Welcome to #NephMadness 2026
Our beautiful baby has grown into a moody, hormonal teen. That’s right, it’s year 14 of NephMadness! Whether this is your first time or you are a seasoned [...]
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#NephMadness 2026: Blue Ribbon Panel
NephMadness 2026 starts in just over a month! Sixteen teams will battle it out for the title, and a new champion will be crowned. But who actually chooses the winners and [...]
Phosphorus, Tenapanor, and Vitamin Water?: An Interview
Hyperphosphatemia remains a major challenge in managing patients with kidney failure and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In a Mini-Review recently [...]
Quantifying Proteinuria: An Interview
Proteinuria plays a central role in the diagnosis of kidney disease and has a high prognostic value. The test methods used differ considerably regarding their impact on test [...]
Renal Tubular Acidosis: An Interview
Renal tubular acidoses (RTAs) are a subset of non-anion gap metabolic acidoses that result from complex disturbances in renal acid excretion. In a Core Curriculum recently [...]
#NephMadness 2025: The Winners
NephMadness 2025 brought us the both the most competitive matchups and brackets in our illustrious history. Team CAR-T for Autoimmune Diseases from the CAR-T for Kidney [...]
Nephrolithiasis: An Interview
Kidney stone disease, also known as nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a disorder in which urinary solutes precipitate to form aggregates of crystalline material in the [...]
Hyperkalemia and Potassium Binders: A Panel Discussion
In a recent Original Investigation published in AJKD, David Bushinsky and colleagues characterized the effect of patiromer on serum phosphorus in patients with CKD, [...]
Approach to Interpreting Kidney Histology: A Discussion
In a recent Core Curriculum published in AJKD, Behzad Najafian and colleagues describe approaches to allocate and process kidney biopsies, as well as differential diagnoses [...]
Atherosclerotic Renovascular Disease: A Panel Discussion
In a recent Special Report published in AJKD, Caitlin W. Hicks and colleagues discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of atherosclerotic renovascular disease [...]