tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-112888402009-11-10T13:47:21.000-05:00Notes on Medicine, Science, & Technology from a Nephrologist in New York City.Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.comBlogger157012540.786387-73.97709http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifkidneynoteshttp://feedburner.google.comThis is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site.tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288840.post-7663296754654879412009-11-10T13:47:00.001-05:002009-11-10T13:47:21.049-05:002009-11-10T13:47:21.049-05:00<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: center; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4075439686/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2540/4075439686_b2d187f5bd.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse/4075439686/">P103109PS-0527</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/whitehouse/">The White House</a>.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11288840-7263637596494137348?l=www.kidneynotes.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/ixmbjz00Bvo" height="1" width="1"/>Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.com0http://www.kidneynotes.com/2009/11/halloween-at-white-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288840.post-91611522865514864512009-11-06T19:40:00.001-05:002009-11-06T19:40:13.603-05:002009-11-06T19:40:13.603-05:00<blockquote><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__AuwUApfRb4/SvDBO2qDU-I/AAAAAAAAF7k/dMWzX5GuDj4/s400/Picture+2.png" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400028414151447522" /></blockquote><blockquote>The uroplakins form tiny, hexagonal arrays of particles--visualized best by electron microscopy (see figure taken from this excellent recent KI review by Wu et al)--which comprise structures called "urothelial plaques" that overlie the plasma membrane of superficial umbrella cells of the urothelium...</blockquote>Read more <a href="http://http//renalfellow.blogspot.com/2009/11/uroplakins.html">here</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11288840-8261661088731153408?l=www.kidneynotes.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/pa4QLypjhVw" height="1" width="1"/>Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.com0http://www.kidneynotes.com/2009/11/uroplakins-via-renal-fellow-network.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288840.post-25549869373251250422009-11-04T23:02:00.001-05:002009-11-04T23:02:01.829-05:002009-11-04T23:02:01.829-05:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif, 'Arial Unicode MS'; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><a href="http://bestc.am/LUN5" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 81, 168); "><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/cjapps/images/114168/iphone.jpg" /> </a><br /><p>Credit: Baard Overgaard Hansen <a href="http://www.pixum.com" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 81, 168); ">http://www.pixum.com</a></p><p><a href="http://bestc.am/LUN5" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(28, 81, 168); ">http://bestc.am/LUN5</a></p></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11288840-637257408771140051?l=www.kidneynotes.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/MK37PvqP5BY" height="1" width="1"/>Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.com0http://www.kidneynotes.com/2009/11/fall.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288840.post-4914604779302574942009-10-30T11:01:00.001-04:002009-10-30T11:01:54.094-04:002009-10-30T11:01:54.094-04:00<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 250px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9081047@N08/1249355975"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1104/1249355975_7cc821a7c8_m.jpg" alt="Thrombotic microangiopathy" style="border: medium none ; display: block;" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/9081047@N08/1249355975">roboonya</a> via Flickr</span></p>Every physician has diseases they see improbably often. For me, one of these conditions is <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000510.htm">hemolytic-uremic syndrome</a>. Since writing one of my first papers on HUS as a resident — "<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12552512?dopt=Abstract">De novo thrombotic microangiopathy in renal transplant recipients</a>" — I've seen way more of it than you'd expect.<br /><br />For kidney fans, this review article on <a href="http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/361/17/1676">atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome in this month's New England Journal of Medicine</a> (subscription required) is a must read. It details recent advances in the genetics of atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome. What was previously a confusing mess of similar-appearing diseases — hemolytic-uremic syndrome, atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome, drug-induced hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura — may finally be understandable.