Phosphorus, Tenapanor, and Vitamin Water?: An Interview
Hyperphosphatemia remains a major challenge in managing patients with kidney failure and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In a Mini-Review recently [...]
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#NephMadness 2024: Things We Do For No Reason(TM) – In a Bind? Phosphate Binders May Not Be Your Answer in AKI!
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2024 | #NephMadness Jaime Uribarri @lowage Jaime Uribarri, MD is currently Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount [...]
#NephMadness 2024: JHM’s Things We Do For No Reason(TM) Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2024 | #NephMadness Selection Committee Member: Anthony Breu @tony_breu Anthony C. Breu is the Director of Resident Education at the [...]
Hyperkalemia and Potassium Binders: A Panel Discussion
In a recent Original Investigation published in AJKD, David Bushinsky and colleagues characterized the effect of patiromer on serum phosphorus in patients with CKD, [...]
Could High Be Better Than Low? Targeting Phosphate in Trials
Phosphate is bad, right? As kidney function declines, phosphate excretion goes down. Serum phosphate levels rise, causing parathyroid hormone (PTH) to increase and bring [...]
Management of Hyperphosphatemia in Patients With CKD Leaves Nephrologists in a Bind
One of my favorite aspects of being a nephrologist is rounding at the dialysis unit. Using a team-based approach (with the patient at the center of the team) we work [...]