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#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...]

#KidneyWk 2018: Education Poster Tour

November 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Another ASN Kidney Week has concluded, and it was an amazing week full of learning and meeting new individuals. I took a tour through the education research posters on Saturday, October 27, 2018. It is definitely an exciting time in education [read more...]

Sweet Pee: Do SGLT2 Inhibitors Prevent and/or Slow the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease?

August 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

During NephMadness 2017, the newcomer ‘SGLT2 inhibitors’ team for the Diabetic Nephropathy region surprised the competition and made it all the way to the Filtered Four where it was knocked out by the eventual winner Genes in ESKD Disparity. In [read more...]

#NephMadness 2018: Women’s Health Region

March 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2018 | #NephMadness | #WomensHealthRegion “It is said you are never defeated unless you give up. We’re not going to give up.” – Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball [read more...]

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Race Effect on the Kidneys

January 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as the onset of impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy. Its prevalence has been steadily climbing, fueled in large part by the obesity epidemic. Pregnancy-related adverse outcomes of GDM include [read more...]

Impact of Maternal Unilateral Renal Agenesis on Pregnancy

July 14, 2017 // 1 Comment

Unilateral renal agenesis has an incidence of 1:2,300 individuals. Patients with unilateral renal agenesis are at increased risk for development of proteinuria, hypertension, and renal insufficiency. A recent systematic review found that 10% of [read more...]

Impact of IgA Nephropathy on Pregnancy

June 12, 2017 // 2 Comments

It has long been recognized that pregnant women with underlying chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an increased risk for adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Even pregnancies in women with stage 1 CKD have increased risk of adverse pregnancy [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: Diabetic Nephropathy Region

March 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks | NephMadness 2017 | #NephMadness or #DNRegion Selection Committee Member for the Diabetic Nephropathy Region: Anna Burgner Dr. Burgner, MD, MEHP, is an assistant professor in nephrology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2016: High Impact Clinical Trials

November 20, 2016 // 1 Comment

During this year’s Kidney Week 2016 High Impact Clinical Trials session, we learned the results from 6 key studies. I’ll briefly take you through the results of each of them here. LEADER Trial: Renal Outcomes To start things off, Dr. [read more...]

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