A 75-year-old woman who received a deceased donor kidney transplant 3 months previously was admitted to the hospital for vomiting, diarrhea, and gross hematuria. Serum creatinine level was 3.3mg/dL, from a baseline serum creatinine level of 0.8mg/dL 2 weeks earlier.
Dr. George Vasquez Rios (@GeorgeVasquezR2) is a graduate of the clinician-scientist track in Nephrology and Glomerular Disease at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount…
AJKDBlog Interviews Editor Timothy Yau (@Maximal_Change) caught up with Juan-Jesús Carrero (@jjcarrero1) and Edouard Fu (@FuEdouard) to chat about their research recently published in AJKD on disc…
Acute kidney injury (AKI) survivors experience gaps at care transitions. Inadequate monitoring of kidney function after discharge, exposure to avoidable nephrotoxic medications, and failure to…
Ranim Razzouk, MD @RazzoukRanim Dr. Ranim Razzouk is a senior Nephrology and Hypertension Fellow at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Her interests include kidney…
AJKDBlog Interviews Editor Timothy Yau (@Maximal_Change) talked with Wing-Chi Gigi Yeung about her systematic review recently published in AJKD evaluating the effects of vitamin D…
The Columbia classification of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) describes 5 variants, of which the cellular variant is the rarest. This variant is more common in…
Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. This study investigated neurocognitive impairment, brain volume, and alterations in…
The new year is almost upon us! Before we know it, it will be March again, and time for NephMadness 2025! This year the…
A 62-year-old man was transferred to our hospital for evaluation and management of hemoptysis and dyspnea that had started 5 days earlier. Review of systems…
Although functional impairment is common among older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD), functional reserve before an acute health event and physical resilience after the…
