Nephrology

  • Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
    Anthony Stack, DO, Sandra Sheffield, DO, Karan Seegobin, MBBS and Satish Maharaj, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 396-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19085

    A man with chronic kidney disease presents with pain and ulceration of the fingers.

  • Procedures and devices to treat resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease
    Procedures and devices to treat resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease
    Rama Dilip Gajulapalli, MD, Johnny Chahine, MD, Florian Rader, MD and Ashish Aneja, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 435-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19099

    These treatments show potential. All but renal artery stenting are still experimental.

  • Device-based therapies for resistant hypertension in chronic kidney disease: The continuing quest for a cure
    George Thomas, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 444-447; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20092

    Device-based therapies have shown promise, but many points still need clarification.

  • Page kidney after a renal biopsy
    Hiroyuki Teruya, MD, Hiroyuki Yano, MD, Hitoshi Miyasato, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 271-272; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19130

    A patient presents with flank pain and worsening hypertension and renal function 3 weeks after percutaneous renal biopsy.

  • Gastroenteritis gone rogue
    Jason Russ, MD and Areeba Kara, MD, MS, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19007

    A 56-year-old woman presented with 2 weeks of vomiting and diarrhea. Her troubles were just beginning.

  • A young man with hypertension and hypokalemia
    Zainah Chiko, BSHS, Mohamad Hanouneh, MD and C. John Sperati, MD, MHS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2020, 87 (2) 77-79; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19111

    At presentation, his blood pressure was 184/154 mm Hg, and his serum potassium level was 3.1 mmol/L.

  • Giant uric acid stone in the bladder
    Alexander E. Sullivan, MD and Suchita Shah Sata, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2020, 87 (1) 14-15; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19069

    The patient said he had to urinate 30 to 40 times a day, but only in small amounts.

  • Severe hypercalcemia in a 54-year-old woman
    Michael A. Munoz, MD, Zeeshan Zafar, MD, MBA and Benson A. Babu, MD, MBA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 719-723; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18126

    Her calcium level was 18.4 mg/dL; 6 months earlier it had been 9.6. What was the cause?

  • A complication of enoxaparin injection
    Ahmad Muneer Sharayah, MD, Samrah Zaigham, MD, Noor Hajjaj, MD and Mihir Maniar, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 648-649; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19026

    Computed tomography revealed a hematoma measuring 15 by 15 cm compressing the bladder and causing hydronephrosis.

  • ACE inhibitors and ARBs: Managing potassium and renal function
    Tasnim Momoniat, MBCHB, MRCP (UK), Duha Ilyas, MBBS, MRCP (UK) and Sunil Bhandari, MBCHB, FRCP, PhD, M CLIN EDU, FHEA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2019, 86 (9) 601-607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.18024

    Concern about hyperkalemia and a decline in renal function has led to underuse of these drugs.

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