Kidney Week 2015

Recap of AJKD Blog’s coverage of #KidneyWk 2015

November 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

Check out all of the coverage of the American Society of Nephrology’s 2015 Kidney Week in San Diego, California, by AJKD Blog’s Matt Sparks, Joel Topf, Edgar Lerma, Magdalena Madero, Swapnil Hiremath, Jane Schell, Isaac Stillman, and AJKD In [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: Pre-class on Women’s Renal Health Across the Decades

November 12, 2015 // 0 Comments

The pre-classes at Kidney Week have appeared to be a constant. Every year there is critical care nephrology class, an electrolyte and acid-base master class, a glomerulonephritis series, a maintenance hemodialysis class, and a maintenance of [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: Applying JNC8 and KDIGO Blood Pressure Recommendations in the CKD Population

November 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

Dr. Mark Sarnak of Tufts Medical Center started out by saying that the results of the much awaited SPRINT Study will be presented in the following week at the AHA Annual Meeting. In September 2015, the nephrology and hypertension world was acutely [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: Albuminuria as a Treatment Target in CKD: Reviewing the Current Guidelines in CKD

November 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

This lecture was given by Dr. Kunihiro Matsushita, a clinical epidemiologist affiliated with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, as well as the CKD Prognosis Consortium [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: Keeping Guidelines Alive

November 11, 2015 // 0 Comments

I attended this lecture “Keeping Guidelines Alive,” by Dr Katrin Uhlig, Chair of the KDIGO Methods Committee. This committee is composed of well-published and accomplished individuals, with academic and clinical backgrounds. One of the prominent [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: CDC CKD Surveillance Mini-Summit Meeting

November 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

This year, I was again privileged to be invited to attend the CDC CKD Surveillance System Mini-Summit (as a representative of the AHA Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease Leadership Committee) during ASN Kidney Week. This Steering Committee is [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of ZS-9 in the Treatment of Hyperkalemia

November 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

Late Breaking Poster: Long-Term (52-Week) Efficacy and Safety of ZS-9 in the Treatment of Hyperkalemia: Interim Results (as of October 10, 2015) From a Phase 3 Open-Label, Multi-Center, Multi-Dose Maintenance Study One of the late breaking posters [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: Not Just VEGF: Diabetes and the Endothelium

November 10, 2015 // 0 Comments

Diabetes and Diabetic Nephropathy (DN) were appropriately prominent topics at this year’s meeting. Thursday’s afternoon session, “Glomerular Endothelial Cell Injury in Diabetic Nephropathy” was an important reminder that endothelial injury [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: Patient-Centered Care for the Elderly: From Palliative Care to Transplantation

November 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

This popular session was packed with interest and enthusiasm for how best to provide patient-care in elderly patients with kidney disease. Vanessa Grubs, from University of California at San Francisco, and I moderated a lively discussion from four [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2015: A Tour of the Plenary Sessions

November 9, 2015 // 0 Comments

Every day at Kidney Week begins with the plenary session which are a combination awards show and scientific exposition. Here is a brief tour of this year’s plenary sessions. Thursday ASN Kidney Week always begins with The Presidential [read more...]