Bertrand L. Jaber

TL;DR: The 2006 KDIGO Controversies Conference on CKD was convened to consider six major topics: CKD classification, CKD screening and surveillance, public policy for CKD, CVD and CVD risk factors as risk factors for development and progression of CKd, association of CKD with chronic infections, and (6) association of CJD with cancer.

TL;DR: The AKI-associated mortality rate declined over time, and was inversely related to income of countries and percentage of gross domestic product spent on total health expenditure.

TL;DR: The ability to provide lifesaving treatments for AKI provides a compelling argument to consider therapy forAKI as much of a basic right as it is to give antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV in low-resource regions, especially because care needs only be given for a Published Online March 13, 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(15)60126-X

TL;DR: The frequency of hyponatremia occurring in special clinical conditions--including congestive heart failure, cirrhosis, pneumonia, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome--as well as in marathon runners will be reviewed.

TL;DR: Patients with ESRD treated by dialysis have higher annual mortality rates caused by sepsis compared with the GP, even after stratification for age, race, and DM, and differences between groups decreased but retained their magnitude.