Adenovirus Nephritis: A Pathologic Perspective
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Keddis et al present a very instructive case of adenoviral infection in an umbilical cord blood [...]
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World of Nephrology “In a Few Words”
A cognitively impaired man gets a kidney transplant. A patient with anemia rails against the new erythropoietin guidelines. An artist with kidney failure meets a medical [...]
Organized Deposits in the Kidney
In a recent teaching case published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Sharma et al describes a fascinating case of fibrillary glomerulonephritis that presented as [...]
Understanding Kidney Disease Trajectory
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Schell and colleagues identify 6 themes that describe how the kidney disease trajectory is discussed [...]
HIV, Plasma Cells, and Interstitial Nephritis: A New Entity?
Acute interstitial nephritis is an important finding in biopsies performed for acute kidney injury in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. Infection and [...]
Podcast: Incidence and Consequences of AKI in Kidney Transplant Recipients
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Mehrotra and colleagues explore the epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in kidney [...]
Motivations and Experiences of Living Kidney Donors
In this post, Dr. Allison Tong (AT) discusses her recent paper in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases on using thematic synthesis to understand the motivations and [...]
Lessons to KEEP
The Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP) is a service provided by the National Kidney Foundation to screen individuals for kidney disease. A recent article published as [...]
Nephrology: A Revival for 2012
Today is World Kidney Day. This is a special day for individuals burdened by kidney disease and their caretakers. World Kidney Day first began in March 2006. Although the [...]
Eculizumab in Infants
Complement cascade inhibition has revolutionized treatment of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS). A recent case report published in the American Journal of Kidney [...]