This paper summarizes the impact that wars had on the history of nephrology, both worldwide and in the Ghent Medical Faculty notably on the definition, research and clinical aspects of acute kidney injury. The paper briefly describes the role of 'trench nephritis' as observed both during World War I and II, supporting the hypothesis that many of the clinical cases could have been due to Hantavi...

Over the last 20 years, interventional nephrology (IN) has become a new and emerging subspecialty of nephrology. The International Society of Nephrology has created an Interventional Nephrology Committee to improve the overall quality of patient care by promoting IN [1]. This has led to many young nephrologists taking the initiative and performing percutaneous endovascular procedures by themsel...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Academic nephrology faces increasing challenges in faculty hiring and development. However, it is unknown how these pressures have affected the number and demographics of academic nephrologists. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS, & MEASUREMENTS Using the Association of American Medical Colleges Faculty Roster database, changes were analyzed in MD nephrology, as well as o...

The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) established the Young Nephrologists Committee (YNC) in 2007 to increase the awareness of the ISN mission and activities among younger nephrologists and thus increase their involvement. One of the primary aims of the YNC is to empower young nephrologists from developing countries by providing education and mentoring support. This is being achieved by...

Abstract The International Conference Renal Aspects of Disaster Relief, Ohrid, R. Macedonia, May 24–26, 1996 united doctors and engineers in order to better build settlements, case an earthquake, how help the injured. Plans have been proposed for treatment injured with fluid dialysis, as well organize non-governmental organizations population assist medical staff optimizing Members Relief Task ...

The international Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) is well suited to evaluate levels of deviation from emerging and established guidelines to clinical practice of hemodialysis, over time and by country. The DOPPS can also evaluate whether the target levels that are chosen in the guidelines are in agreement with outcomes such as elevated risk for mortality, hospitalization, ...