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#NephMadness 2021: COVID-19 Region

March 1, 2021 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2021 | #NephMadness | #COVID19Region Selection Committee Member: Maria Jose Soler @PepaSolerR Maria José Soler combines her role as an attendant Nephrologist at the Nephrology Department at Vall d´Hebron [read more...]

#NephMadness 2020: Genetics Region

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2020 | #NephMadness | #GeneticsRegion Selection Committee Member: Michelle Rheault @rheault_m Michelle Rheault is the Director of the Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Medical Director of Dialysis at the [read more...]

#NephMadness 2020: HD Access Region

March 13, 2020 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2020 | #NephMadness | #HDaccessRegion Selection Committee Member: Monnie Wasse @wasse_m Haimanot (Monnie) Wasse is Professor and Vice Chairperson in the Department of Internal Medicine at Rush University Medical [read more...]

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 // 1 Comment

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...]

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