Nephrology Perspective and Journal Articles

• Nephrologist #COVIDWarrior: 'We Are Winning Some of These Battles' After 2 weeks on the frontlines of Detroit treating COVID-19 patients, nephrologist Joel Topf provides a rundown on his clinical observations.
  Medscape Nephrology, April 03, 2020
• Salt Loading in ADHF -- Really? Hypertonic saline in acute decompensated heart failure promotes anxiety in physicians; however, a new study rekindles the idea of promoting natriuresis through increasing renal plasma flow.
  Medscape Nephrology, March 31, 2020
• Topol: US Betrays Healthcare Workers in Coronavirus Disaster Many US healthcare workers started this year already suffering from burnout, but the worst was yet to come.
  Medscape, March 30, 2020
• Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: What's the Evidence?   Everyone is talking about hydroxychloroquine and COVID-19, but there is no time to wait for large randomized trials. Will this be the end of evidence-based medicine as we know it?
  Medscape, March 25, 2020
• NKF 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from NKF 2020
  Medscape Nephrology, March 23, 2020
• Is Patient Race Important -- Or Just Convenient?   Every clinical presentation begins with the patient's age, race, and gender. But what does race really tell us?
  Medscape, March 18, 2020
• ISN 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ISN 2020
  Medscape Nephrology, March 17, 2020
• Managing Hypervolemia: Is More Diuretic Better? Dr Tejas Desai compares the seemingly contradictory results of the DOSE and DRAIN trials of loop diuretics in acute decompensated heart failure.
  Medscape Nephrology, February 27, 2020
• My Wrenching Decision to Leave Medicine After more than a decade as an internist, a physician explains why she is turning to entrepreneurship rather than to daily medical practice.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, February 26, 2020
• Rituximab for Nephrotic Syndrome in Kids: A Note of Caution Dr William Basco hesitates to recommend an immediate switch to rituximab as a steroid-sparing agent in children with nephrotic syndrome.
  Medscape Pediatrics, February 15, 2019
• High-Protein Diet is Bad for Kidney Health High-protein dieting has risen in popularity, but could it actually harm the kidneys? This editorial explores the issue.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, February 19, 2020
• AIN: Maybe Nephrologists Don't Know It All Are nephrologists too complacent about acute interstitial nephritis? Tejas Desai, MD, reviews recent data suggesting that AIN is on the rise and is a major contributor to acute kidney injury.
  Medscape Nephrology, February 06, 2020
• A Few Minutes on the Potential Harm of Predictive Models   Models designed to predict response to therapy may not actually be doing that at all, says Dr Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, January 08, 2020
• Malpractice Case: Who Monitors Medication -- The Specialist or the PCP? When it comes to a patient's medication, specialists and primary care physicians need to agree on who monitors the effects of the prescription.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, January 06, 2020
• 'Frustration and Disbelief' Over Drug Shortages   Drs Robert Glatter and Paul Biddinger discuss drug shortages, including potential causes and solutions.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, January 03, 2020
• Rituximab Over Tacrolimus in Steroid-Dependent Nephrotic Syndrome? Dr Desai reviews recent trials comparing steroid-sparing agents used to treat corticosteroid-dependent children with nephrotic syndrome.
  Medscape Nephrology, November 30, 2018
• Do PPIs Increase the Risk for Renal Damage or Mortality? Dr Tejas Desai looks into the latest analysis on the potential adverse effects of proton pump inhibitors and asks whether de-escalation measures should be implemented.
  Medscape Nephrology, December 23, 2019
• The Charlie Brown of Supplements Strikes Out Again   Vitamin D and fish oil fall flat again in type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease. But this is not a bad thing, says Dr F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, November 13, 2019
• Kidney Injury Is Not Prevented By Hydration Alone This editorial comments on a recent study regarding the impact of hydration on acute kidney injury events among patients undergoing TAVI.
  European Heart Journal, November 06, 2019
• Kidney Week 2019 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from Kidney Week 2019
  Medscape Nephrology, October 31, 2019