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5 min read 2022-12-21 18:00:28

Renal Denervation: Are We There Yet?

Edgar Lerma @edgarvlermamd Dr. Edgar Lerma is a clinical nephrologist practicing in the south suburbs of Chicago. He holds the rank of Clinical

3 min read 2022-06-15 17:00:09

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) are an emerging class of medications that have become increasingly popular in medication regimens

3 min read 2021-12-22 18:00:04

It is widely accepted that estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and urine albumin creatinine ratio have been used as measures in chronic

5 min read 2021-10-13 17:00:37

A recent AJKD Core Curriculum from Vondracek et al tackles the broad topic of pharmacotherapy. In this piece, the authors discuss basic principles

1 min read 2021-06-03 17:00:29

With the prevalence of urinary stone disease (USD) nearly doubling over the last 15 years, there has been a concomitant rise in the impact it has on

1 min read 2021-05-19 17:00:41

A recent Core Curriculum in AJKD from Theresa K. Chen and colleagues focuses on one of the most bread-and-butter topics for nephrology—reducing

4 min read 2020-10-08 05:02:34

Image from Pixabay / Gerald SARS-CoV2 is a virus that has shaken the scientific community to its core. As we struggle to catch up to a rapidly

3 min read 2020-09-04 17:15:04

The coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic of 2019 is an unparalleled time in our history with an unprecedented strain on the US healthcare system,

3 min read 2020-06-15 17:30:42

With the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative (AAKHI), there has been renewed interest in home dialysis, particularly peritoneal dialysis (PD)

4 min read 2020-02-21 05:30:40

Many different definitions of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) have appeared in the literature since it was first reported in 1954. It is commonly

3 min read 2019-11-22 06:00:46

The “Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire 2019” session was held on Nov 7, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. Click here for more

2 min read 2019-11-21 06:00:22

The “Linking Lifestyle, BP, and Kidney Diseases: What Is the Evidence?” session was held on Nov 7, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington,

4 min read 2019-11-20 06:00:26

The “Drilling Down on Acute Interstitial Nephritis” session was held on Nov 8, 2019, at the ASN #KidneyWk in Washington, DC. I had the distinct

3 min read 2019-10-07 17:04:47

Intradialytic hypotension (IDH) is sometimes defined as a decrease in systolic BP by ≥20 mm Hg or a decrease in mean arterial pressure of 10 mm Hg

3 min read 2019-08-15 17:00:30

There has been significant interest in SGLT2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) as novel oral anti-hyperglycemic agents that have been recently approved for the