There is a lot of religion that goes into fluid management in the post-operative period, so having randomized data in this common population is important.
Peritoneal dialysis versus Furosemide. Fight!
This week, we will discuss the AHA/ACC 2025 hypertension guideline update. Wow, have eight years flown by?
This week, we will discuss the ACHIEVE trial. Will spironolactone achieve CV benefits in ESRD?
The summer book club started in 2015, with one of the best books we have done in book club, Atul Gawande's Being Mortal. I think it should be required reading for all physicians. So now, in 2025, it is the NephJC Summer Book’s tenth anniversary (which represents our eleventh book). The history has been rich:
This week, we will discuss the phosphate targets in dialysis. Are you aiming for HIgh or Low?
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'?