Primary Care

Nephrology   

Questions discussed in this category



Zarnegar R, et al. The aldsoteronoma resolution score: predicting complete resolution of hypertension after adrenalectomy for aldosteronoma.  PMI...

How do you approach increasing urinary citrate levels in a patient with recurrent calcium nephrolithiasis who has hypocitraturia non-acidic urine?

If a patient has received a kidney transplant for SLE-LN and is stable and doing well. Managed by their transplant team and on chronic immunosuppressi...

See dapagliflozin drug insert form which states Farxiga is not recommended for patients with PKD.

How do you monitor response and what do you consider a satisfactory response? Do you aim for a certain threshold of proteinuria?

Do you insist on ambulatory/home blood pressures to rule in/out white coat hypertension? Does your practice have a system to log patients' BPs to supp...

Do you refer all patients with suspected LN, patients with confirmed LN, or patients with specific features (not responding to usual therapy, certain ...

What doses of allopurinol do you use, and how frequently do you titrate the dose?

Would you bridge with enoxaparin 0.7 mg/kg/day in an ESKD patient, as described in a previous retrospective study (Pon et al., PMID: 24718051)?


Papers discussed in this category


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JAMA, 2019-02-12

The New England journal of medicine, 2019-06-13

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2021 Apr 20

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Kidney Int Rep, 2022 May 05

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Kidney Int Rep, 2021 Oct 06

Kidney360, 2023 Mar 01

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Clin Kidney J, 2021 Dec 21

Clin Exp Nephrol, 2021 Nov 13

Kidney Int, 2021 Sep 14

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The New England journal of medicine, 2021 Nov 05

Kidney Int, 2002 Jul

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Arch Osteoporos, 2017 Jul 19

BMJ Case Rep, 2022 Jul 08

Arthritis Res Ther, 2014 Mar 24

N Engl J Med, 2023 Mar 02

Circulation, 2020 Aug 29

Kidney360, 2021 Feb 01

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2014-07

Kidney Int, 2021 Mar

Pediatr Transplant, 2018 Dec 09

N Engl J Med, 2015 Nov 09

Kidney Int, 1998 Jan

Sci Rep, 2019 Jul 19

Ann Intern Med, 2019 Jul 30

JAMA, 2019-08-13

Kidney Int, 2019 Jan

Nat Rev Nephrol, 2015 Nov 16

J Rheumatol, 2017 May 15

Gastroenterology, 2019-09

Kidney360, 2022 Jan 04

Diabetes Metab, 2021 Dec 13

The New England journal of medicine, 2013 Jul 10

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 2021 Feb 18

Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 2021 Nov 07

Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2020 Jan 27

Circulation, 2021 Dec 14

JAMA neurology, 2022 Apr 01

Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2022 Oct 31

Circulation, 2011-12-20

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2013-01

American journal of nephrology, 2013

Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021 Jun 26

Kidney international, 2022 Nov

Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association, 2023 Jan 18

Cardiovascular diabetology, 2024 Feb 08

The New England journal of medicine, 2024 May 24

Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN, 2017-08-07

The New England journal of medicine, 2022 Nov 04

Current opinion in rheumatology, 2018 Jul

European journal of medical research, 2009 Dec 07

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2018 Jun 27

Kidney360, 2023 Nov 22

Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America, 2006 Feb

The New England journal of medicine, 1986 Mar 06

BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy, 2003

Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis, 2023 Jan 04

Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, 2015-01

Lancet (London, England), 2005 Mar 12-18

Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation, 2019 Oct 07

Circulation, 2008 Jun 09

Special care in dentistry : official publication of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, the Academy of Dentistry for the Handicapped, and the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, 1999 May-Jun

Nephrology (Carlton, Vic.), 2004 Jun

Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2023 Oct 12

Kidney international, 2024 Jan

Lupus, 2023 Sep 27

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.), 2023 Jul 19

Diabetes, obesity & metabolism, 2024 Apr 28

The New England journal of medicine, 2018-03-29

Lancet, 2020 Nov 09

Kidney international, 2002-11

Medicine, 1979 Sep

Arthritis care & research, 2012-10

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2005 Mar 02

American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 2020 Sep

Lancet (London, England), 2024 Jun 27

Clinical transplantation, 2020 Nov 22

Arthritis care & research, 2023 Nov 28

The New England journal of medicine, 1980-02-21

The New England journal of medicine, 2018 Sep 13

Circulation, 2019-06-18

The Journal of surgical research, 2012 Aug 15

American journal of nephrology, 2018

Clinical kidney journal, 2020 Dec 17

Diabetes care, 2025 Jan 01

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 1994-11

International journal of women's health, 2020 May 25

Advances in kidney disease and health, 2023 Sep