Search results for "Nephrology"
MKSAP Quiz: Episode of blood in urine
This question can be found in MKSAP 17 in the Nephrology section, item 8.
November 2016
K, kidneys, and ketoacidosis | Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 News | ACP Internist
Contraindications to sodium polystyrene sulfonate, alternative treatments for hyperkalemia, and SGLT2 inhibitors were covered at Wednesday's hospital medicine precourse in a quick review of issues in inpatient nephrology. ... Contraindications and
April 2019
A nephrologic mystery
A nephrologic mystery. I'm at Renal Week (the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology) in beautiful 60 degree (!) Denver this week, so expect lots of reports on kidneys
July 2020
New, new guidelines
New, new guidelines. Last year at the American Society of Nephrology meeting (Renal Week then, now Kidney Week), I went to a session on KDIGO guidelines about acute kidney injury.
July 2020
QD: News Every Day--Blacks have twice the rate of ESRD despite half the CKD of whites
Results appeared in the Clinical Journal of the American Journal of Nephrology.
July 2020
For doctors who blog, a 5-letter mnemonic and a top 10 list about professionalism
The American Society of Nephrology has adopted social media, specifically, Twitter, Dr.
July 2020
Cirrhosis chalk talk
Some days on ward rounds we have time for relatively short chalk talks. Over the years I have developed many. Learners seem to like this one...
July 2020
The symptom or the problem?
"I don't know if I want to take this pain medicine," people have told me more than once. "I want to know what's really wrong with me and not...
July 2020
The story of the FENa test
In September 1976 I was a second year internal medicine resident at the Medical College of Virginia. My attending physician, Dr. Carlos Espi...
July 2020
With diagnosis, the adjectives are just as important as the nouns
Is it mostly emphysema or chronic bronchitis? This article The CKD Classification System in the Precision Medicine Era from the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology speaks loudly to
July 2020