Barbiturate Poisoning and the Role of the Nephrologist
Extracorporeal treatments represent a life-saving intervention for many poisonings. In some instances such as salicylate toxicity, lithium toxicity, and poisoning with [...]
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AKI: What Do the Nephrologists Think?
Acute kidney injury occurs in about 10% of hospitalized patients, but what is less known is the amount of effort AKI consumes in a nephrologist’s day? Does hospital AKI [...]
Insight into Patients’ & Caregivers’ Perspectives on Conservative Management in End of Life Care
Patients with end-stage kidney disease often experience clinical and psychological set backs that negatively impact quality of life and survival. Growing data suggest a role [...]
SCM14: Palliative Care and Dialysis
Yin and yang… peanut butter and chocolate… Astaire and Rogers… palliative care and dialysis? Today’s workshop on this topic (palliative care and [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Renal Replacement Therapy in Children
There is paucity of literature on dialysis in the pediatric population, especially on prescription and complications. Since renal replacement therapy in children requires [...]
Dialysis in AKI: When to Start?
The timing of when to initiate dialysis in a patient with acute or even chronic kidney disease (CKD) is one of the most common decisions that a nephrologist will make. [...]
Dialysis Bicarbonate Concentration: Do We Know the Right Amount?
Bicarbonate is the principal buffer in dialysate, but only few studies have assessed outcomes of patients treated with different dialysate bicarbonate (DB) concentrations. A [...]
Effluent Biomarkers in the Peritoneal Dialysis Patient
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidneys Diseases, Barreto et al reviewed the literature on potential clinical uses of peritoneal fluid effluent [...]
Hyponatremia and the Risk of Death on Dialysis
In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Nigwekar et al examined data from an incident dialysis patient cohort (ArMORR) and concluded that [...]
Ferric Citrate and Hyperphosphatemia
AJKD recently published an article from Dwyer et al on a dose-response and safety/tolerability trial of a novel phosphorous binder, ferric citrate, for dialysis patients. [...]