BP Monitoring in Young Adults: Is It More Than Just One Number?
Hypertension (HTN) has long been associated with negative cardiovascular (CV) and renal outcomes, resulting in heart failure, vascular intimal thickening, chronic kidney [...]
Commentary
Commentaries are short perspectives by experts on AJKD articles or nephrology news.
Hypertension Canada 2018 Update
Updates to Hypertension Canada Guidelines have been reviewed on the AJKDBlog in previous years (see 2015, 2016, and 2017). Changes in the 2018 guidelines that were just [...]
Preparing to Fail: A Useful Tool for Predicting Time to ESRD in Pediatric CKD
Children with chronic kidney disease (CKD) face a heightened risk for progression and development of comorbidities due to their longer life expectancy from a young age [...]
Use of Omics Technologies in Nephrology
Using omics techniques to provide comprehensive molecular analysis in an unbiased fashion is a hot topic in medicine. Approaches include genomics (DNA), transcriptomics [...]
Nephrologists’ Perspectives on Discussing Conservative Management in CKD: A Qualitative Analysis
Qualitative research is a broad methodological approach that uses non-numerical data to understand an individual’s knowledge, motivations, and attitudes toward a problem. [...]
Sing Us a SONG, You’re the Access Man: The SONG-HD Consensus Workshop for Hemodialysis Vascular Access
The term “lifeline” has frequently been used to describe a hemodialysis vascular access. Whether this lifeline is an arteriovenous fistula (AVF), arteriovenous graft [...]
Kidney Disease in Undocumented Immigrants
“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. [...]
Patient-Centered Care – Taking Us Back to Medical School
“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 [...]
Health Insurance and PD Utilization at ESRD Onset in the US
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 [...]
#NephMadness 2018: Campbell’s Commentary on Pathogenic DSAs
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 [...]