nephSAP: Volume 15
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)....
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....
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 ...
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....
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....