nephSAP: Active Issues
Volume 18, Number 5, November 2019
Transplantation
John P. Vella, MD and Alexander C. Wiseman, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Kidney transplantation provides a longer life span, a better quality of life, and lower healthcare costs compared with long-term dialysis treatment....
Volume 18, Number 4, September 2019
Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression
Holly J. Kramer, MD and Sankar D. Navaneethan, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Historically, nephrologists have taken advantage of the gut to assist in the excretion of solutes and water when kidney function is impaired....
Volume 18, Number 3, July 2019
Infection Control and Prevention in Outpatient Hemodialysis Facilities
Eduardo K. Lacson, Jr., MD and Alan S. Kliger, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
In this issue of NephSAP, infection control is the topic. Although it is not the most attractive of topics to many nephrologists, those with experience as medical directors and those who have been exposed to the “risk world” of ESRD seamless care organiza...
Volume 18, Number 2, May 2019
Acute Kidney Injury and Critical Care Nephrology
Jay L. Koyner, MD and Charuhas V. Thakar, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in hospitalized patients and can occur in community settings....
Volume 18, Number 1, March 2019
Primary Glomerular Diseases
Richard J. Glassock, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Most of the glomerular diseases patients I see come to my office for a second opinion, brandishing stacks of paper from their prior medical encounters....
Volume 17, Number 5, November 2018
End-Stage Renal Disease and Dialysis
Ruediger W. Lehrich, MD and John P. Middleton, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
This issue of NephSAP on end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and dialysis discusses the most recent survival data and, importantly, examines other traditional and nontraditional clinical outcomes, including quality of life (QoL), cognition, cardiovascular dise...
Volume 17, Number 4, September 2018
Secondary Glomerular Diseases
Brad H. Rovin, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and collapsing glomerulopathy (CG) are distinct clinical pathologic syndromes that are associated with podocyte injury and podocyte precursor dysfunction, respectively....
Volume 17, Number 3, August 2018
Disorders of Divalent Ions, Renal Bone Disease and Nephrolithiasis
Stanley Goldfarb, MD and Kevin J. Martin, MBBCh
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Since the early 2000s, investigators have been studying the regulation and effects of elevated fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) levels in the setting of CKD....
Volume 17, Number 2, June 2018
Interventional Nephrology and Dialysis Access
Anil K. Agarwal MD, Lalathaksha Murthy Kumbar MD and Vandana Dua Niyyar MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
This issue of NephSAP is dedicated to interventional nephrology. This discipline was a nascent field in 2003 when all 18 ESRD Networks and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), together with clinicians, dialysis providers, and patients, de...
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