Interview
Interviews are typically with authors on their recently published AJKD articles.
Eleanor D. Lederer Dr. Lederer, MD, is Professor of Medicine at University of Louisville School of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Associate Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Training Program, Director of the Metabolic Stone
[read more...]Patients with CKD experience pain at a similar burden to patients suffering from cancer. This causes a negative impact on quality of life, but also leads to missed dialysis treatments and increased ER visits and hospitalizations. Pain management
[read more...]The long interdialytic interval in thrice-weekly hemodialysis (HD) is associated with excess cardiovascular risk. The mechanisms behind these adverse consequences are not fully understood. In a recent study published in AJKD, Tsilonis et al
[read more...]Dr. Allison Tong (AT), from the University of Sydney and The Children’s Hospital at Westmead (Sydney, Australia), discusses her recent AJKD article, “Patient and Caregiver Priorities for Outcomes in Hemodialysis: An International Nominal Group
[read more...]A recent study published in AJKD looks at the epidemiology of chronic pain in US veterans and its impact on kidney disease and mortality. Dr Joline Chen (JC), co-author of the study headed by Dr. Kalantar-Zadeh, discusses the article with AJKD
[read more...]AJKD recently published a Core Curriculum entitled “Management of the Hemodialysis Unit” by Blankschaen et al. Corresponding author Dr. Jay Wish (JW) discusses this paper with Dr. Kenar Jhaveri (AJKDblog), AJKD Blog Editor. AJKDblog: Why are you
[read more...]David J. Salant, MD (DS), was the Donald W. Seldin Distinguished Award recipient at the 2015 National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. This award was established to recognize excellence in clinical nephrology in the tradition of one of
[read more...]Communication is a cornerstone in providing appropriate medical care. A recent article in AJKD discusses a novel communication skills course for nephrology fellows. Dr. Robert Cohen (RC) discusses his paper with AJKDblog editor Dr. Kenar Jhaveri
[read more...]Dr. Chandra Mauli Jha (CMJ), from the Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, discusses his abstract for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2016 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM16), Hyponatremia: Proposed New Classification Based on Urine
[read more...]Anjali Singla, MD (AS), from the Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York, discusses her abstract for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2016 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM16), Associations of Poor Health Literacy and CKD Outcomes in the Bronx,
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