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Dr. Brad Berk, University of Rochester Medical Center CEO, discusses his spinal cord injury on YouTube: http://ping.fm/x7hp2
Source: Kidney Notes - October 21, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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David Pogue Interviews Dr. Blumenthal, US Electronic Medical Records Czar http://ping.fm/Y7t1G
Source: Kidney Notes - October 20, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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The Electrolyte Composition of the Dead Sea. http://ping.fm/muQcP
Source: Kidney Notes - October 14, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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“Medical students at UMDNJ required to have an Apple iPhone or iPod touch http://bit.ly/103xEw” -@DrJosephKim
Source: Kidney Notes - October 12, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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A med/peds hospitalist writes on resources for nephrology: http://ping.fm/94qYQ
Source: Kidney Notes - October 12, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

List of Kidney Diseases UpdatedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image via WikipediaI've updated the list of kidney diseases for patients. Please let me know if I missed anything.
Source: Kidney Notes - October 12, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

"Regulation Works."Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"Regulation works." (via @jayparkinson)
Source: Kidney Notes - October 11, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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8 Ways Physicians Can Use Evernote. http://ping.fm/zNjGj
Source: Kidney Notes - October 10, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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"New York Health Department study shows how blended drinks from coffee chains foster calorie overload." http://ping.fm/g4Nk5 http://ping.fm/PVnqP
Source: Kidney Notes - October 5, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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"The Burger That Shattered Her Life." (Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in the New York Times) — http://bit.ly/xxBPM
Source: Kidney Notes - October 4, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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HealthGrades makes it difficult for physicians to edit their info. Here's the link: http://ping.fm/5YvPo
Source: Kidney Notes - October 4, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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The New PubMed. http://ping.fm/ttUHZ http://ping.fm/YWixu
Source: Kidney Notes - October 3, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Swine Flu on Twitter (by xkcd.com)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(original here)
Source: Kidney Notes - October 3, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Surgery (by xkcd.com)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(original here)
Source: Kidney Notes - October 3, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

List of Kidney DiseasesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeDid I miss anything on this list of kidney diseases? (I intentionally left out a few rare disorders.)If you know of other links to patient information I might include, please post a comment. Thanks.
Source: Kidney Notes - October 3, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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"Is an efficient physician necessarily a good doctor?" http://ping.fm/0c9HQ
Source: Kidney Notes - September 19, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

High Potassium and Kidney Failure Due to Matchstick IngestionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Renal Fellow Network Blog is essential reading, part 426...Matchstick heads are comprised of over 50% potassium chlorate (KClO3); it is an oxidizing agent which makes matches flammable and can also be found in many explosives and fireworks. Unfortunately, it also happens to be nephrotoxic. In this interesting case report by Mutlu et al, the authors describe a 21-year-old man who attempted to commit suicide by ingesting 120 matchsticks...
Source: Kidney Notes - September 18, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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Hilarious Journal Articles and NCBI ROFL. http://ping.fm/G9fTn
Source: Kidney Notes - September 12, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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Robin Williams talks about his aortic valve replacement: http://ping.fm/H9OHR (Thanks, to Dr. Wes at http://ping.fm/41AQU)
Source: Kidney Notes - August 23, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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New favorite fountain pen, 77¢: http://ping.fm/keDdE
Source: Kidney Notes - August 19, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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"We have contests in which we decide who is the most beautiful woman in the world... We should be able to have a World's Most Perfect Kidney contest." -- David Cronenberg, in Aphrodites of the Operating Theater: La Specola Museum of Natural History of the University of Florence, BoingBoing. http://ping.fm/IS4Kd
Source: Kidney Notes - August 16, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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Someone please prove me wrong: A table of the benefits of common medical therapies (aspirin, statins, etc.) DOESN'T EXIST.
Source: Kidney Notes - August 14, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Differential Diagnosis of Urine Color and OdorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Via the Primer on Kidney Diseases. (Love that text.)
Source: Kidney Notes - August 11, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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Ben Franklin in the NYT Pursuit of Happiness Blog (http://ping.fm/pUvLu)
Source: Kidney Notes - August 2, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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Information Overload, the Index Medicus, and PubMed http://ping.fm/wnBvT
Source: Kidney Notes - July 28, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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"NIH is encouraging its scientists to edit and even initiate Wikipedia articles in their fields." http://tr.im/uuyw
Source: Kidney Notes - July 28, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

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Brooklyn Bridge via Moving Car
Source: Kidney Notes - July 26, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Updated iPhone Home ScreenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: Kidney Notes - July 19, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Show Me Something New (from "Reaching the Animal Mind")Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: Kidney Notes - July 19, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Manhattanhenge 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: Kidney Notes - July 12, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Brain with AtherosclerosisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Kidney Notes - July 2, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

A Mindmap Containing All Major Topics in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Structure of the Kidney.
Source: Kidney Notes - July 2, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Why Doesn't This Catheter Work?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Have I mentioned recently that you must read Nathan Hellman's Renal Fellow's Blog?
Source: Kidney Notes - June 20, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Steve Jobs' Liver TransplantEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image via CrunchBaseVia Daring Fireball:Yukari Iwatani and Joann S. Lublin, reporting for The Wall Street Journal: Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple Inc. since January to treat an undisclosed medical condition, received a liver transplant in Tennessee about two months ago. The chief executive has been recovering well and is expected to return to work on schedule later this month, though he may work part-time initially. This must be a deliberate, timed leak from Apple. The timing is simply perfect from Apple’s perspective — midnight on the Friday of what appears to be the most successful new product l...
Source: Kidney Notes - June 20, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Marlo Isis ArmstrongEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Kidney Notes - June 19, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Manhattanhenge 2009Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Kidney Notes - May 31, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Dude Fest!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I'm attending a complete dude fest, also known as the annual American Urological Association (AUA) meeting. It's held in the illustrious city of Chicago this year, and it's been quite fun and informative so far. Though it has "american" as part of its acronym, the AUA is actually quite an international event with tons of international urologists in attendance. I'm constantly hearing Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French, Korean, Japanese, German and many other languages in the meeting halls. It's quite impressive and makes for a nice multi-cultural event.However, I'm never more amazed at the paucity of women in urology than ...
Source: UroStream - April 28, 2009

