By Jon-Emile Kenny, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
A 37-year-old man, with no past medical history and taking finasteride for male pattern baldness, is admitted to Medicine with profound lower extremity …
Category: Renal
Clinical Correlations
Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis-An Evolving Disease Entity
October 27, 2010
By Kevin Hsueh, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
In 2006 and 2007, Clinical Correlations reported on the FDA’s announcement of a link between Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF), a rare progressive condition …
Why Does Multiple Myeloma Treat The Kidneys So Poorly?
September 22, 2010
By Jon Emile Kenny, MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
“You mean I’ve got cancer and my kidneys are failing, doc?†said my frail patient on the Bellevue oncology service shortly …
How to interpret troponins in renal disease?
October 21, 2009
Ivan Saraiva MD
Case: A 68-year-old man, with a history of stable angina and end-stage renal disease treated by …
When Should You Obtain a Renal Biopsy? Indications, Risks, Follow-up and Value
September 30, 2009
Frederick Gandolfo MD
Faculty peer reviewed
At a recent conference on renal transplantation, the importance of early renal biopsy for the diagnosis of acute rejection was emphasized. As busy …
Diseases 2.0: Calcific Uremic Arteriolopathy (CUA)
August 26, 2009
Rebecca Hall MD
Faculty Peer Reviewed
Diseases 2.0 – Bringing you the latest updates on disease pathophysiology and treatment
Patient S.J. is a 36 year old female with …
Grand Rounds: Primary Aldosteronism, Beyond Conn’s Syndrome
June 4, 2009
Michael Chu MD
Please also see the clinical vignette presented before Grand Rounds on the 21st of May.
The Medical Grand Rounds presentation on …
Morning Report: Hepatorenal Syndrome
February 19, 2009
Commentary by Catherine Lucero MD, PGY-3
Faculty Peer Reviewed
The patient is a 69-year old woman from El Salvador with a chief complaint of worsening abdominal distension for nine months. Three months earlier, the patient …