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Jade Teakell
Shedding Light on the Dense Matter of C3 ...

This week, we will discuss the role of ApoE in determining the subtypes of C3 Glomerulopathy.

Shedding Light on the Dense Matter of C3 Glomerulopathy
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swapnil hiremath
Healing, Hype, or Harm: The NefIgArd trial

This week, we will discuss the final results of the NEFIGARD trial with the GFR slope data. Is targeted release budesonide aka Nefecon really a way to provide steroid efficacy without steroid side effects?

Healing, Hype, or Harm: The NefIgArd trial
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Cristina Adriana Popa
PRAECISely Predicting Preeclampsia

This week, we tag along with NephMadness. It will be hard to stay impartial while discussing the role of angiogenic and antiangiogenic factors in severe preeclampsia prognosis.

PRAECISely Predicting Preeclampsia
Background
swapnil hiremath
The Worldwide Shadow of Kidney Disease

This week, during kidney month and NephMadness season, we will discuss the USRDS report as well as the ISN Global Kidney Health Atlas report from 2024.

The Worldwide Shadow of Kidney Disease
Background
swapnil hiremath
The PROTECT-V platform - RENALISM no more?

This week on NephTrials we will discuss the PROTECT-V trial, a platform trial for preventing COVID-19 infections in the vulnerable kidney populations.

The PROTECT-V platform - RENALISM no more?

Background

Does Contrast cause acute Kidney Injury?

Does Contrast cause acute Kidney Injury?

Iodinated contrast is well known to cause acute kidney injury (AKI), mainly from its physico-chemical properties, and is the commonly cited as being the third most common cause of AKI in hospitalized patients. But is this really true? Even the term contrast-induced AKI (CI-AKI) is now being increasingly replaced by contrast-associated AKI (CA-AKI), and could contrast be an 'innocent bystander'?

Fistula Failure: Can Anesthesia Solve our Vexing Vascular Access Problems?

Fistula Failure: Can Anesthesia Solve our Vexing Vascular Access Problems?

Historically nephrology is a specialty that has been criticized for it’s inability to produce high quality randomized controlled clinical trials designed to answer a specific question. So, when the Lancet publishes the results of a clinical trial in the field it is worth taking note.