Quick Poll: Organ Donor Status
In a recent JAMA essay, Feld recounts her decades-long hesitancy to sign up as an organ donor because of her traumatic experiences as a medical student on transplant service. [...]
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NephMadness: The Final Four!
The people have spoken. The votes have been tallied. And now we have the honor to present the first NephMadness Final Four: Medicare ESRD benefit HEMO trial Captopril Kidney [...]
Senescence or Frailty? Are Chronic Disease Patients Different?
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has long been known to negatively affect an individual’s quality of life. Identifying potentially modifiable risk factors may assist the [...]
eAJKD Poll Results: Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Transplantation
In the United States, most states are paying for dialysis therapy for undocumented immigrants with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In a recent study by Linden et al in the [...]
Quick Poll: Accountable Care Organizations and Nephrology
Recent articles have focused on accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the current medical system. There are some potential gains and perhaps some potential pitfalls. [...]
eAJKD Poll Results: Interest in Nephrology
Recently, eAJKD polled our readers on their interest in nephrology. Recent trends have noted a dwindling interest in applying for fellowship in nephrology. We asked our [...]
Proposal to Change the Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys: Smart Allocation or Discrimination?
Last week the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) set forth proposal 3.5 to change the allocation of deceased donor kidneys. The new proposal aims to improve transplant [...]
Quick Poll: Interest in Nephrology
Given the rising demand for nephrologists and declining numbers pursuing the profession, a more expansive nephrology elective for medical residents is described in an article [...]
Quick Poll: Kidney Transplantation for Undocumented Immigrants
In the United States, taxpayers in most states are paying for years of dialysis therapy for undocumented immigrants with end-stage renal disease who are not able to pay for [...]
Dialysis Modality Poll
Choice of dialysis modality is a widely debated topic among nephrologists, as evident by several comments on an eAJKD commentary by Dr Mailloux on home dialysis. As [...]