NephMadness
NephMadness is a nephrology educational initiative that is modeled after the college basketball tournament but with nephrology concepts.
We hope you like the NephMadness 2020 logo as much as we do! Many thanks to Peter Dong (@peter_dong11) for designing this for us. As we stated in the wrap-up post, our favorite part of NephMadness 2019 was seeing all the NephMadnessParties! If you
[read more...]We will be revealing the NephMadness 2020 logo on Friday, and for the last 7 weeks we’ve been releasing one quiz each week based on NephMadness 2019 regions. Today we venture into the Hypertension Region, which was the overall NephMadness 2019
[read more...]The countdown continues for the big reveal of the NephMadness 2020 logo at Kidney Week! NephMadness 2019 featured the Hospitalist Nephrology region. Is there any need to hold ACEi or ARBs prior to, or immediately after, surgery? Is giving “prn”
[read more...]Just a couple more weeks left until the big reveal of the NephMadness 2020 logo at Kidney Week! NephMadness 2019 featured the Exercise Nephrology region. What’s different about exercise in patients on dialysis vs those with transplants? How do
[read more...]We’ve been releasing quiz questions from NephMadness 2019 every week as we count down to the NephMadness 2020 logo reveal at Kidney Week. Did you miss any of the previous quizzes? Catch up here. This week we focus on the Complement Region. The
[read more...]NephMadness 2019 featured the Volume Assessment region. What is the best way to objectively assess the volume status of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and on what volume-related endpoints should we base our fluid management
[read more...]NephMadness 2019 featured the Hepatorenal Region. Patients with liver failure are sick. Patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) are sick. Put the two together and you have a fine mess. Test your knowledge on hepatorenal syndrome with the quiz*
[read more...]We are releasing a quiz* each week from the eight regions of NephMadness 2019, in anticipation of the NephMadness 2020 logo reveal at Kidney Week. We focused on Plasma Exchange last week and now turn to the Pain Region. Whenever we consider giving
[read more...]We cannot wait to share the NephMadness 2020 logo at Kidney Week. Until then, we are releasing a quiz* each week from the eight regions of NephMadness 2019, starting with the Plasma Exchange region this week. Plasmapheresis, simply removal of
[read more...]It may feel like we just wrapped up NephMadness 2019 but we are already looking ahead to NephMadness 2020! *If you’re still in the dark about NephMadness, watch this short explainer video by @KidneyCathy or read NephMadness 101. We love
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