Commentary
Commentaries are short perspectives by experts on AJKD articles or nephrology news.
“I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person’s family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care
[read more...]“Those essential moral questions that plague the sufferer of serious, disabling illness – ‘Why me? Why now? How can I go on with my life?’ and even ‘Who am I now?’ – are precisely the ones biomedicine sidesteps.” Cheryl
[read more...]Peritoneal dialysis (PD) remains an important renal replacement option for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). However, as compared to other countries, PD remains underutilized in the United States. According to the US Renal Data System
[read more...]Patricia Campbell, MBChB Dr. Campbell is a Professor in the Division of Nephrology and Transplant at the University of Alberta and Medical Director of the Histocompatibility Laboratory at University of Alberta Hospitals. Her main areas of interest
[read more...]Editors’ Note: We take a break from our regularly scheduled NephMadness programming to share this response from UNOS, in reply to an earlier post by Dr. Sylvia Rosas et al regarding Controversial OPTN Committee Structure Changes Up for
[read more...]Today is World Kidney Day (WKD), a global campaign aimed at raising awareness about kidney health. On its 13th anniversary, the theme for 2018 is “Women and Kidney Disease.” This year, WKD and International Women’s Day are commemorated on the
[read more...]Editor’s Note: See response from Dr. Yolanda Becker, President of OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors here. Recently proposed changes to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) committee structure threaten to dilute the voice of
[read more...]Unless you have been hiding under a metaphorical rock, the big news of the last few months have been the publication of a trial called Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) and its reverberations in the cardiology, nephrology, and
[read more...]The great American poet, Robert Frost, wrote: “Two roads diverged in a wood And I I took the one less travelled by And that has made all the difference” In the world of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), the road less travelled is peritoneal
[read more...]Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) epitope matching is something you’ve heard about but you can’t exactly remember the specifics. You might remember it as a contender in the Transplant Basic Science region of NephMadness 2016; however, you cannot
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