Urgent Need for Urgent Start Peritoneal Dialysis
In the article, Urgent Start Peritoneal Dialysis: A Chance for a New Beginning, the authors suggests a paradigm shift from our conventional algorithm of renal replacement [...]
ESRD
Recovery Time From Dialysis Session? Does It Matter?
“How long does it take you to recover from a dialysis session?” refers to the recovery time for the ESRD HD patients. It has been shown to affect the mental and physical [...]
Clinical Trials in Nephrology
Over the last decade, there has been increased recognition that clinical trials in nephrology are fewer in number and smaller in size when compared to other medical [...]
Prehypertension and ESRD: Is There a Connection?
In a recent systematic review and meta-analysis published in AJKD, Huang and colleagues discuss the association of prehypertension with an increased incidence of End Stage [...]
CKD Stage 4A and 4B… On the Horizon???
As clinical nephrologists, we are faced with the dilemma of which of our CKD patients will actually progress to ESRD. Oftentimes, our patients ask, “When am I going to need [...]
ESRD Patients Living Longer, But Could We Have Done Better?
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero” –Edward Norton, Fight Club In a recent article in AJKD, van Walraven et al highlight the [...]
Anemia in Kidney Disease: To Treat or Not to Treat… and if so, how much?
In a recent AJKD article, Dr. Wong and colleagues recently shed new light on the anemia debate in hospitalized hemodialysis patients. Using retrospective data from the [...]
Health Care Policy and ESRD
In a recent article in AJKD, Dr. Robert Rubin provides an insider’s perspective on health care policy in general and ESRD policy in particular in the United States. From [...]
PD and Exercise Capacity: Any Association?
Exercise capacity is reduced in ESRD patients on maintenance peritoneal dialysis (PD) therapy, although the potential mechanisms and clinical implications of this remain [...]
To Text, or Not to Text?
Communication is an essential part of patient care, be it a physician’s interaction with a patient or family member, student, or medical staff member. It is an accepted [...]