NephSAP: Active Issues
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CKD affects >26 million Americans and can lead to early cardiovascular disease and kidney failure (1,2). CKD has a variable course, and predicting its rate of progression can help identify high-risk individuals for personalized interventions (3).
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Volume 16, Number 3, September 2017
Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression
Holly J. Kramer, MD and Sankar D. Navaneethan, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
CKD affects >26 million Americans and can lead to early cardiovascular disease and kidney failure (1,2). CKD has a variable course, and predicting its rate of progression can help identify high-risk individuals for personalized interventions (3)....
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AKI is a common and serious medical condition associated with significant increases in morbidity, mortality, and cost of care.
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Volume 16, Number 2, May 2017
Acute Kidney Injury and Critical Care Nephrology
Jay L. Koyner, MD and Charuhas V. Thakar, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
AKI is a common and serious medical condition associated with significant increases in morbidity, mortality, and cost of care....
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Hyperkalemia is the bane of the renal patient’s existence, not to mention that of his or her nephrologist.
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Volume 16, Number 1, March 2017
Electrolytes and Acid-Base Disorders
Asghar Rastegar, MD and Manoocher Soleimani, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Hyperkalemia is the bane of the renal patient’s existence, not to mention that of his or her nephrologist....
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In recent years, substantial evidence supporting an association between inadequate fluid management and adverse outcomes among individuals receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD) has accumulated.
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Volume 15, Number 5, November 2016
End-Stage Renal Disease and Dialysis
Ruediger W. Lehrich, MD and John P. Middleton, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
In recent years, substantial evidence supporting an association between inadequate fluid management and adverse outcomes among individuals receiving maintenance hemodialysis (HD) has accumulated....
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Three hormones, parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitriol [1,25-(OH)2D], and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23), play an important role in maintenance of calcium and phosphorus homeostasis.
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Volume 15, Number 4, September 2016
Disorders of Divalent Ions, Renal Bone Disease, and Nephrolithiasis
Stanley Goldfarb, MD and Kevin J. Martin, MBBCh
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Three hormones, parathyroid hormone (PTH), calcitriol [1,25-(OH)2D], and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23), play an important role in maintenance of calcium and phosphorus homeostasis....
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This issue of the Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (NephSAP), the eighth in a series dating back almost 15 years, is devoted to a critical assessment of the recently published literature on the topics of primary and secondary glomerular diseases of the
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Volume 15, Number 3, July 2016
Primary and Secondary Glomerular Diseases
Richard J. Glassock, MD and Brad H. Rovin, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
This issue of the Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (NephSAP), the eighth in a series dating back almost 15 years, is devoted to a critical assessment of the recently published literature on the topics of primary and secondary glomerular diseases of the ...
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When the editors of this issue of the Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (NephSAP) requested a septuagenarian obstetrician (JMD) and an octogenarian nephrologist (MDL) to provide an editorial, our immediate response was a labor of love.
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Volume 15, Number 2, May 2016
Pregnancy and Kidney Disease
Kate Bramham, MBBS, PhD, Michelle A. Hladunewich, MD, MSc, Belinda Jim, MD and Sharon E. Maynard, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
When the editors of this issue of the Nephrology Self-Assessment Program (NephSAP) requested a septuagenarian obstetrician (JMD) and an octogenarian nephrologist (MDL) to provide an editorial, our immediate response was a labor of love....
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Obesity and hypertension remain a public health dilemma (1–3). In this context, more than one-third of US adults are obese and about 28.5% have high blood pressure (1).
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Volume 15, Number 1, March 2016
Hypertension
Debbie L. Cohen, MD and Aldo J. Peixoto, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Obesity and hypertension remain a public health dilemma (1–3). In this context, more than one-third of US adults are obese and about 28.5% have high blood pressure (1)....
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Kidney transplantation has enjoyed substantial success over the last decades, not only in terms of patient and graft survivals, but also in terms of low rejection rates in the first year of transplantation.
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Volume 14, Number 5, November 2015
Transplantation
John P. Vella, MD and Alexander C. Wiseman, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Kidney transplantation has enjoyed substantial success over the last decades, not only in terms of patient and graft survivals, but also in terms of low rejection rates in the first year of transplantation....
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Within the United States adult population, approximately one in three is overweight (body mass index [BMI] 25–29.9 kg/m2), one in three is obese (BMI≥30 kg/m2)
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Volume 14, Number 4, October 2015
Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression
Michael J. Choi, MD and Linda F. Fried, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Within the United States adult population, approximately one in three is overweight (body mass index [BMI] 25–29.9 kg/m2), one in three is obese (BMI≥30 kg/m2)...
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