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Episode 1: Ethics & Transplantation (March 24, 2022)
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It’s Episode 1 of The Nephron Segment! Join us as we chat with Dr. Lilia Cervantes and Dr. Peter Reese and discuss ending emergency-only dialysis for undocumented immigrants in Colorado, ethics of transplantation, and xenotransplantation.
Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk
Guests: Lilia Cervantes, Peter Reese
Links from the Show:
11:20 Association of Citizenship Status With Kidney Transplantation in Medicaid Patients
11:51 Kidney transplantation in undocumented immigrants with ESRD: a policy whose time has come? (Linden et al.)
Organ donation among undocumented hispanic immigrants: an assessment of knowledge and attitudes (Baru et al.)
12:23 Undocumented immigrants apply for a driver’s license in CA
13:48 Racial disparities in preemptive waitlisting and deceased donor kidney transplantation: Ethics and solutions (Reese et al.)
20:25 Transplantation Ethics (Robert Veatch & Lainie F Ross)
When Death Becomes Life: Notes from a Transplant Surgeon (Joshua Mezrich)
22:06 Peter Ubel & Financial Toxicity
26:23 Passage of the Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Kidney Transplant Patients Act—a Chance to Celebrate and Reflect (Gill J et al.)
28:57 eGenesis
30:05 Pig kidney transplant at New York University (NY Times)
Pig kidney transplant at University of Alabama (American Journal of Transplantation)
30:53 Pig heart transplant at University of Maryland (NPR)
38:02 EMTALA
41:30 NephMadness
Episode 2: The Hype Around Home Dialysis (April 14, 2022)
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On Episode 2, guests Dr. Janice Lea and Dr. Osama El Shamy join us for a discussion about home dialysis: it’s history, why it’s important, and their thoughts the future – including addressing of barriers to meet lofty Advancing American Kidney Health initiative goals and training of the nephrology workforce.
Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk
Guests: Janice Lea, Osama El Shamy
Links from the Show:
2:44 A Brief History of Home Hemodialysis (Blagg C)
4:26 The First US Outpatient Dialysis Unit: Seattle Artificial Kidney Center (Blagg C)
4:48 Dr. Albert Babb and the home dialysis unit for a 15 year-old
6:04 Controversy re: first home hemodialysis case (Shaldon)
11:13 Home Versus Facility Dialysis and Mortality in Australia and New Zealand (Marshall et al.)
11:13 An Incident Cohort Study Comparing Survival on Home Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis (Naudeau-Fredette et al.)
18:59 Advancing American Kidney Health
20:50 USRDS 2021 Annual Data Report Chapter 2: Home Dialysis
21:30 Expanded Prospective Payment System and Use of and Outcomes with Home Dialysis by Race and Ethnicity in the United States (Shen et al.)
23:05 Expanding Utilization of Home Dialysis: An Action Agenda From the First International Home Dialysis Roundtable (Mendu et al.)
29:29 Home Dialysis Training for Fellows: Privilege or Necessity? (El Shamy et al.)
31:18 A Survey-Based Evaluation of Self-Perceived Competency after Nephrology Fellowship Training (Berns et al.)
34:52 The Peritoneal Dialysis Orders Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE): A Formative Assessment for Nephrology Fellows (Prince et al.)
43:19 Buttonhole Technique
For more on home hemodialysis, check out the Home Dialysis Series on Renal Fellow Network
Episode 3: “Get to Know the Person Before the [Kidney] Disease”
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On Episode 3, guests Morgan Reid & Patrick O. Gee PhD, JLC join us to share their journeys as patients with kidney disease – who received both dialysis and kidney transplants. They share incredibly powerful personal experiences and their advice for kidney healthcare providers.
Nephrons: Elinor Mannon, Sam Kant, Matthew Sparks, Samira Farouk
Guests: Morgan Reid, Patrick O. Gee
Links from the Show:
3:05 Delayed graft function
5:27 Peritoneal Dialysis
7:10 IgA nephropathy
9:57 Lupus nephritis
11:00 Living kidney donor evaluation process
12:00 Mistrust, misperceptions, and miscommunication: A qualitative study of preferences about kidney transplantation among African-Americans
13:00 Social media & living kidney donation
16:00 Health Literacy in African-American Communities: Barriers and Strategies
17:37 Social determinants of health & NephMadness (Patrick O. Gee)
18:00 Chronic kidney disease classification
23:55 African-Americans suffer from some of the highest rates of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) in comparison to other racial ethnic groups
25:11 The Organ Thieves: The Shocking Story of the First Heart Transplant in the Segregated South
26:24 Donate life
26:30 Living donor protection act
26:55 Clinical trials seek to fix their lack of racial mix
34:00 National Kidney Foundation peer mentoring program for patients with kidney disease (NKF PEERS)
36:05 Vaca frita