Highlights from the September 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 [...]
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Spurious Electrolytes in Malignancy
Dr. Helbert Rondon, @NephroMD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Renal-Electrolyte Division at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he also serves [...]
#NephMadness 2023: There is Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself… and Apparently Hyperkalemia
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2023 | #NephMadness | #MRAregion Jordana Cohen @jordy_bc Dr. Jordana (Jordy) Cohen is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology in [...]
How Does Aldosterone Activation Contribute to CKD?
Christopher Naranjo @NaranjoNephro Dr. Christopher Naranjo is a Nephrology Fellow at the University of Miami. He is passionate about hypertension, glomerular diseases, and [...]
Highlights from the November 2022 Issue
The entire November issue is FREE until November 30th in celebration of Kidney Week Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short [...]
#NephMadness 2020: Hyperkalemia Region
Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2020 | #NephMadness | #HyperKRegion Selection Committee Member: Deborah Clegg Deborah Clegg is Associate Dean of Research in the College [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Potassium Homeostasis
A recent Core Curriculum by Palmer and Clegg published in AJKD reviews the regulatory aspects of normal K+ physiology as a preface to highlighting common disorders in K+ [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Solute and Water Transport in Peritoneal Dialysis
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is an effective treatment for patients with chronic kidney failure. In a recent AJKD Special Article, Ramesh Khanna reviews solute and water [...]
#SCM17 Late-Breaking Abstract: Undetected Life-Threatening Cardiac Arrhythmias in Dialysis Patients with High Potassium Variability
Dr. Bhupindar Singh is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Creighton University School of Medicine and Executive Director of Research and Medical Affairs for ZS Pharma. He [...]
Potassium Intake: Does It Matter for CKD and Hypertension?
Invited commentary by Dr. Timothy Yau. As nephrologists who regularly manage the complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD), our visceral reaction to high potassium intake [...]