UNOS/OPTN Response Regarding Committee Structure Changes
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 [...]
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WKD 2018: Kidneys and Women’s Health
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 [...]
Controversial OPTN Committee Structure Changes Up for Public Comment
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 [...]
Lower Blood Pressure, Higher Creatinine? No Need to Worry!
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 [...]
PD or HD: Which Road Do We Take?
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 [...]
HLA Epitope Matching for Mere Mortals
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 [...]
Studying Fatigue in Hemodialysis Patients: Are We Doing It Wrong?
On behalf of the SONG-HD (Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology-Hemodialysis) initiative, Ju and colleagues report a systematic review published in AJKD of outcome measures for [...]
Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Kidney Function: An Overview for Nephrologists
I have a love-hate relationship with the left ventricular assist device (LVAD). On the one hand, these devices have quadrupled survival, from a meager six months to over two [...]
Advancing Patient-Centered Care in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
In a recent study published in AJKD, Oberdhan et al (Open Access) discuss the development of a new health-related quality of life (HRQoL) tool for patients with Autosomal [...]
When The Fault Lies in Our Genes: Untying the Causation Knot
Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for establishing the efficacy of any intervention. But what do we do if the exposure is not something that you can give as [...]