NephrologyNow The Ultimate Guide to Kidney Disease Research

This clinical practice feature reviews the common clinical problem of calcium stones. It begins with a case and then highlights various treatment strategies as well as reviews formal guidelines.

This clinical review nicely summarizes how to manage acute kidney injury perioperatively, including recognizing and preventing common pitfalls in this setting.

This article highlights the findings of several key trials that were published in the field of chronic kidney disease in 2009.

This concise review discusses the rationale for the use of phosphate binders in kidney disease and summarizes therapeutic strategies.

This addition to the AJKD Core Curriculum series reviews “Toxic Nephropathies”.

This review discusses the role of statins in dialysis patients and offers insight into the interpretation of AURORA and the 4D study.

This indepth review looks at diabetic autonomic and peripheral neuropathy in patients with stages 4-5 CKD or ESRD undergoing dialysis. The evidence supporting the available therapeutic options and the challenges associated with providing adequate care as well as future directions for investigation are discussed.

This NEJM clinical practice article highlights the management of chronic kidney disease with a look at supporting evidence and review of formal guidelines.

An up to date clinical review on hyperkalemia.

This is a comprehensive review of the 10% of atypical HUS cases that are not caused by Shigs-like toxin or streptococci. With a worse overall prognosis, this articles looks at the pathobiology of this syndrome and its diagnosis and management.

From Nature.com: “Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a clinicopathologic syndrome in which one or more clinical events, usually thrombocytopenia or thrombosis, are temporally related to heparin administration and caused by HIT antibodies. This Review examines HIT from a renal perspective, discussing manifestations of HIT in patients on renal replacement therapy, the recent association of HIT with [...]

This review discusses the renal impact of lithium usage and offers guidance on monitoring, drug interactions, and when to consider discontinuation.

This concise review provides a clinical perspective on Staphylococcus aureus infections in hemodialysis practice.  Free full text access kindly provided by the American Society of Nephrology.