Nephrology

  • A 67-year-old woman with bilateral hand numbness
    Sohab S. Radwan, MD, Khair M. Hamo, and Ayman A. Zayed, MD, MSc, FACE, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 200-208; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17026

    Her history includes type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, hypertension, diastolic heart failure, and thyroid surgery.

  • Acute cardiorenal syndrome: Mechanisms and clinical implications
    Acute cardiorenal syndrome: Mechanisms and clinical implications
    Guramrinder S. Thind, MD, Mark Loehrke, MD, FACP and Jeffrey L. Wilt, MD, FACP, FCCP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 231-239; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17019

    Volume overload is central to its pathogenesis, and accurate assessment of volume status is critical.

  • Hemodynamically, the kidney is at the heart of cardiorenal syndrome
    Justin L. Grodin, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2018, 85 (3) 240-242; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17126

    In heart failure, the heart and the kidneys share a rocky relationship.

  • Kidney transplant: New opportunities and challenges
    Joshua Augustine, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 138-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85gr.18001

    Kidney transplant improves survival and long-term outcomes in patients with renal failure.

  • A 75-year-old with abdominal pain, hypoxia, and weak pulses in the left leg
    Maya Serhal, MD, Natalie Evans, MD, RPVI and Heather L. Gornik, MD, RVT, RPVI
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2018, 85 (2) 145-154; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16069

    Workup revealed the patient had both arterial and venous thrombosis. What was the cause?

  • Dysmorphic red blood cell formation
    José Lucas Daza, MD, Marcelo De Rosa, MD and Graciela De Rosa, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 12-13; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17029

    A 23-year-old woman presented with hematuria and dysmorphic red blood cells in the urinary sediment.

  • Quality in urine microscopy: The eyes of the beholder
    James F. Simon, MD and Arani Nanavati, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 22-24; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17085

    The renal patient is best served when the nephrologist familiar with the case performs the urine microscopy

  • What is the hepatitis B vaccination regimen in chronic kidney disease?
    Kheng Yong Ong, BSc (Pharm) (Hons), Hong Yun Wong, BSc (Pharm) (Hons) and Giat Yeng Khee, PharmD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 32-34; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.17017

    For those with advanced chronic kidney disease, the authors recommend a higher dose, more doses, or both.

  • Idiopathic hypercalciuria: Can we prevent stones and protect bones?
    Laura E. Ryan, MD and Steven W. Ing, MD, MScE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2018, 85 (1) 47-54; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.85a.16090

    Patients should increase their fluid intake, follow a diet low in salt and animal protein, and take a thiazide diuretic.

  • Toward understanding chronic kidney disease in African Americans
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2017, 84 (11) 824-825; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84b.11017

    African Americans respond differently to some treatments than the white male patients who participated in the clinical trials.

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