<div><br /></div><div>Related: <a href="http://www.kidneydoctor.us/types-of-kidney-disease/">A List of Kidney Diseases</a><br /></div> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" alt="" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=dde3b93e-49fa-4391-9a1b-8f5c06f13adb" /><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11288840-8486086335217436226?l=www.kidneynotes.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/FrS9Wr32uNI" height="1" width="1"/>Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.com0http://www.kidneynotes.com/2009/10/atypical-hemolytic-uremic-syndrome-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288840.post-63993324506286638792009-10-25T00:01:00.001-04:002009-10-25T00:02:29.957-04:002009-10-25T00:02:29.957-04:00<embed src="http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=114025106&#38;m=114057598&#38;t=video" height="383" wmode="opaque" width="400" base="http://www.npr.org"></embed><br />Via <a href="http://http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114075029">NPR</a>.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11288840-6399332450628663879?l=www.kidneynotes.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/tCy6K0PRXvA" height="1" width="1"/>Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.com0http://www.kidneynotes.com/2009/10/flu-virus-animation.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288840.post-32958795375835498492009-10-21T10:22:00.001-04:002009-10-21T10:22:35.139-04:002009-10-21T10:22:35.139-04:00<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 209px;"><a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Illu_kidney.jpg"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Illu_kidney.jpg/300px-Illu_kidney.jpg" alt="Picture of kidney" style="border: medium none ; display: block; width: 199px; height: 163px;" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Illu_kidney.jpg">Wikipedia</a></span></p>I've updated the <a href="http://www.kidneydoctor.us/types-of-kidney-disease">list of kidney diseases for patients</a>. Please let me know if I missed anything.<br /><br /> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" alt="" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=2bede897-f5eb-4dff-9a5e-f8310613bd79" /><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11288840-594021725421811797?l=www.kidneynotes.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/OTxrCvaB8iM" height="1" width="1"/>Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.com0http://www.kidneynotes.com/2009/10/ive-updated-list-of-kidney-diseases-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288840.post-39554659002928945562009-10-12T11:24:00.001-04:002009-10-12T11:24:18.625-04:002009-10-12T11:24:18.625-04:00<div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/post/210139742/regulation-works"><img alt="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krcvwcxM0p1qz72ywo1_400.jpg" src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krcvwcxM0p1qz72ywo1_400.jpg" /></a><br /><br />"<a href="http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/post/210139742/regulation-works">Regulation works</a>." (via @<a href="http://twitter.com/jayparkinson">jayparkinson</a>)<a href="http://ping.fm/FIuRV"></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11288840-8166247648724094954?l=www.kidneynotes.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/jk6piNIt57I" height="1" width="1"/>Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.com0http://www.kidneynotes.com/2009/10/regulation-works.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11288840.post-61922210546347492252009-10-10T15:11:00.001-04:002009-10-10T15:11:56.371-04:002009-10-10T15:11:56.371-04:00<p class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; float: right; display: block; width: 160px;"><a href="http://www.daylife.com/image/08Rl0QOfTLdw6?utm_source=zemanta&amp;utm_medium=p&amp;utm_content=08Rl0QOfTLdw6&amp;utm_campaign=z1"><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08Rl0QOfTLdw6/150x107.jpg" alt="BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - (FILE) (EDITORS N..." style="border: medium none ; display: block;" height="107" width="150" /></a><span class="zemanta-img-attribution">Image by <a href="http://www.daylife.com/source/Getty_Images">Getty Images</a> via <a href="http://www.daylife.com">Daylife</a></span></p>Did I miss anything on this <a href="http://www.kidneydoctor.us/types-of-kidney-disease">list of kidney diseases</a>? (I intentionally left out a few rare disorders.)<br /><br />If you know of other links to patient information I might include, please post a comment. Thanks.<br /> <div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" alt="" src="http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=9d3597ea-29cd-4e01-b06a-25709cf55cec" /><span class="zem-script more-related pretty-attribution"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://static.zemanta.com/readside/loader.js" defer="defer"></script></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11288840-4439587013231000218?l=www.kidneynotes.com'/></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/kidneynotes/~4/R-QNe-srYak" height="1" width="1"/>Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17979185526814569632noreply@blogger.com0http://www.kidneynotes.com/2009/10/list-of-kidney-diseases.html