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Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: The ISPD Advice

Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis: The ISPD Advice

This week, we will discuss the fresh-off-the-press ISPD guidelines on encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis. We are happy to have support from the ISPD for organizing this - and making the manuscript open, and also the ISPD Vancouver 2018 team, who will be co-hosting the #NephJC chat. 

Can Canaglifozin Communicate Consistency with CANVAS?

Can Canaglifozin Communicate Consistency with CANVAS?

Were the EMPA-REG Renal results chance, or is this a class effect? Let's take a deep dive into CANVAS, published in the NEJM recently, which examined the cardiovascular safety of canaglifozin in type 2 diabetes. 

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'?