Kidney Week 2014: New Drug for Hyperkalemia
Do you like Kayexalate®? Do you like hyperkalemia? Do you like having to stop renin angiotensin system (RAAS) blockade in patients with diabetes because of hyperkalemia? If [...]
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SCM14: Palliative Care and Dialysis
Yin and yang… peanut butter and chocolate… Astaire and Rogers… palliative care and dialysis? Today’s workshop on this topic (palliative care and [...]
SCM14: Social Work Program
I crashed the social work program for Mary Beth Callahan’s talk entitled ‘Acceptance Doesn’t Mean Giving Up.’ The room was packed with nurses and [...]
SCM14: Peritoneal Dialysis—Our Motto Should be ‘Be Prepared’
Peritoneal Dialysis—Our Motto Should be ‘Be Prepared’ What do we know about making peritoneal dialysis a success for our patients? How can we make this [...]
SCM14: Debates in AKI
Debates in AKI The meeting got off to a rousing start this morning with an epic matchup: Claudio Ronco took on challenger Steven Coca on the issue of whether a rise in serum [...]