Telemedicine in Nephrology
The COVID-19 pandemic presented unique challenges to both patients trying to obtain medical care and physicians providing the care. During this unprecedented time, [...]
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Peritoneal Dialysis Utilization: How Can We Increase Access?
The United States Secretary of Health & Human Services, Alex Azar, recently highlighted in a speech at the National Kidney Foundation’s Kidney Patient Summit the fact [...]
Test Your Knowledge: Lung Ultrasound To Assess Volume Status in CKD
Point of care ultrasound use has increased over the last decade, and nephrologists are becoming more proficient in adopting this technology. A recent Narrative Review by [...]
Studying Fatigue in Hemodialysis Patients: Are We Doing It Wrong?
On behalf of the SONG-HD (Standardized Outcomes in Nephrology-Hemodialysis) initiative, Ju and colleagues report a systematic review published in AJKD of outcome measures for [...]
In CKD, the More Acid You Eat, the More Phosphorus You Excrete
In a recent AJKD article, Khairallah et al presented a prospective cohort of 980 patients with CKD enrolled in CRIC and demonstrated that higher acid load and acidosis was [...]
#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 [...]
#SCM17 Late-Breaking Abstract: Vonapanitase for Radiocephalic Fistula Patency
Dr. Anthony Bleyer is Professor of Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Wake Forest School of Medicine. He discusses his SCM17 late-breaking abstract, The Effect of [...]
#SCM17: Technologic Innovations in Transitions of Care
Dr. Tiffany Wong, MD, is an internal medicine resident at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. She spoke with Nathaniel Reisinger (@nephrothaniel), AJKDBlog [...]