Kidney Week 2013: Looking at our data through genetic tinted glasses
Looking at our data through genetic tinted glasses The final plenary speaker for 2013 Kidney Week was Julie Johnson who discussed the treatment of hypertension and [...]
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Kidney Week 2013: Need an organ? Print an organ
Need an organ? Print an organ. Dr. Anthony Atala demonstrates what Dr. Molitoris was talking about when he referred to innovation. Dr. Atala is head of Wake Forest’s [...]
Kidney Week 2013: Pathologic Classification of Renal Disorders
Pathologic Classification of Renal Disorders The promulgation of classification schema have always been a central interest of pathologists, as their framework reflects [...]
Kidney Week 2013: Lori Hartwell and the President’s Award
Lori Hartwell and the President’s Award This was a great award on a few levels. Lori Hartwell won the President’s Medal. Lori initiated dialysis at age 2. She did not [...]
Kidney Week 2013: Plenary Sessions
Plenary Sessions I must confess at previous Kidney Weeks I have not been fastidious about making it to the plenary sessions. This Kidney Week was different I made it to each [...]
Kidney Week 2013: Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base: The Highlights
Kidney Week 2013: Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base: The Highlights. This kidney week I attended several sessions in the area of fluid, electrolytes and acid-base physiology [...]
Kidney Week 2013: APOL1 and CKD progression in AASK and CRIC cohorts
APOL1 and CKD progression in AASK and CRIC cohorts African Americans comprise a much higher proportion of the end-stage renal disease population compared to the percentage in [...]
Kidney Week 2013: Cognitive Function and All Cause Mortality in HD Patients
Cognitive Function and All Cause Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients Drew and colleagues examined the association of cognitive impairment, defined by either impairment of [...]
Kidney Week 2013: HDPAL
HDPAL Rajiv Agarwal fights hypertension in the dialysis unit. The late breaking trials continued with Rajiv Agarwal’s randomized controlled retrial of different blood [...]
Kidney Week 2013: ZS-9, A Potassium Binder That is Tested and Works
ZS-9, A Potassium Binder That is Tested and Works ZS-9 is a novel, selective potassium trap. Per the speaker, it is very different than sodium polystyrene sulfonate [...]