Randomized controlled trials (RCT) are the optimal study design to answer intervention questions. The authors evaluated the number, quality, and coverage of RCT in nephrology. MEDLINE was searched using the relevant medical subject headings for nephrology and 12 major specialties in internal medicine, limited by "randomized controlled trial" as a publication type. A random selection of 160 RCT ...

BACKGROUND Access to nephrology care prior to end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is significantly associated with lower rates of morbidity and mortality. We assessed the association of area-level and individual-level indicators of poverty and race/ethnicity on pre-ESRD care provided by nephrologists. METHODS In this retrospective cohort study using the US Renal Data System database, we identified...

The Canadian Society of Nephrology must soon provide input concerning the future of procedural training in nephrology. While at one time, the ability to insert a central venous catheter (CVC) was an essential skill required by all nephrologists, in 2014, nephrology training and practice has changed in fundamental ways such that it would be both unreasonable, and impractical, to maintain this re...

1 Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan 2Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan 3Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee Uni...

Ju-Young Moon, Mitsuo Tanimoto, Tomohito Gohda, Shinji Hagiwara, Takahiko Yamazaki, Ikko Ohara, Maki Murakoshi, Tatsuya Aoki, Yuji Ishikawa, Sang-Ho Lee, Kyung-Hwan Jeong, Tae-Won Lee, Chun-Gyoo Ihm, Sung Jig Lim, and Yasuhiko Tomino Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medi...

Successfully solving the nephrology nursing shortage will require multiple strategies on national and local levels. Retaining current nephrology nurses is a key strategy. In addition, we, as a specialty, must help recruit people into nursing, and recruit student nurses and graduate nurses into the field of nephrology nursing. This article will describe the national nursing shortage and discuss ...

475. Surveillance of Hemodialysis Events: A Prospective Multicenter Study, First Report from Turkey Imran Hasanoglu, MD, PhD; Rahmet Guner, Prof. Dr.; H. Veli Atalay, MD, PhD; Suzan Sahin, MD, PhD; Ergun Parmaksiz, MD, PhD; Fatma Yilmaz Karadag, MD, PhD; Sabahat Alışır Ecder; Tugba Arslan Gulen, MD, PhD; Zuhal Atan Ucar, MD, PhD; Oguz Karabay; Savas Sipahi; Derya Yapar, MD, PhD.; Ibrahim Dogan,...

1 Pathology Department, Faculty of medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt 2 Pathology Department, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt 3 Radiology Department, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt 4 Pathology Department, Faculty of medicine, Suez Canal University, Egypt 5 Urology department, Urology and Nephrology Center, Mansoura University, Egypt Case Re...

Dr.William (Bill) Bennett was the founding Editor-inChief of the Clinical Journal of American Society of Nephrology (CJASN), a Past President of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), and the generous donor establishing the William and Sandra Bennett Clinical Scholars Program. His passion for nephrology, patient care, training, and education is widely known by patients and colleagues. In rec...

Hequn Zou1, Yuxin Wang2, Guimian Zou3 and Jianxin Wan4 1Institute of Nephrology and Urology, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 2Department of Nephrology, The No. 2 Hospital of Xiamen, Fu Jian Medical University, Xiamen, 3Nephrology Department of Guilin 181 Hospital & Guangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Metabolic Disease Research, Guilin, 4Department of Neph...