The Best Resources for your Med School Pre-Clinical Nephrology Years

If you’re like me, the first introduction to kidney physiology during the preclinical years of medical school can be overwhelming. Ions, transporters, RAAS; it all comes at you very fast. While lectures serve as a good starting point for framing this information, using supplemental resources can really help you hammer in the details. I have…

Nephrotic Syndrome Made Easy

Welcome to our nephrotic syndrome series! In this first post, you’ll find a general overview of the findings of nephrotic syndrome and how to approach diagnosis. Nephrotic syndrome is the constellation of signs and symptoms that arises when the glomerular filtration membrane is damaged and protein begins passing into the urine in large quantities. It…