Viral Nephropathies: An Interview
Viral-associated nephropathy is when kidney disease results from active viral replication. In a Core Curriculum recently published in AJKD, Amy A. Yau and colleagues review [...]
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Interviews are typically with authors on their recently published AJKD articles.
Genetic Testing Core Curriculum: An Interview
Implementation of clinical genetic testing into the routine diagnostic workup of patients with kidney disorders can improve care when employed with proper patient selection. [...]
Frailty and Kidney Disease: An Interview
Frailty is a multisystem syndrome of decreased physiologic reserve that has been shown to strongly and independently predict morbidity and mortality. Frailty is prevalent in [...]
Barriers to Home Dialysis: An Interview
Developing strategies to improve home dialysis use requires a comprehensive understanding of barriers. In a study recently published in AJKD, Yuvaram N.V. Reddy and [...]
We Know the Ceiling, But Where is the Floor? An Interview on Low-Dose CKRT
The Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines recommend delivering a continuous kidney replacement therapy (CKRT) dose of 20-25mL/kg/h. However, it is not [...]
Translation of Clinical Trial Outcomes Into Real Clinical Practice: An Interview
Data supporting the efficacy of preventive pharmacological therapy (PPT) to reduce urolithiasis recurrence are based on clinical trials with composite outcomes that [...]
Vitamin Deficiency and Supplementation in CKD: An Interview
Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including those receiving dialysis, may be at increased risk of developing vitamin deficiencies due to anorexia, poor dietary [...]
B-type Natriuretic Peptide and Kidney Function: An Interview
With uncertainty as to how intensive blood pressure (BP) lowering impacts kidney outcomes, novel approaches are needed to assess kidney disease risk during hypertension [...]
Transplant Implantation Biopsies: An Interview
Some living donor kidneys are found to have biopsy evidence of chronic scarring and/or glomerular disease at implantation, but it is unclear if these biopsy findings help [...]
Apixaban vs The World: Which Anticoagulant is Best for A-fib in CKD?
AJKDBlog Interviews Editor Timothy Yau (@Maximal_Change) caught up with Kueiyu Joshua Lin to discuss his study recently published in AJKD comparing the safety and [...]