Newer Anemia Therapies
The management of anemia associated with kidney disease is undergoing a revolution as the safety of erythropoietin analogs is being challenged by newly recognized dangers [...]
Newer Anemia Therapies
Low Hemoglobins or High ESA Doses: The Controversy Remains
Invited commentary by Dr. Steven Fishbane and Azzour Hazzan In the Jan 2012 issue of the AJKD, Fukuma et al conducted an elegant analysis of ESA dose and hemoglobin (Hgb) [...]
Commentary: Interest in Nephrology: A sad decline!
Interest in nephrology amongst US medical graduates has been steadily decreasing since 2002. This might not be so worrisome if the number of kidney patients was remaining the [...]
Hypertension and Symptomatic Hypokalemia
In this post, Dr. Pantelis Sarafidis (PS) discusses a case in AJKD on hypertension and symptomatic hypokalemia in a patient with simultaneous unilateral stenoses of [...]
eAJKD poll: Living Kidney Donation in African Americans with a Family History of ESRD
Share your thoughts with eAJKD in this online poll on living donation in African Americans with a family history of ESRD. Currently 51% of living-donor kidneys come from [...]
Word Search: IgA Nephropathy
In the December 2011 issue of American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Jurgen Floege discusses the novel development of pathogenesis of IgA Nephropathy. Test your knowledge with [...]
Renal Colic and Nephrocalcinosis- Test Your Knowledge!
In the December 2011 issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Piccoli et al describe a case of renal colic in a quiz Distal renal tubular acidosis (RTA) in this case [...]
“Peritoneal Dialysis” Strikes Back
In the United States, the number of patients who are offered peritoneal dialysis (PD) has declined over the last decade. The newer generation of Nephrologists may not feel as [...]
Will Home Hemodialysis Ever Prosper in the United States?
Invited Commentary by Dr. Lionel Mailloux It is interesting to note the two recent articles in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases on the topic of home hemodialysis. One [...]
Vitamin D therapy in IgA Nephropathy
While vitamin D has shown to be beneficial in reducing proteinuria in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the role of activated vitamin D replacement in IgA [...]