nephSAP: Volume 2
Volume 2, Number 1, January 2003
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Disturbances
Richard H. Sterns, MD
6.0 category 1 credits
A typical American diet generates about 1 mEq/kg of endogenous acids each day (primarily sulfuric and phosphoric acid). These acids titrate an equivalent amount of extracellular bicarbonate yielding carbon dioxide that is excreted in the lungs....
Volume 2, Number 2, March 2003
Acute Renal Failure
Paul M. Palevsky, MD
5.0 category 1 credits
Acute renal failure (ARF) comprises a family of syndromes that are characterized by an abrupt (over hours to days) decrease in the GFR....
Volume 2, Number 3, May 2003
Chronic Kidney Disease: Progression
Mark E. Rosenberg, MD
5.0 category 1 credits
This issue of NephSAP will focus on chronic kidney disease (CKD), with a particular emphasis on mechanisms and treatment of progression....
Volume 2, Number 4, July 2003
Transplantation
Barbara Murphy, MB, FRCPI
8.0 category 1 credits
NephSAP celebrates its first anniversary with the publication of this issue. Judging by your responses and those from European and Asian publishers anxious to translate our bimonthly into five different languages, we must conclude that the journal has bec...
Volume 2, Number 5, September 2003
Hypertension
George L. Bakris, MD
6.0 category 1 credits
Blood Pressure (BP) is a continuous variable, and a level of greater than 140/90 mmHg is defined as hypertension. This definition of hypertension was derived from over four decades of data that relate the level of BP to the increase in cardiovascular deat...
Volume 2, Number 6, November 2003
Glomerular, Vascular, and Tubulointerstital Diseases
Richard J. Glassock, MD, MACP and Gerald B. Appel, MD, FACP
6.0 category 1 credits
The Modification of Diet in Renal Disease (MDRD) (1) and Ramipril Efficacy in Nephropathy (REIN) (2) trials found that patients with a greater degree of proteinuria had a more rapid decline in GFR and a faster progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD)...