Is Your Nephrologist Also Your Internist?
The most recent article in the Core Curriculum series published by AJKD discusses general medical care in the dialysis patient. Dr. Jean Holley (JH) from University of [...]
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Oral Nutrition During the Dialysis Treatment: Does It Make a Difference?
Optimal nutrition in the dialysis patient is a critical component of nephrology care since malnutrition carries a high risk of mortality, even when all other co-morbitites [...]
Dialysis and Heparin: What’s the Evidence?
Many patients suffer bleeding complications while on hemodialysis (HD). Although these events may be as clinically benign as prolonged bleeding after removal of the dialysis [...]
Dosing Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury: What Have We Learned From Clinical Trials?
In this post, Dr. Paul Palevsky (PP) discusses his recent review in American Journal of Kidney Diseases on dosing renal replacement therapy (RRT) in patients with acute [...]
Podcast: Genetic Association and Gene-Gene Interaction Analyses in African American Dialysis Patients With Nondiabetic Nephropathy
Come listen to eAJKDs first ever podcast featuring Dr. Kellie Calderon as she interviews Dr. Barry Freedman, one of the authors of Genetic Association and Gene-Gene [...]