Highlights from the November 2025 Issue
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: This entire issue will be freely available until November 30, 2025 in celebration of Kidney Week Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original [...]
palliative care
Transplant Implantation Biopsies: An Interview
Some living donor kidneys are found to have biopsy evidence of chronic scarring and/or glomerular disease at implantation, but it is unclear if these biopsy findings help [...]
Kidney Transplant Candidates and Recipients Need Advance Care Planning and Palliative Care Consults, Too
Dr. Megan Urbanski (@MeganUrbanski) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, in the Emory University School of Medicine. [...]
Highlights from the March 2024 Issue
Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]
Highlights from the February 2024 Issue
Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]
Kidney Transplant Clinicians’ Perceptions of Palliative Care: An Interview
Kidney transplant patients experience physical and psychological suffering in the context of their illnesses that may be amenable to palliative care. However, palliative care [...]
Highlights from the May 2023 Issue
Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic [...]
#NephMadness 2023 – Kidney Supportive Care: Supporting All Transitions in Kidney Disease
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2023 | #NephMadness | #TransitionsRegion Kelly Li Dr. Kelly Li is a dual-trained nephrologist and palliative care physician from St George [...]
#NephMadness 2023: Transitions of Care Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2023 | #NephMadness | #TransitionsRegion Selection Committee Member: Rasheeda Hall @Rasheeda_HallMD Rasheeda Hall is a physician-scientist in [...]
Rethinking Kidney Supportive Care – More Than Just End-of-Life
Comfort care. Palliative care. Supportive care. All of these terms feel weighty and may have slightly different meanings to healthcare providers. A recent Core Curriculum [...]