Obi Umeh, MD, MSc, VP, Franchise Global Program Leader at Takeda, discusses interim results from a study investigating mezagitamab for the treatment of patients with IgA nephropathy. This…
Dana Rizk, MD, professor of medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, discusses the approval of Fabhalta (iptacopan) for adults with IgA nephropathy. Iptacopan, a Factor B…
Dawn J. Caster, MD, FASN, associate professor of medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, discusses IgA nephropathy, including when to…
Brad Rovin, MD, chief of nephrology at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, provides updates on the KDIGO guidelines for IgA nephropathy. The revised guidelines reflect new clinical…
After years of unexplained blood in her urine and a recent spike in protein levels during routine labs, this speaker was ultimately diagnosed with IgA nephropathy following extensive…
Sharon Adler, MD, professor of medicine at UCLA and investigator at The Lundquist Institute, explores the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy, focusing on the four-hit hypothesis. She explains that…
Board-certified nephrologist Blake Shusterman, MD, debunks common kidney health myths. Urinating normally doesn’t guarantee healthy kidneys, and nocturnal urination is often due to aging or other conditions, not…
This Nephrology Rapid Revision by Dr. G. Bhanu Prakash covers essential nephrology topics, including urine analysis, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, nephrotic and nephritic syndromes, polycystic kidney…
David Simel, MD, and William Kim, MD, explore renal cell carcinoma in this JAMA Clinical Review podcast. They discuss key insights from the 2019 Nobel Prize research on…
Beth A. Vogt, MD discusses Post-infectious Glomerulonephritis (GN), often following strep infections, affects children aged 5-15. Symptoms typically emerge 7-14 days post-infection and include cola-colored urine, edema, hypertension,…
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) is a genetic condition causing cysts to grow in the kidneys, potentially leading to kidney failure. Symptoms may include back pain, blood in urine,…
The topic of kidney biopsies is explored, detailing when and why they are necessary, such as diagnosing kidney diseases or checking for transplant rejection. Techniques like percutaneous and…
