Tubule or Not Tubule?
It is widely accepted that estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin creatinine ratio have been used as measures in chronic kidney disease (CKD) staging [...]
Lerma
Pharmacotherapy for the Nephrologist: From Anticoagulants to Anti-hypertensives
A recent AJKD Core Curriculum from Vondracek et al tackles the broad topic of pharmacotherapy. In this piece, the authors discuss basic principles and give a comprehensive [...]
Is New Always Better? Apixaban vs. Warfarin and CKD Progression
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), with a prevalence of nearly 24.5%. This is over 2 times higher than [...]
Will You Take the Blue or Red Pill?
Calcium channel blockers (CCBs) and renin-angiotensin-system inhibitors (RASi) are two classes of antihypertensive medications frequently used as initial therapy for [...]
A Patient Behavior Modification to Increase Fluid Intake: The PUSH Trial
With the prevalence of urinary stone disease (USD) nearly doubling over the last 15 years, there has been a concomitant rise in the impact it has on our healthcare system. [...]
Reducing Kidney Function Decline
A recent Core Curriculum in AJKD from Theresa K. Chen and colleagues focuses on one of the most bread-and-butter topics for nephrology—reducing kidney function decline [...]
When the Going Gets Tough in a Pandemic…Optimizing CKRT Resources
SARS-CoV2 is a virus that has shaken the scientific community to its core. As we struggle to catch up to a rapidly evolving global pandemic, it is of utmost importance that [...]
Urgent Peritoneal Dialysis During COVID-19
The coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic of 2019 is an unparalleled time in our history with an unprecedented strain on the US healthcare system, particularly in terms of [...]
Icodextrin vs Glucose for the Long Daytime Dwell?
With the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative (AAKHI), there has been renewed interest in home dialysis, particularly peritoneal dialysis (PD) as a modality of kidney [...]
Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Does It Really Exist?
Many different definitions of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) have appeared in the literature since it was first reported in 1954. It is commonly defined as an acute [...]