Quiz Page October 2015

Cover vol. 12, no.5, October 2015

Quiz page: an unusual cause of nephrotic syndrome.

CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 53-year-old man presented with pedal edema and facial puffiness of 6 months’ duration. Nephroticrange proteinuria was diagnosed 3 months earlier and empirically treated with prednisolone, 50 mg/d, without a response. Physical examination was notable for blood pressure of 140/86 mm Hg while on treatment with losartan, 25 mg/d, and pitting pedal edema (21) up to the knees....

American Society of Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire 2015: ESRD/RRT.

The Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire remains an extremely popular session for attendees of the Annual Kidney Week Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology. During the 2015 meeting, the conference hall was once again overflowing with eager quiz participants. Topics covered by the experts included electrolyte and acid-base disorders, glomerular disease, ESRD and dialysis, and kidney transpl...

EXPOsure: Milan, May 1st- October 31st 2015

The city of Milan is experiencing the great event of EXPO 2015 and heavy construction has been ongoing since 2012 over an area of more than 1 million meters squared in the north-west suburban area of the city. We compared the number of hospital admissions for upper and lower respiratory tract infections (URTI and LRTI) and acute asthma, in infants and children aged between 0 and 13 years from 2...

Tactical Diversity in Militant Violence October 2015

Militant groups, like all organizations, face crucial decisions about the strategies that they employ. In this article, we assess why some militant organizations successfully diversify into multiple tactics while others limit themselves to just one or a few. This is an important puzzle because militants with increasingly diversified tactics are more likely to stretch counterterrorist defenses, ...