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Nephrology Jumble Bumble: Fluid Therapy – Choosing the Right Solution

December 14, 2015 // 1 Comment

In a recent issue of AJKD, Severs et al highlighted the complications of commonly used intravenous solutions for volume management. Complete our nephrology jumble-bumble to [...]

Nephrology Jumble Bumble: Uremic Pruritus

June 1, 2015 // 0 Comments

Pruritus is a common and often incapacitating symptom in patients with advanced kidney disease. It can be challenging to treat, with only few proven therapeutic options. [...]

Nephrology Jumble Bumble: Hypercalcemia of Malignancy

January 30, 2014 // 2 Comments

Malignancy is the most common cause of hypercalcemia in the hospitalized patient. In a teaching case recently published in AJKD, Reagan et al present a case and review [...]

Nephrology Jumble Bumble: Spurious Chemistry Results

May 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

In a the December 2012 issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Aiyer et al published an interesting case of spurious hyperphosphatemia in a patient with lymphoma. [...]

Nephrology Jumble Bumble: Collapsing Glomerulopathy (FSGS)

December 18, 2012 // 0 Comments

In a recent teaching case published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Mohamed et al discuss two interesting cases of drug-induced collapsing FSGS. There are [...]

Nephrology Jumble Bumble: HIV & the Kidney

December 6, 2012 // 0 Comments

In the December issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Sexton et al discuss an interesting case of bilateral kidney enlargement and acute kidney injury in a [...]

Nephrology Jumble Bumble: Respiratory Alkalosis

August 30, 2012 // 1 Comment

In a recent teaching case published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Palmer discusses the evaluation and management of respiratory alkalosis. To supplement the [...]