Interview
Interviews are typically with authors on their recently published AJKD articles.
A recent Policy Forum offers an international perspective on moral distress in nephrology in diverse contexts and health care systems. AJKD Social Media Editor Timothy Yau @Maximal_Change (AJKDBlog) interviewed one of the authors, Samantha Gelfand
[read more...]A recent AJKD Core Curriculum by Parikh et al provides a review of the current understanding of lupus nephritis epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment. AJKD’s Social Media Editor, Timothy Yau @Maximal_Change, recorded an interview
[read more...]Comfort care. Palliative care. Supportive care. All of these terms feel weighty and may have slightly different meanings to healthcare providers. A recent Core Curriculum focuses on kidney supportive care and AJKD Social Media Editor Timothy Yau
[read more...]We’re excited to introduce the AJKD Podcast to readers of the blog!In this first episode, Holly Kramer @kramer_holly (AJKD In Practice Editor), Timothy Yau @Maximal_Change (AJKD Social Media Editor), and Harish Seethapathy @BetterCallSeeth
[read more...]A recent article published by Butler et al in AJKD examines the comparative effectiveness of standard versus high-dose influenza vaccine in the dialysis population. Social Media Editor, Dr. Timothy Yau (AJKDBlog), interviews Dr. Anne Butler (AB) on
[read more...]A recent AJKD article by Kitrungphaiboon et al explored whether cefepime monotherapy, as an empirical treatment of CAPD-associated peritonitis, has noninferior efficacy for the resolution of peritonitis at day 10 (primary treatment response)
[read more...]A recent AJKD Narrative Review by Nair and Wilson focuses on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in nephrology research. This topic, which won the 2018 NephMadness, is of increasing relevance and importance in clinical trials. AJKD Social Media Editor,
[read more...]In a Perspective recently published in AJKD, Harish Seethapathy and Andrew Fenves review the increasingly recognized problem of elevated ammonia levels in the setting of organ transplantation. AJKD Social Media Editor, Timothy Yau (AJKDBlog)
[read more...]Most practicing nephrologists have seen cases of baclofen toxicity in patients on dialysis; in severe cases, this can even mimic brain death. Some nephrologists on Twitter (eg @Nephro_Sparks) have taken up the call to educate clinicians about the
[read more...]In A Few Words is a recurring AJKD feature that highlights the diverse stories that define kidney disease. In a recent piece, Dr Sri Lekha Tummalapalli shares her experience spending time with patients on dialysis while writing up notes as a
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