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Determinants of Discard of Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys: Impact of Biopsy and Machine Perfusion
Pumping and performing biopsies on ECD kidneys may help facilitate both refusal by centers with low utilization rates and acceptance by centers with high utilization rates.
Expert Viewpoint, May 9, 2008
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Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information
Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
Expert Viewpoint, May 9, 2008
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Embracing the Future: RPA 2008 Annual Meeting
Dale Singer, MHA, Executive Director of the Renal Physicians Association (RPA), provides an overview of the recent 2008 Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.
Conference Coverage, May 7, 2008
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Pharmacovigilance in Nephrology
Recent controversies about heparin contamination from China and ESA adverse effects raise questions about drug safety and FDA oversight.
Expert Viewpoint, May 6, 2008
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How to Treat Skin Infections, Including MRSA, in 2008
Erik Schraga, MD, with Stanford-Kaiser Santa Clara Emergency Medicine in California, explains the correct way to treat skin abscesses in 2008.
Editorial, May 5, 2008
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Transplant Glomerulopathy
Our understanding of transplant glomerulopathy is increasing but can we do anything about it?
Journal Article, May 2, 2008
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Patients: An Untapped Safety Resource
Julia A. Hallisy, DDS, a dentist in San Francisco, California, teaches how patients can protect themselves.
Editorial, May 2, 2008
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Development of Medical Checklists for Improved Quality of Patient Care
What is the evidence to support using medical checklists? Do they play a fundamental role in error management?
Journal Article, May 1, 2008
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CME
Time of Day Is Associated With Postoperative Morbidity: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data
Does working nine-to-five keep your patients alive?”
Journal Article, April 30, 2008
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Underutilization of Thromboprophylaxis in Patients With Heart Failure
Gregory Piazza, MD, Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, discusses how poorly many hospitals are preventing deep vein thrombosis.
Expert Viewpoint, April 30, 2008
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CME
Time of Day Is Associated With Postoperative Morbidity: An Analysis of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Data
Does working nine-to-five keep your patients alive?
Journal Article, April 30, 2008
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Announcing the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Section of The Medscape Journal of Medicine
David Goldenberg, MD, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Pennsylvania State University, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, announces this new section of The Medscape Journal.
Editorial, April 29, 2008
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CME/CE
Drug Mix-Ups Threaten Patient Safety
Many medications are easily confused with other drugs that have similar names. How can you help avoid harmful mix-ups?
Clinical Case, April 29, 2008
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Assessment of Prognosis of Cirrhosis
Once patients with cirrhosis experience decompensation, early mortality risk increases sharply.
Journal Article, April 28, 2008
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Vitamin D and the Diabetic Patient
Daniel W. Coyne, MD, Professor of Medicine at Washington University, describes the consequences of low vitamin D and the potential to increase the risk for diabetes mellitus.
Expert Viewpoint, April 28, 2008
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"Jake Leg," Other Poisonings, Physicians as Canaries, and the FDA
Emily Friedman, an independent health policy and ethics analyst, reminds us why doctors must be "canaries" and the FDA must act.
Editorial, April 28, 2008
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Surgery for Diabetes?
Kelvin D. Higa, MD, FACS, President of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, explains why surgery may be the best choice for treating morbid obesity.
Editorial, April 25, 2008
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A Randomized, Multicenter Study of Steroid Avoidance, Early Steroid Withdrawal or Standard Steroid Therapy in Kidney Transplant Recipients
The multicenter FREEDOM examined steroid withdrawal vs avoidance in standard-risk renal transplant patients receiving CsA-ME, EC-MPS and basiliximab.
Journal Article, April 24, 2008
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Primum Non Nocere
It is time for the transplant community to develop a consensus on when the risk to the living donor is justified and when it is not, in relationship to the potential benefits to the recipient.
Journal Article, April 21, 2008
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Strategies To Reduce Clinical Inertia In Hypertensive Kidney Transplant Recipients
Many kidney transplant recipients have hypertension. Elevated systolic blood pressures are associated with lower patient and kidney allograft survival.
Journal Article, April 21, 2008
