#KidneyWk 2016: A Focus on Renal Fellow Education
Newer innovative teaching methods have several advantages over traditional lectures and powerpoints. Examples of effective clinical education tools such as team based [...]
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Recap of AJKD Blog’s coverage of #KidneyWk 2015
Check out all of the coverage of the American Society of Nephrology’s 2015 Kidney Week in San Diego, California, by AJKD Blog’s Matt Sparks, Joel Topf, Edgar Lerma, [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: Pre-class on Women’s Renal Health Across the Decades
The pre-classes at Kidney Week have appeared to be a constant. Every year there is critical care nephrology class, an electrolyte and acid-base master class, a [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: Applying JNC8 and KDIGO Blood Pressure Recommendations in the CKD Population
Dr. Mark Sarnak of Tufts Medical Center started out by saying that the results of the much awaited SPRINT Study will be presented in the following week at the AHA Annual [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: Albuminuria as a Treatment Target in CKD: Reviewing the Current Guidelines in CKD
This lecture was given by Dr. Kunihiro Matsushita, a clinical epidemiologist affiliated with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Welch Center for Prevention, [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: Keeping Guidelines Alive
I attended this lecture “Keeping Guidelines Alive,” by Dr Katrin Uhlig, Chair of the KDIGO Methods Committee. This committee is composed of well-published and [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: CDC CKD Surveillance Mini-Summit Meeting
This year, I was again privileged to be invited to attend the CDC CKD Surveillance System Mini-Summit (as a representative of the AHA Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of ZS-9 in the Treatment of Hyperkalemia
Late Breaking Poster: Long-Term (52-Week) Efficacy and Safety of ZS-9 in the Treatment of Hyperkalemia: Interim Results (as of October 10, 2015) From a Phase 3 Open-Label, [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: Not Just VEGF: Diabetes and the Endothelium
Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) were appropriately prominent topics at this year’s meeting. Thursday’s afternoon session, “Glomerular Endothelial Cell Injury [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: Patient-Centered Care for the Elderly: From Palliative Care to Transplantation
This popular session was packed with interest and enthusiasm for how best to provide patient-care in elderly patients with kidney disease. Vanessa Grubs, from University of [...]