By Miriam Lippel Blum
Here are the CKD related blogs updated since my last report on 1/29. If you have or know of a blog that should be on the list let Bill know. Comments in parentheses are my reactions or opinions.
- Dialysis from the sharp end of the needle Bill reports that the NxStage is being launched in the United Arab Emirates Dubai, and Saudi Arabia.
- Kamal Shah's Blog Kamal shares photos from his Coorg vacation; Kamal changed his dialysate formula to get more calcium and it has helped his bone pain a little but he's concerned his blood calcium level may get too high.
- Kaply, Inc. Tracy is bipolar and cannot sleep without sleep medicines, when she was in Maine on vacation she got sick and ran out of meds and couldn't sleep which caused her to feel paranoid.
- Toastiest has a photo of icicles at 2:00 AM; a photo of his dog Herman out in the snow.
- Hasten down the wire Some new information regarding software gets Michael to give the iPad a second look.
- The Life of a 20-Something With Lupus Flo is speechless and overwhelmed when two of her classmates offer to get tested as possible kidney donors for her (What wonderful people!); she has a bad cold and uses hydraSense to clear her nose.
- Jack's Kidney Adventure Jack creates an index so readers can find his dialysis and transplant posts more easily.
- Transplant, Tantrums, & Tiaras Holly describes her friend Jess's funeral.
- Chronic Chick Talk posts a music video of a teenage girl playing Bryan Adam's song "I Do It For You."
- Bud's Ramblings Bud shares some of his pet peeves regarding Southerners who either are embarrassed by their Southern accents and idioms or who mangle them with modern slang.
- Precious Bodily Fluids shares his Grand Rounds lecture on "Uric Acid, Fructose and Hypertension."
- Renal Fellow Network links to the AJKD editorials on the PPS and gives a brief description of the issues involved in the new bundling; a case describing a PD patient who noted cloudy, deep green dialysate fluid upon drainage of their peritoneum (Serious yuckiness! I would have passed out if my dialysate fluid had come out that color.) It turned out to be Gallstone peritonitis and the color came from bile fluid.
- UKidney has an article on slowing the progression of membranous nephropathy.
- Pediatric Nephrology has a quick review and links to the last several posts, mostly focusing on Disasters and Pediatric Nephrology.
- Nephron Power The renal function in Acute Interstitial Nephritis and glomerular disease with NSAIDS was strongly associated with the tubular interstitial changes more and inversely related to the amount of immune deposits in the glomeruli.
- Kidney Notes - Exploring the Intersection of Medicine and Technology links to Joel Topf's lecture on "Uric Acid, Fructose and Hypertension."
- Rob and Danielle's Kidney Blog When show starts to fall Danielle goes to the market for supplies, deals with some annoying people in the checkout line, drives Rob to nocturnal dialysis, photos and videos of Rob and Danielle playing in the snow.
- ....And Bells on Her Toes Alex is home and resting, his creatinine is down to 205, Kelly is smiling; Kelly has hassles from Home Depot over windows; young daughter Lexie thought that the No Smoking sign at McDonalds meant they served worms on a stick.
- PKD World The impact of some vitamins when taken in high doses; a reminder of World Kidney Day (March 11, 2010); participants are sought for interviews for a research project on altruistic living kidney donation.
- NephrOnline Blogs Mark E. Neumann and Rebecca Zumoff summarize the main points in the AJKD articles on the impact of the PPS bundle.
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