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Don’t Panic: Pregnancy in Kidney Disease

December 5, 2019 // 0 Comments

Women of reproductive age with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who desire to have children face potential complications during pregnancy. Today we will use a recent AJKD perspective, “Women’s Reproductive Health for the Nephrologist,” in addition [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Hypertension Region

November 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

We will be revealing the NephMadness 2020 logo on Friday, and for the last 7 weeks we’ve been releasing one quiz each week based on NephMadness 2019 regions. Today we venture into the Hypertension Region, which was the overall NephMadness 2019 [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Hospitalist Nephrology Region

October 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

The countdown continues for the big reveal of the NephMadness 2020 logo at Kidney Week! NephMadness 2019 featured the Hospitalist Nephrology region. Is there any need to hold ACEi or ARBs prior to, or immediately after, surgery? Is giving “prn” [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Exercise Nephrology

October 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

Just a couple more weeks left until the big reveal of the NephMadness 2020 logo at Kidney Week! NephMadness 2019 featured the Exercise Nephrology region. What’s different about exercise in patients on dialysis vs those with transplants? How do [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Complement

October 18, 2019 // 0 Comments

We’ve been releasing quiz questions from NephMadness 2019 every week as we count down to the NephMadness 2020 logo reveal at Kidney Week. Did you miss any of the previous quizzes? Catch up here. This week we focus on the Complement Region. The [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Volume Assessment

October 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

NephMadness 2019 featured the Volume Assessment region. What is the best way to objectively assess the volume status of patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), and on what volume-related endpoints should we base our fluid management [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Hepatorenal Syndrome

October 4, 2019 // 0 Comments

NephMadness 2019 featured the Hepatorenal Region. Patients with liver failure are sick. Patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) are sick. Put the two together and you have a fine mess. Test your knowledge on hepatorenal syndrome with the quiz* [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Pain

September 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

We are releasing a quiz* each week from the eight regions of NephMadness 2019, in anticipation of the NephMadness 2020 logo reveal at Kidney Week. We focused on Plasma Exchange last week and now turn to the Pain Region. Whenever we consider giving [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Plasma Exchange

September 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

We cannot wait to share the NephMadness 2020 logo at Kidney Week. Until then, we are releasing a quiz* each week from the eight regions of NephMadness 2019, starting with the Plasma Exchange region this week. Plasmapheresis, simply removal of [read more...]

#NephMadness 2019: Complement Region

March 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2019 | #NephMadness | #ComplementRegion Selection Committee Member: Carla Nester Carla Nester is the Director of Pediatric Nephrology in the Stead Family Children’s Hospital at the University of Iowa and the [read more...]

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