Meeting Coverage
Meeting coverage of nephrology and other conferences highlighting select research news and presentations.
Nephrology Fellows who placed highest in Regional Forums were invited to compete at the 13th Annual National Young Investigators Forum, held April 10th at the 2018 NKF Spring Clinical Meetings in Austin, TX. Final awards were determined through an
[read more...]Renal Emergencies in the Cancer Patient: A Case-Based Session (April 13, 2018) Presenter: Rimda Wanchoo (@renalmyeloma) @renalmyeloma on hypercalcemia of malignancy #NKFClinicals pic.twitter.com/b7Ja0cXjKM — HofNorthwell Kidney
[read more...]I’m usually a dialysis person, but was thrilled to leave my comfort zone and attend the Case-Based Approach to Managing Immunosuppression in Glomerular Disease session. What really made an impression on me was the talk by Dr. Jai
[read more...]Renal Emergencies in the Cancer Patient: A Case-Based Session (April 13, 2018) Chair: Mark Perazella My mentor from residency Perazella talking about chemo induced aki #NKFClinicals pic.twitter.com/WBgWSDjdx4 — Kenar Jhaveri (@kdjhaveri) April
[read more...]Patient-Reported Outcomes: A New Era in Research and Clinical Care (April 12, 2018) Earlier this month, patient-reported outcomes (PROMs), a topic which has seen a timely resurgence, was crowned this year’s NephMadness champion. Given that PROMs
[read more...]Obstetric Nephrology: A Case-Based Approach Session (April 11, 2018) Moderator: Mala Sachdeva OB Nephrology session to start @HofstraKidney Mala Sachdeva #NKFClinicals pic.twitter.com/6sFSr6NpRF — Kenar Jhaveri (@kdjhaveri) April 11, 2018
[read more...]PLEASE PASS THE SALT – OR NOT? DEBATE ON SODIUM INTAKE (April 12, 2018) This promised to be fun and interesting – and it was. The session started off with a great lecture from a dietician, Patty Willms, on strategies to reduce salt intake.
[read more...]Editor’s Note: The National Kidney Foundation’s 2018 Spring Clinical Meetings was recently held April 10-14 in Austin, Texas. This is the first post of our meeting coverage for #NKFClinicals. Acid-base and Electrolyte Cases Session (April
[read more...]Saturday at KIDNEYcon 2018 continued with a session focusing on nephrolithiasis. This featured a wide variety of lesser known topics including the exposome, neglected analytes on the 24-hour urine collection, and bread and butter topics such as
[read more...]KIDNEYcon returns for its 3rd year in 2018, hosted by UAMS in Little Rock, Arkansas. This year, morning workshops covered a range of options including interventional nephrology, ultrasound training, kidney biopsy, fluid/electrolyte/acid-base
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