nephSAP: Volume 12
Volume 12, Number 1, January 2013
Cancer and the Kidney
Benjamin D. Humphreys, MD and Paul W. Sanders, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
A recent Google search using the termonconephrology returned 871 items (in 0.35 seconds); none of these "hits" was for an entry before 2010. Since then, at least one nephrology journal has published a collection of articles on cancer and the kidney (1) an...
Volume 12, Number 2, May 2013
Acute Kidney Injury and Critical Care Nephrology
Patrick T. Murray MD and Kathleen D. Liu, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
For years, it was believed that AKI was a reversible syndrome, without long-term adverse consequences. Over time, a number of publications described an increased risk of mortality, even in hospital survivors....
Volume 12, Number 3, July 2013
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disturbances
Michael Emmett, MD and Richard H. Sterns, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
Nephrologists have traditionally analyzed acidbase disorders by using the bicarbonate-based method, initially developed by Henderson and Hasselbalch and expanded and modified by many investigators over the past century....
Volume 12, Number 4, September 2013
Chronic Kidney Disease and Progression
Michael J. Choi, MD and Linda F. Fried, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
More than 20 million Americans have CKD; progression to ESRD and development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are major causes of morbidity and mortality in this population. The value of characterizing the epidemiology of and identifying the risk factors f...
Volume 12, Number 5, November 2013
Transplantation
David J. Cohen, MD and John P. Vella, MD
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
The field of kidney transplantation is a victim of its success. It is clearly established as the optimal mode of renal replacement therapy for those who are considered candidates....