General Nephrology

J YO1, C KARSCHIMKUS2, S CHRISTOV3, F VOLPATO4, P CHAMPION DE CRESPIGNY5, SG HOLT6 1Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia, 2Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia, 3Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia, 4Freelance Signal Analyst, Melbourne, Australia, 5Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia, 6Melbourne Health, Parkville, Australia Aim:...
  • 14 June 2018
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H LIEW1,2, M ROBERTS1,2, L MCMAHON1,2 1Department of Renal Medicine, Box Hill, Australia, 2Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Background: Damage to the endothelial glycocalyx (EG) is an early indicator of vascular damage and a potential marker of endothelial dysfunction. EG damage...
  • 14 June 2018
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S KUMAR1, M RAY1 1Gosford Hospital , North Gosford, Australia Background: Pyrogluamic acid (also known as 5- oxoproline) accumulation is a rare cause of high anion gap metabolic acidosis. The combination of paracetamol and flucloxacillin has been implicated in a...
  • 8 June 2018
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J CHUA1, A HANNAH1, D BARIT1,2, D LANGSFORD1,2 1Northern Health, Epping, Australia, 2University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia Background: A diagnosis of calciphylaxis is often made clinically. Bone scintigraphy has been considered as a diagnostic tool for calciphylaxis. We report a...
  • 8 June 2018
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E CHUNG1, K MCILROY1, C FUNG2, S SESHAN3, P COLEMAN4 1Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 2Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 3Weill Cornell Medical College , New York, United States of America, 4Manly Hospital, Sydney, Australia Background: Plasma cell...
  • 8 June 2018
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ATY WONG1, C MANNIX1, J ZHANG1, DCH HARRIS1,2, VW LEE1,2, K SUD2,3, C WOOLNOUGH4 GK RANGAN1,2,3 ON BEHALF OF THE PREVENT-ADPKD TRIAL GROUP. 1Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW; 2Department of...
  • 8 August 2017
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G KANZAKI1,2, VG PUELLES3, LA CULLEN-MCEWEN1, Y OKABAYASHI2, N TSUBOI2, A SHIMIZU4, T YOKOO2, JF BERTRAM1 1Cardiovascular Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria; 2Division of Nephrology and...
  • 8 August 2017
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B JEFFREY1, T SMOLONOGOV2, L KAIRAITIS1,2 1School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, NSW; 2Western Renal Service, Sydney, NSW Aim: To investigate how patient characteristics and eGFR at referral to a comprehensive pre-dialysis programme influence access planning and home dialysis uptake...
  • 8 August 2017
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J ZHANG1,2, C MANNIX1, C WOOLNOUGH3, GK RANGAN1, A RANGAN2, ATY WONG1 1Centre for Transplant and Renal Research, Westmead Institute for Medical Research, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW; 2School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown,...
  • 8 August 2017
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J.K. WONG1, I DE GUZMAN1, A MAKRIS1, T.S. SPICER1, M LI DONNI1 1Liverpool Hospital, SWSLHD, Sydney, Australia Aim: Examine the impact and cost-benefit of implementation of this model of care which commenced a four bedded/chair area within the Satellite dialysis...
  • 8 August 2017
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