Advances in medical care and biomedical research depend on the participation of human subjects. Poor patient enrollment in research has limited past clinical and translational research endeavors in nephrology. Simultaneously, patients and their caregivers are seeking better diagnostic, monitoring, and therapeutic approaches to improve or restore kidney and overall health. This manuscript will d...

Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australian Practice Nurses Association, The Family Practice, Bundaberg, Queensland, Department of Renal Medicine, Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Hospital, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, The St George Hospital, Department of General Practice, Sydney Medical School – Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney...

*Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging, Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York; Longitudinal Studies Section, Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Department of Nephrology, Bronx Medical Center, Division of Nephrology, Mount Sinai School of Medi...

Patients with Acute Renal Failure: A Nephrologic Enigma, Massimo Gai, Vincenzo Cantaluppi, Chiara Fenocchio, Daria Motta, Sergio Masini, Alfonso Pacitti, and Giacomo Lanfranco ( Laboratory of Nephrology and 2 Chair of Nephrology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy; * address correspondence to this author at: San Giovanni Battista di Torino, S.C.U. Nefrologia, Dialisi e Trapianto, Laboratory of...

1Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, MD 2Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Specialist, MD 3Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Assoc.Prof, MD 4Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Research Assistant, MD 5Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University,...

Interest in nephrology as a career choice for physicians in the United States continues to decline, particularly among US medical graduates. Reasons for this are multi-factorial and include nephrology being perceived as difficult, arduous and un-inspiring with poor career prospects. This short paper discusses some aspects of Nephrology that need to be adjusted to attract bright enthusiastic phy...

Faculdade de Enfermagem, Nutrição e Fisioterapia,1 Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Department of Nephrology,2 Serdang Hospital, Jalan Puchong, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia; Sheffield Kidney Institute,3 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Nephrology,4 Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia...

Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan Chang-Gung Memorial hospital, Department of Nephrology at Linko* Received: March, 2002 Revised: April, 2002 Accepted: May, 2002 Reprint requests address: Chun-Liang Lin, MD, Department of Nephrology Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chiayi (613) 6 West, Chia-Pu Road, Pu-tzu City, Chiayi, Taiwan Tel: (05) 3621000 ext. 2762 Fax: (...

From the Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, St. Louis (V.R.D.); the Division of Nephrology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston (P.F., W.E.H.); and the Division of Transplant Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan (P.F.). Address reprint reques...

This supplement of the Journal of American Society of Nephrology contains some of the proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Hypertension and the Kidney. The Conference, held in Madrid, Spain, in February 2006, was organized by the Department of Nephrology of the Hospital General, Universitario Gregorio Marañón, under the sponsorship of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spani...