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Adrenal Incidentaloma: A Review for Primary Care
05/31/2023
Incidental adrenal tumors are common but are most often asymptomatic. The challenge for primary care providers is to determine the hormone secretion status and malignancy potential. This article outlines...
05/31/2023
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Case in Point
A Case of Oral Valacyclovir-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
05/18/2023

Geethika Thota, MD1• Mehak Bassi, MD2 • Niraj Ballam Nagaraj, MD3

Geethika Thota, MD1• Mehak Bassi, MD2 • Niraj Ballam Nagaraj, MD3
A 39-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department reporting low back pain, nausea, and vomiting for 1 day.
05/18/2023
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James Matera, DO
Podcast
Tools For a Successful Urgent-Start Peritoneal Dialysis Program
05/14/2023
05/14/2023
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Nutritional Status as a Predictor of CKD Adverse Events
03/26/2023
03/26/2023
Legal Pearl
Legal Pearl
When Treatment Poses a Danger
02/16/2023
A 63-year-old man with hepatitis C, cirrhosis of the liver, end-stage liver disease, renal failure, and congestive heart failure, was brought to the hospital by ambulance for complaints of weakness in his...
02/16/2023
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Pop Quiz: Kidney Disease Progression in Lupus Nephritis
09/04/2022
Lupus nephritis can lead to endstage kidney disease, with catastrophic progression to ESKD within several years of onset relatively uncommon. What factors are associated with the risk of catastrophic...
09/04/2022
Health Outcomes
Health Outcomes
Pop Quiz: CKD Prognosis Risk
03/27/2022
If a patient presents with a GFR category G3a and a persistent albuminuria category of A2, to which risk category does he or she belong? Test your knowledge with our latest pop quiz!
03/27/2022
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FIGARO-DKD Trial Outcomes
11/02/2021
In FIGARO-DKD, the primary outcome measure is a composite of death from cardiovascular causes, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke, or hospitalization for heart failure. Of these outcomes, do...
11/02/2021

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Podcast
James Matera, DO
Podcast
Tools For a Successful Urgent-Start Peritoneal Dialysis Program
05/14/2023
05/14/2023
Expert Q&A
Expert Q&A
Chronic Kidney Disease and Aging
05/10/2023
In this Q&A, Ping Liu, PhD, and Pietro Ravani, MD, PhD, answer our questions about the diagnosis and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and discuss how the current definition of CKD does not...
05/10/2023
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Eric Gottlieb, MD, MS
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Estimated GFR With Cystatin C and Creatinine in Clinical Practice
05/02/2023
In this video, Eric Gottlieb, MD, MS, discusses the use of cystatin C vs creatinine to estimate glomerular filtration rate in diverse patient populations and how the use of cystatin C to estimate GFR can...
05/02/2023
Multidisciplinary Dialogue: Clinical Rounds and Case Reviews, Ep. 4
Multidisciplinary Dialogue
Multidisciplinary Dialogue: Clinical Rounds and Case Reviews, Ep. 4
A Patient With Metabolic Alkalosis
04/15/2023
04/15/2023
Expert Q&A
Will Herrington, MA, MBBS, MD
Expert Q&A
Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
04/10/2023
In this Q and A, Chief Investigator of the EMPA-KIDNEY trial, William Herrington, MA, MBBS, MD, answers questions about the results of the trial, including the effects of the SGLT2 inhibitor, empagliflozin,...
04/10/2023