Hydroxyethyl starch(HES) has been used for volume resuscitation.  It is amylopectin+ hydroxyethyl groups in 0.9% saline or LR.  40-64% of it...

Anuric patients on dialysis can loose fluid and auto UF via sweating? Sweating can be used as an effective way of losing salt and wate...

A recent NY Times post discusses findings about recent study done in Harvard regarding empathy being taught to physicians. This is an import...

The ESRD quality incentive program changes again in 2014. There will be more quality measures added and more complex scoring. A recent revie...

Test your knowledge on the latest on eAJKD's post http://ajkdblog.org/2012/06/14/test-your-knowledge-myeloma-and-the-kidney/

As we have been overturned by the social media revolution and iphonetizied, when an individual actual calls you or talks to you and listens,...

TRUE OR FALSE: LITHOTRIPSY CONCURS A HIGH RISK OF LIFETIME DEVELOPMENT OF HYPERTENSION AND DIABETES. What is the data on this? Does Sh...