American society of Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire 2014: transplantation

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 May 7;10(5):903-9. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12221214. Epub 2015 Apr 10.

Abstract

The Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire remains an extremely popular session for attendees of the Annual Kidney Week Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology. Once again, the conference hall was overflowing with audience members and eager quiz participants. Topics covered by the expert discussants included electrolyte and acid-base disorders, glomerular disease, ESRD/dialysis, and transplantation. Complex cases representing each of these categories along with single best answer questions were prepared and submitted by the panel of experts. Before the meeting, program directors of United States nephrology training programs and nephrology fellows answered the questions through an internet-based questionnaire. During the live session, members of the audience tested their knowledge and judgment on a series of case-oriented questions prepared and discussed by experts. They compared their answers in real time using audience response devices with the answers of the nephrology fellows and training program directors. The correct and incorrect answers were then discussed after the audience responses and the results of the questionnaire were displayed. As always, the audience, lecturers, and moderators enjoyed this educational session. This article recapitulates the session and reproduces its educational value for the readers of CJASN. Enjoy the clinical cases and expert discussions.

Keywords: anemia; kidney transplantation; vascular.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia / virology*
  • Calcineurin Inhibitors / adverse effects
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Renal / surgery
  • Immunosuppression Therapy / adverse effects
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nephritis / surgery
  • Nephrology / education*
  • Neuroimaging
  • Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis
  • Parvoviridae Infections / drug therapy*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology
  • Parvovirus B19, Human
  • Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / chemically induced*
  • Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Tacrolimus / adverse effects

Substances

  • Calcineurin Inhibitors
  • Tacrolimus

Supplementary concepts

  • Hypertensive Nephropathy