Nephrology

Keeping Kidneys Safe: Pharmacist's Role in Counseling High-Risk Patients on NSAID Use to Prevent Kidney Injury (1 User Rating) An estimated 36 million Americans use over-the-counter analgesics on a daily basis. These pain relievers include NSAIDs such as ibuprofen and naproxen and are widely available in large quantities not only in... Faculty Amy Barton Pai, PharmD, BCPS, FASN, FCCP

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ECMO and Ambulatory ECMO as Bridge to Transplant (4 User Ratings) Physicians at UKHealthCare have used Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) for adults with severe cardiac or respiratory failure since 1993. ECMO support is generally employed in patients when... Faculty Joseph B. Zwischenberger, MD, FACS

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Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation: Evaluation and Management (1 User Rating) According to the NIH, an estimated 23 million American adults have chronic kidney disease (CKD) and the National Kidney Foundation reports that Medicare spends $31 billion annually to treat patients with... Faculty Ana L. Castellanos, MD

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Deceased Donor Organ Allocation (1 User Rating) Over 120,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant.  Unfortunately, many may never get the call saying that a suitable donor organ — and a second chance at life — has been... Faculty Jonathan Berger, MD

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Liver Transplantation (0 User Ratings) According to the American Liver Foundation, liver disease is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States (US). In addition, up to 5.4 million Americans have chronic hepatitis B or C and more than... Faculty Malay B. Shah, MD

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