On Arguments of Race and Estimated GFR
A Special Report published in AJKD highlights an interim report from the joint NKF/ASN Task Force on the inclusion of race in diagnosing kidney disease. eGFR estimation [...]
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#NephMadness 2020: Thinking Outside The Paint – SGLT2 Inhibitors for Patients Without Diabetes Mellitus?
Brendon Neuen @brendonneuen Brendon Neuen is an academic nephrology registrar at Royal North Shore Hospital and an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholar at The George Institute in [...]
#NephMadness 2020: SGLT2i Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2020 | #NephMadness | #SGLT2iRegion Selection Committee Member: Meg Jardine @jardine_meg Meg Jardine is Program Head of Innovation & [...]
#NephMadness 2020: Hyperkalemia Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2020 | #NephMadness | #HyperKRegion Selection Committee Member: Deborah Clegg Deborah Clegg is Associate Dean of Research in the College [...]
Sweet Pee: Do SGLT2 Inhibitors Prevent and/or Slow the Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease?
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 [...]
Creatinine Linearity – Connecting the Dots Has Never Been So Complicated
Prediction. My least favorite part of the chronic kidney disease (CKD) clinic visit. “No crystal ball.” “I’m not in a position to guess.” “Only God knows the [...]
#NephMadness 2017: The Changing Nature of Diabetic Kidney Disease
NephMadness 2017 | @NephMadness | #NephMadness or #DNRegion Raymond C. Harris Dr. Harris, MD, is Director of the Division of Nephrology at Vanderbilt University [...]
#NephMadness 2017: The Year of the Gs – GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Gonzaga
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2017 | #NephMadness or #DNRegion Katherine R. Tuttle Dr. Tuttle, MD, is Executive Director for Research at Providence Health Care in [...]
#KidneyWk 2016: State of the Art Lectures
One of the major highlights of KidneyWk 2016 is the State of the Art Lectures, which are presented daily in the plenary session by a renowned scientist. These are topics of [...]
#KidneyWk 2015: Not Just VEGF: Diabetes and the Endothelium
Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) were appropriately prominent topics at this year’s meeting. Thursday’s afternoon session, “Glomerular Endothelial Cell Injury [...]