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When the Going Gets Tough in a Pandemic…Optimizing CKRT Resources

October 7, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 we understand and develop novel strategies to conserve the resources [read more...]

Urgent Peritoneal Dialysis During COVID-19

September 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 resources available for patients requiring kidney replacement therapy (KRT). The [read more...]

Icodextrin vs Glucose for the Long Daytime Dwell?

June 15, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 replacement therapy. With hemodialysis, vascular access is recognized as [read more...]

Contrast-Induced Nephropathy: Does It Really Exist?

February 20, 2020 // 0 Comments

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 decline in kidney function following the administration of intravenous iodinated [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: Dysproteinemic Kidney Diseases

December 9, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Core Curriculum by Hogan et al reviews the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of dysproteinemic kidney diseases. Test your knowledge on this topic with the quiz below. For a PDF version of the questions & answers, please click [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2019: Pain Management in ESKD

November 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

The “Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire 2019” session was held on Nov 7, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. Click here for more KidneyWk 2019 coverage on AJKD Blog. This is Part 3 of the Kidney STARS’ write-up of KidneyWk [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2019: Intermittent Fasting and Kidney Disease

November 20, 2019 // 0 Comments

The “Linking Lifestyle, BP, and Kidney Diseases: What Is the Evidence?” session was held on Nov 7, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. Click here for more KidneyWk 2019 coverage on AJKD Blog. This is Part 2 of the Kidney [read more...]

#KidneyWk 2019 – Acute Interstitial Nephritis

November 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

The “Drilling Down on Acute Interstitial Nephritis” session was held on Nov 8, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. I had the distinct opportunity of meeting some of the very talented participants of the ASN Kidney STARS. The program [read more...]

Utility of Hypertonic Mannitol for the Prevention of Intradialytic Hypotension (IDH)

October 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is sometimes defined as a decrease in systolic BP by ≥20 mm Hg or a decrease in mean arterial pressure of 10 mm Hg associated with symptoms. There are, however, other definitions of IDH in the literature. Whereas [read more...]

Bexagliflozin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Stage 3 CKD

August 15, 2019 // 1 Comment

There has been significant interest in SGLT2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) as novel oral anti-hyperglycemic agents that have been recently approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Studies such as CANVAS allude to their glucose-lowering [read more...]