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#NephJC Turns Three: A Closer Look at the Online Nephrology Journal Club

June 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Most of us are familiar with the concept of the “Journal Club,” either at our practicing or training institutions. A recent AJKD publication by Topf et al highlights the evolution of NephJC, a fully online nephrology journal club. [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: NephMadness in Training

March 13, 2017 // 0 Comments

NephMadness is a great way to start a discussion about a host of nephrology concepts. We are encouraging residency and fellowship programs to make this a project for the whole program: every resident or fellow can submit their own bracket and [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: Nutrition Region

March 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

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Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2017 | #NephMadness or #NutritionRegion Selection Committee Member for the Nutrition Region: Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh Dr. Kalantar-Zadeh, MPH, PhD, is Professor and Chief of Nephrology & Hypertension at UC [read more...]

Test Your Knowledge: The Role of the Kidney in Disorders of Volume

December 20, 2016 // 2 Comments

A recent AJKD Core Curriculum by Danziger and Hoenig reviewed the role of the kidney in volume regulation. Test your knowledge on this important topic. Post prepared by Dr. Joel Topf, AJKD Blog Advisory Board Member. For a PDF version of the [read more...]

Trying to Reduce the Uncertainty Surrounding Phosphorus Binders

October 25, 2016 // 0 Comments

I would wager that pound-for-pound, there is no drug with less solid outcome-based data than phosphorus binders. We are aware that phosphorus binders do an acceptable job of lowering the serum phosphorus in the face of kidney failure. We also know [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: KDIGO Talks COI

March 22, 2016 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | For more on NephMadness 2016 | #NephMadness or #MisstepsRegion on Twitter Researching and writing the missteps section on normalization of hemoglobin, Joel Topf couldn’t avoid the feeling that the KDOQI guidelines [read more...]

How to Flip the Classroom with NephMadness

March 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

NephMadness in Training One of the angles that we are trying to push with nephmadness this year is getting residencies and fellowships to participate. This is a great opportunity for a flipped classroom experience. The idea is that residents will [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Let the Madness Begin

March 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

What is NephMadness? NephMadness is an homage to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, March Madness, but while the basketball tournament seeds the top ranked basketball teams, we use some of the most important, newest, and controversial concepts in [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Missteps in Nephrology Region

March 10, 2016 // 3 Comments

Submit your picks! | For more on NephMadness 2016 | #NephMadness or #MisstepsRegion on Twitter We like to think that medical progress flows in one direction, like a river. Over time we learn and provide more evidence-based therapies so that our [read more...]

NephMadness 2016: Why We Do This

March 10, 2016 // 1 Comment

Today is World Kidney Day. The day on the calendar when we are supposed to spend some time thinking about our kidneys. Well, the team at AJKD blog never stops thinking about kidneys. We’re weird that way, so we use World Kidney Day to do something [read more...]