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Don't Eat the Leaves 22 Aug 2013 | 01:48 am
Hyperoxaluria is an important risk factor for kidney stones, approximately 80% of which are primarily composed of calcium oxalate. Hyperoxaluria is typically diagnosed by performing a 24 hour urine co...
Plasma Exchange for Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (AAV)? 16 Aug 2013 | 08:57 pm
There has been lots of new data in the AAV literature of late. We have new nomenclature, including the dropping of Freidrich Wegeners’ name for the more generic but descriptive granulomatosis plus ang...
Chloride: Queen of the Electrolytes 15 Aug 2013 | 01:23 am
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In June's edition of JASN Jacques et al. highlighted the emerging importance of the role of chloride in the pathogenesis of hypertension. Their g...
Renal transplant across an ABO barrier 15 Aug 2013 | 01:18 am
A 24 year-old ESRD patient secondary to IgA nephropathy has been on HD for almost one year. His mother is a potential donor for living related kidney transplant. The condition seemed perfect—zero mism...
Ten Things Every Primary Care Physician Should Know 12 Aug 2013 | 07:33 pm
An article from a few years ago that might provoke some discussion. Some of the recommendations are a little out of date (I don't think I would target a Hb of 12 anymore in patients with CKD) but over...
Hypocalcemia - What's the diagnosis - Answer 6 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
This was an interesting case. A woman with a previous history of hyperparathyroidism and multiple neck surgeries who developed severe, symptomatic hypocalcemia 3 hours following a parathyroidectomy wa...
Ultrasound Course for Nephrologists 2 Aug 2013 | 09:23 pm
Continuing our practice of highlighting excellent courses for Nephrologists and Fellows, here is a message from Professor W. Charles O'Neill regarding the annual Ultrasound for Nephrologists Course at...
Hypocalcemia - What's the Diagnosis? 1 Aug 2013 | 07:54 pm
A 36yr old woman with a history of PCKD was referred for surgical treatment of hyperparathyroidism. She had a history of two prior failed kidney transplants following which she had been on dialysis fo...
eJournal Club - Session length and weight gain 28 Jul 2013 | 07:52 pm
This month's eJournal club concerns a paper published by a fellow from our institution that attempts to get to the bottom of an interesting question: in patients with a high interdialytic weight gain ...
The potential danger in treating Hypothermia-induced Hypokalemia 26 Jul 2013 | 12:30 am
The post from Veeraish earlier this week reminded me of this patient who demonstrated an important learning point regarding hypokalemia in hypothermic patients. A 75 year old woman was found unconscio...
