Nephrology
Conference Coverage
DDW: VIDEO: What we don’t know in the management of liver disease and coagulopathy
WASHINGTON – Your patient has cirrhosis, platelets 60,000 mm3, an INR of 2.0, serum creatinine of 1.2 mg/dL, and requires an endoscopic retrograde...
Conference Coverage
ILC: Direct antivirals safely clear HCV despite ESRD
Key clinical point: The trio of direct antiviral agents marketed as Viekira Pak safely eradicated chronic genotype 1 hepatitis C infection in...
Commentary
Avoiding metformin in renal insufficiency
News
T cells remain best urinary biomarker for lupus nephritis
News
Gastric bypass patients on calcium had higher rates of kidney stone growth
Key clinical point: Calcium supplementation for post-gastric bypass surgery patients may increase the risk of kidney stone growth. Major finding:...
Conference Coverage
Acute renal failure biggest short-term risk in I-EVAR explantation
Key clinical point: Minimizing cross-clamp time may reduce the rate of acute renal failure 30 days post op in infected EVAR explantation patients...
News
Blacks, Hispanics less likely than whites to receive pre-ESRD care
News
Smoking linked to many ‘new’ causes of death
Key clinical point: Smoking is now thought to cause many deaths from infections; renal failure; liver cirrhosis; digestive diseases; and breast,...
News
Furosemide stress test predicted acute kidney injury progression
Key clinical point: A furosemide stress test may help predict progression to stage 3 acute kidney injury. Major finding: Two-hour urine output...