Anuric renal failure has very few causes. The top three are usually: hydronephrosis, hydronephrosis and hydronephrosis! But sometimes, it’s...

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ARE TRUE REGARDING NEPHROPTOSIS? 1.It is a term applied to movement of the native kidney in response to a chan...

Renal Cell Cancer(RCC) has been in the limelight recently. Two recent studies provided some interesting links.  In a large prospective study...

Wunderlich syndrome can be seen in dialysis patients.  It is spontaneous non traumatic renal hemorrhage.  Usually this is seen in angiomyo...

Based AJKD Core Curriculum in Nephrology: Kidney Development 2011 by Walker and Bertram ref: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/215149...

If you have someone who presents to you with a spontaneous renal hemorrhage, what causes come to your mind?  Things to keep in your mind are...

Medicine for residents: a little step towards cost effectiveness - renal ... : "A renal ultrasound is a very good study that gives a l...

When someone has a bladder surgery and complete removal of the bladder, there are three ways a new bladder can be created. Its important to ...

Obstruction is a common cause of Acute Kidney Injury in many patients we encounter. Sometimes we see what is referred to as UPJ or Urteropel...