care model in nephrology has been shown to improve [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Hepatorenal Syndrome Anagrams
An interesting review of hepatorenal syndrome (HRS) by Fagundes and Ginès was recently published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. The authors review the [...]
Treating Henoch-Schönlein Purpura with Plasma Exchange
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Augusto et al of Angers, France, presented their 22 year experience with Henoch-Schönlein purpura [...]
Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients
The development of standardized acute kidney injury (AKI) definitions has allowed for a better understanding of AKI, but long term data on patients following the pediatric [...]
Metabolic Alkalosis: What Is the Cause?
In the April issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Yi et al present an interesting teaching case of metabolic alkalosis from an unsuspected ingestion. A [...]