A NephJC Shorts discussion of the long term data on kidney failure in FSGS and MCD
Ensayo HiLo: el resumen visual
Aunque sabemos que el fósforo elevado se asocia consistentemente con mayor mortalidad y eventos cardiovasculares, aún no existe evidencia definitiva de que bajarlo de forma agresiva cambie el pronóstico.
Revisemos el resumen visual del estudio HiLo, creado Sejal Lakhani que evaluó objetivos altos vs. bajos de fósforo sérico en pacientes en hemodiálisis.
High or Low Phosphate? Are we Missing the (P)oint?
Is Eculizumab a good Complement in STEC-HUS?
MesoAmerican Nephropathy: More Light on the Heat Hypothesis?
Antibiotics are bad, the Stone Edition
Longer is Better, Except when it is Not, Really: Hemodialysis Edition
Does an AKI episode Impact Subsequent Pregnancy?
Walk your way away from hospitalizations.
We had two good chats in the shadow of the impending Holiday vacation. Here are the summaries:
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'?
