15th International Conference on Dialysis sponsored by the Renal Research Institute from Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Table of Contents The MONitoring Dialysis Outcomes (MONDO) initiative Nutritional Resilience – A Novel Concept Ports for Vascular Access in Dialysis Extracorporeal Method to Reduce Inflammation in Acute Sepsis HIF-1 Stabilizer Drugs for the Treatment of Anemia Remote Ischemic [...]

5th Annual International Pediatric Nephrology Fellows Conference from Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Table of Contents Acute Dialysis Pearls Glomerular Diseases Pearls Transplant Pearls Nephrotic Syndrome Hypertension Acute Dialysis Pearls by Dr. T Bunchman of VCU [Critique this blog] [Return to NOD Blogs] [Return to Table of Contents] The conference starts with Dr. Timothy Bunchman from [...]

Commentary by Dr. Paul McCarthy of East Carolina University Division of Critical Care [View Guest Lecture Series: Colloids versus Crystalloids] I agree that most of the data regarding over-resuscitation is kind of new, especially things like death, but there is a lot a data showing think like LOS, Vent days, need for trach, costs, etc. [...]

Guest Lecture Series by Dr. Andrew Shaw of Duke University on January 16, 2013. [Critique this blog] [Return to NOD Blogs] Dr. Shaw begins his talk with a brief history of the dilemma surrounding the optimal fluid resuscitation strategy. Since 1832 (eighteen thirty two) physicians have been struggling with the type and amount of fluid [...]

Guest Lecture Series by Dr. Karlene Hewan-Lowe. [Critique this blog] [Return to NOD Blogs] Case: A 63-year-old female was referred by her PCP and Dermatologist for evaluation of proteinuria and hematuria found during her assessment for a rash which was clinically diagnosed to be leukocytoclastic vasculitis, involving lower extremities up to mid-thigh. Her rash resolved, [...]

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