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Journals, Abstracts and Reviews

Organizations

Companies

Reference Material - DOQI, Banff, etc.

ESRD Networks

Discussion Groups and Bulletin Board Sites

Conferences and Meetings

Calculators

Miscellaneous

Literature Search, Medical Search Engines and Indices (Now moved to its own page)

Journals, Abstracts and Reviews

• Advances in Renal Replacement Therapy (An NKF Journal)
• American Journal of Kidney Diseases (An NKF Journal)
• American Journal of Physiology: Renal Physiology (Free through September, 1998.)
• American Journal of Nephrology
• Annals of Internal Medicine
• ASN 95
• British Medical Journal
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies
• E-Neph Archive - Full text nephrology articles
• HDCN - Hypertension, Dialysis, Clinical Nephrology (Full text electronic journal)
• Home Hemodialysis International - A new peer reviewed journal focusing exclusively on daily home hemodialysis as a modality option for ESRD
• Hypertension Abstracts - (from American Heart Association)
• Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN)
• JCI - Journal of Clinical Investigation
• Journal of Immunology
• Journal of Renal Nutrition (An NKF Journal)
• The Lancet - Summaries of clinical trials and selected full text
• NEJM - New England Journal of Medicine
• Nephrology Reviews - Reviews of articles in the Journal of Nephrology and the International Journal of Artificial Organs
• Nephrology, Dialysis & Transplantation
• Nephrology News & Issues
• Peritoneal Dialysis International
• ISPD Peritonitis Treatment Protocol - Precis
• ISPD Peritonitis Treatment Protocol - Full Text Version
• Essentials in Osteo-Dynamics - Course in renal osteodystrophy (Abbott)

Organizations

• ASN - American Society of Nephrology
• ASPN - American Society of Pediatric Nephrology
• ASAIO - American Society for Artificial Internal Organs
• ASH - American Society of Hypertension
• ASTP - American Society of Transplant Physicians
• AHA - American Heart Association
• ERA-EDTA - European Renal Association / European Dialysis and Transplant Association
• E-Neph - International renal care web site [sponsered by Dialysis & Transplantation (D & T)]
• ISN - International Society of Nephrology
• ISPD - International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis
• National Kidney Foundation
• NKF cyberNephrology page
• Nephron Information Center
• NIDDK (NIH)
• Renal Pathology Society
• RPA - Renal Physicians Association
• RENALNET
• Renal Nursing Resources - (from RENALNET)
• RenalWEB - an "announcement board" for new products, services, and educational resources. Not affiliated with any dialysis company.
• UNOS - United Network for Organ Sharing
• USRDS

Reference Material

• DOQI - Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF)
• Banff '97 Rejection Scoring:
  • Definitions Specimen Adequacy and Lesion Scoring (Banff '97)
  • Diagnostic Categories for Renal Allograft Biopsies (Banff '97)
  • Differential Diagnosis

Companies

• Abbott Renal Care Home Page
• Amgen
• Baxter Healthcare - Renal Division
• The Dialysis Yellow Pages - On RenalWEB.
• Fresenius Medical Care of North Americal. (National Medical Care)
• Gambro
• Renal Care Group
• Total Renal Care

ESRD Networks

• Network 15 / ESRD in New Mexico
• Forum of ESRD Networks

Discussion Groups and Bulletin Board Sites

• Nephrol - General nephrology, for nephrologists. This links you to a site with info about Nephrol and how to subscribe.
• Nephro-RN - For nephrology and dialysis nurses. This links you to a site with info about Nephro-RN and how to subscribe.
• PDial-L - Peritoneal dialysis. This link will set up a subscribe message; type SUBSCRIBE PDIAL-L in body of message.
• Pedneph - Pediatric nephrology. This link will set up a subscribe message; type SUBSCRIBE in body of message.
• Nephrologists Forum Web based nephrologists bulletin board

Conferences and Meetings

• Banff - Presentations from the Third Banff Conference on Allograft Pathology
• Listing - General listing of all nephrology conferences (from RENALNET)
• Meetings Calendar - (from NephroNet - most comprehensive)
• HDCN Selected Scientific Meetings - (classified by topic)
• Renal Care Meetings Guide - fom Nephrology News and Issues

Calculators

• HD and PD Calculators
• Bayesian Analysis Model (browser must support tables)
• Bayesian Analysis Model - TEXT version
• A-a Oxygen Gradient
• Estimated Blood Level Calculations (ethanol, ethylene glycol, methanol, isopropyl alcohol)
• Body Surface Area, Body Mass Index
• Estimated Creatinine Clearance (Cockroft-Galt)
• MDRD Study Group GFR Predictor
• Weights & Measures - Unit conversions (temperature, weight)
• Physics Unit Conversion Page

Miscellaneous

• Anti-Nuclear Antibodies Table - (University of Washington)
• Renal Telemedicine - This is the site of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Renal Dialysis Telemedicine Project
• Georgetown Telemedicine Project ("Project Phoenix") - a renal telemedicine testbed in progress (supported by the NLM)
• Renal Biopsy Case Reviews - Charles Jennette MD, Univ. of North Carolina
• RMA Call Schedule (For RMA Nephrologists only; password required)
• RMA Protocols (Password required)