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NephMadness 2014: Electrolytes Bracket
go to nephmadness.com for background | Submit your picks! | Follow #NephMadness on Twitter This is a highly charged bracket of teams all trying to balance, bind, or buffer their way to the title. For...
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Test Your Knowledge: Anion Gap in Metabolic Acidosis
The serum anion gap is a common tool used in clinical practice. Recent advances have led to a new mnemonic GOLD MARK to differentiate the various causes of anion gap metabolic acidosis. A recent...
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Kidney Week 2014: Membranous Nephropathy
In the Friday November 14th 2014 session “Primary and Secondary Membranous Nephropathy”, Dr. Heather Reich from Toronto General Hospital talked about the value of the anti-phospholipase A2 receptor...
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Recap of eAJKD’s coverage of Kidney Week 2014
Check out all of the coverage of the American Society of Nephrology’s 2014 Kidney Week in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by eAJKD’s Kenar Jhaveri, Edgar Lerma, Matt Sparks, Joel Topf, Craig Gordon,...
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Is There Still a Place for Niacin in the CKD Therapeutic Armamentarium?
Copyright: wuk/123RF Stock Photo In the May issue of AJKD, Streja et al reviewed the use of niacin in the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). The review explores the effects of niacin on lipid...
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An Unexpected Gap: Effects of Salicylates and Other Conditions on the Serum...
In an article recently published in AJKD, Dr. Michael Emmett reported a case of salicylate poisoning in association with a negative serum anion gap. Salicylate poisoning is classically associated with...
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Test Your Knowledge: Evaluation of Polyuria
A recent article by Bhasin et al published in the March issue of AJKD describes a case of mixed polyuria in the outpatient setting associated with high solute and water intake. The following questions...
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The Many Gaps of Methanol Poisoning
Benjah-bmm27 / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain In a recent AJKD article, Kraut reviews some of the pearls and pitfalls in the diagnosis and management of methanol intoxication. The clinical...
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#NephMadness 2018: Which Team Will Reign Supreme in Hyponatremia?
Helbert Rondon, MD Dr. Rondon is Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Training Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Follow...
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Spurious Electrolytes in Malignancy
Dr. Helbert Rondon, @NephroMD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Renal-Electrolyte Division at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he also serves as the Program Director of...
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