In the latest Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 72-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) was admitted to the hospital because of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain and distention. The patient had been receiving continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for 18 months for ESRD presumed to be due to diabetic nephropathy Patients undergoing… Read More…
A new review in our Medical Progress series, “Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis,” comes from Vivette ’Agati, M.D., at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Frederick Kaskel, M.D., Ph.D., at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Ronald Falk, M.D., and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis accounts for approximately 20% of cases… Read More…
