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Clinical Trial End Points in ADPKD

June 6, 2019 // 0 Comments

Despite our current understanding regarding the pathophysiology of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), only one therapy has been approved by the US FDA. There has been recent interest in redefining end points for clinical trials [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2017: KDIGO Guideline and Conference Updates

November 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

As KDIGO Social Media Ambassador, I always make it a point to attend the KDIGO Guideline and Conference Updates at Kidney Week. It always provides a nice compendium of updates of KDIGO guidelines. In 2013, KDIGO convened a Controversies Conference [read more...]

Mediterranean Diet and Risk of Nephrolithiasis

October 24, 2017 // 1 Comment

As a clinician, it is not uncommon for me to see a patient, a colleague, a friend, or even a family member who had a recent or previous bout of a kidney stone. Nephrolithiasis is a common problem encountered not only in the nephrology office but [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Let the Madness Begin

March 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an homage to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, March Madness, but while the basketball tournament seeds the top ranked basketball teams, we use some of the most important, newest, and controversial concepts in [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Why We Do This

March 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

Today is World Kidney Day. The day on the calendar when we are supposed to spend some time thinking about our kidneys. Well, the team at AJKD blog never stops thinking about kidneys. We’re weird that way, so we use World Kidney Day to do something [read more...]

NephMadness for Dummies

March 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Before we get to the details, we want to provide the links: Make your picks at the bracket picking site or The educational content at AJKD Blog Every March, the nephrology social media scene is dominated by NephMadness, an homage to the [read more...]

AKI Biomarkers vs the Urinalysis: Have We Found the Kidney Troponin?

January 25, 2016 // 1 Comment

The birth of automated urinalysis technology and centralized laboratory testing has unfortunately made examination of the urine sediment by physicians a rare event. The search for the kidney “troponin” continues as we try to figure out the best [read more...]

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: 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...]