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SCM 2012: eAJKD interview with Dr. Rajiv Saran

September 4, 2012 // 0 Comments

Back in May, eAJKD had extensive coverage of the National Kidney Foundation’s 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM12). Unfortunately, at that time, we couldn’t connect with Dr. Rajiv Saran, from the Division of Nephrology at the University of [read more...]

Recap of eAJKD’s coverage of the NKF 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings

May 15, 2012 // 0 Comments

Missed anything at this year’s National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings? Check out eAJKD’s coverage of the meeting below and @eAJKD on Twitter! Topic Themes from eAJKD’s coverage: (*)= video/audio interview Critical Care [read more...]

SCM12: Therapeutics in post surgical AKI

May 13, 2012 // 2 Comments

Therapeutics in post-surgical AKI Jonathan Himmelfarb, MD (University of Washington) In our last blog for the 2012 NKF meetings, Dr. Himmelfarb gave a fantastic lecture on the therapies available for treating AKI. In short, there are no [read more...]

SCM12: Biomarkers for AKI after Major Surgery

May 13, 2012 // 2 Comments

Biomarkers for AKI after Major Surgery Chirag Parikh, MD PhD (Yale University) Dr. Parikh has done incredible work in the area of early AKI biomarkers. In fact, his work has been so influential in the field that he started the TRIBE-AKI Consortium [read more...]

SCM12: Epidemiology of Post operative Acute Kidney Injury

May 13, 2012 // 2 Comments

Epidemiology of post-operative AKI Charuhas Thakar, MD (University of Cincinnati) Dr. Thakar started of a great session by putting AKI in proper perspective. A full 1/3 of all hospitalized acute kidney injury (AKI) patients develop AKI in the [read more...]

SCM12: eAJKD interview with Dr Javier Neyra

May 13, 2012 // 1 Comment

Dr. Javier Neyra, from Henry Ford Hospital, discusses his poster for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM12), De Novo Dipstick Proteinuria (DP) as Predictor of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Critically Ill Septic [read more...]

SCM12: eAJKD interview with Dr S. Jawad Sher

May 13, 2012 // 1 Comment

Dr. S. Jawad Sher, from Indiana University School of Medicine, discusses his poster for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM12), Outcome of Second Kidney Allograft Transplants vs. Primary Transplant from Paired [read more...]

SCM12: Updates in Glomerular Diseases – Lupus Nephritis

May 13, 2012 // 2 Comments

Updates in Glomerular Diseases – Lupus Nephritis Gerald Appel, MD (Columbia University) This was a good review of trials in the last 5-7 years regarding lupus nephritis. Since no new data was really presented, I’ll just briefly go over the key [read more...]

SCM12: Fluids and Vasopressors in Critical Care Nephrology

May 12, 2012 // 2 Comments

Fluids and Vasopressors in Critical Care Nephrology Kathleen Liu, MD (UCSF) Dr. Liu started off her presentation with a review of what we’ve learned regarding shock. Surprising to many in the audience, Dr. Liu debunked a lot of the myths [read more...]

SCM12: PTH and FGF-23

May 12, 2012 // 4 Comments

PTH and FGF-23 Myles Wolf, MD (University of Miami) Many of us have been hearing a lot about the newest player in CKD-BMD, FGF-23. Dr. Wolf set the record straight about what we know and don’t know about this newcomer. To start, FGF-23 had [read more...]

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SCM 2012: eAJKD interview with Dr. Rajiv Saran

Recap of eAJKD’s coverage of the NKF 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings

SCM12: Therapeutics in post surgical AKI

SCM12: Biomarkers for AKI after Major Surgery

SCM12: Epidemiology of Post operative Acute Kidney Injury

SCM12: eAJKD interview with Dr Javier Neyra

SCM12: eAJKD interview with Dr S. Jawad Sher

SCM12: Updates in Glomerular Diseases – Lupus Nephritis

SCM12: Fluids and Vasopressors in Critical Care Nephrology

SCM12: PTH and FGF-23