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Sick Day Medication Guidance: How to Minimize The Harm of Double-Edged Swords?

May 17, 2023 // 0 Comments

Mengyao Tang @tammyyaotang Dr. Mengyao Tang is a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as a board-certified nephrologist who has a particular interest [...]

AJKD Author Interview – CHIP with Dr. Caitlyn Vlasschaert

February 21, 2023 // 0 Comments

Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP), defined by the age-related ontogenesis of expanded leukemogenic variants indicative of a genetically distinct clonal [...]

#NephMadness 2022: The Year That Cardiology and Nephrology Are Friends

March 24, 2022 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2022 | #NephMadness | #Cardiorenal Erin Michos @ErinMichos Erin Michos is an Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology at Johns [...]

Test Your Knowledge: Lung Ultrasound To Assess Volume Status in CKD

May 4, 2018 // 0 Comments

Point of care ultrasound use has increased over the last decade, and nephrologists are becoming more proficient in adopting this technology. A recent Narrative Review by [...]

WKD 2018: Kidneys and Women’s Health

March 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Today is World Kidney Day (WKD), a global campaign aimed at raising awareness about kidney health. On its 13th anniversary, the theme for 2018 is “Women and Kidney [...]

Uric Acid: Bedside to Bench and Back Again

September 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

For a long time, uric acid has been known as a presumably inert by-product of purine metabolism that is associated with gout and kidney stones. In recent years, there has [...]

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