Clowns vs. Cops. In a Hospital.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
There are no words.
Source: Kidney Notes - April 23, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Show and tellEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Doctors love it (NOT) when patients come into the office carrying jars or other homemade specimen containers holding all manners of bodily fluids.I am sure that the average PCP or ENT doc has seen their share of "funny-looking" or -insert favorite color- sputum that the patient carefully brought with them to the office, after they had been saving the used Kleenex for a day or so....or perhaps the occasional stool specimen.You can see where this is going, since I am a urologist....I actually encourage patients to bring me the kidney stones they have passed. We can get those analyzed, and the information is quite useful in t...
Source: UroStream - April 16, 2009

New favorite website of the dayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This is why you're fat.It's like watching a car accident in slo-mo – I just can't take my eyes off of it. It makes my stomach churn, but I can't figure out whether it's in a good or a bad way.
Source: UroStream - April 7, 2009

Picture perfectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Imagine this scenario:Two hard-of-hearing patients both in a crowded clinic waiting room.... (sounds like the start of a good joke, doesn't it?) The nurse opens the door and calls out a name: "Mr. Will Shakespeare!!!" An elderly patient stands up and walks into the exam room. The nurse proceeds to take vital signs and obtains a urine sample and other pertinent information before informing the doctor that the patient is ready to be seen.The doctor walks into the room and says: "Hi Mr. Shakespeare, how are you doing today?" to which the patient promptly replies: "Huh??? My name's not Shakespeare, it's Andre Gide!"Yes, indeed...
Source: UroStream - April 2, 2009

Happy National Doctor's Day!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I know this was the main thought of your day today, with March 30th being national doctor's day. And there was great celebration and rejoicing!!! ...huh, not really. Despite the fact that this has been an annual event for the past several years, I'm only really aware of it when I start getting letters from my hospitals telling me how much they appreciate me.So I did a little internet research regarding this so-called holiday. Apparently this got started on March 30, 1933, a date which marks the anniversary of the first use of general anesthesia in surgery. However, the first national doctor's day was not officially cel...
Source: UroStream - March 31, 2009

RedemptionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Despite the nature of my job, and despite what some of my readers may think, I don't actually enjoy causing pain and suffering. In fact, I'm barely able to watch a gory horror movie though I know intellectually that special effects and acting (some of it bad) are creating the images.I'm acutely aware that some surgeries/procedures hurt more than others, whether the pain be purely physical, or with a significant psychological aspect. I think orchiectomies (removal of testes) definitely fall into this category.Even though an orchiectomy is technically a very simple procedure, most patients (especially the male patients) tend...
Source: UroStream - March 28, 2009

Out of Jail!!!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I would like to say that I was pitifully huddled on a pallet in a Singapore jail, awaiting my sentencing for smuggling illegal chewing gum, but the truth is much more simple: I have just been busy and preoccupied. Thanks for all the caring and concerned messages you have left on my last post. It's really nice to feel loved...I am very much alive and doing quite well.The last time I wrote was before my trip to Southeast Asia, which now seems such a long time ago. How did we get to be in March already? AND it's the year 2009???? Yikes... Time really seems to fly by when you are busy. And please, don't think that I am complai...
Source: UroStream - March 12, 2009

Bizarre Devices from Medicine's Dark PastEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From the New Scientist Web site. Not entirely safe for work. (Via Warren Ellis.)
Source: Kidney Notes - March 4, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Nephrology Calculators for the iPhoneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My colleague Joel Topf over at Precious Bodily Fluids reviews three nephrology calculators for the iPhone. He likes Neph CalcMedCalc the best.
Source: Kidney Notes - March 4, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

"13 Things I Hate about Nephrology" (by Nephrogirl)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Image via WikipediaIn a recent post, "nephrogirl" — who is either a nephrology fellow or younger nephrologist — listed the "13 things [she hates] about nephrology." I appreciate that she took the time to vent her unhappiness. And while her experiences with nephrology aren't mine — which might have to do with differences in our patient populations and many other factors — I understand her perspective. Here's the list, along with my comments.1) The incessant checking of labs, powerlessly watching the kidney function slowly deteriorate. [I'd say the ratio of patients for whom I make a significant difference to patient...
Source: Kidney Notes - February 7, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN

Electronic Stethoscope OdditiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Happy New Year!If acoustic stethoscopes — the kind physicians have used for over two hundred years — are the equivalent of typewriters, then electronic stethoscopes are like word processors. Okay, this analogy is non-intuitive, but hear me out. Electronic stethoscopes, like word processors, are newer, more expensive than the previous generation, and are — well — electronic, with all the advantages and disadvantages this implies.The advantages to electronic stethoscopes are many. As I've written previously in my review of the Littman Electronic Stethoscope Model 3000, it's simply easier to hear heart and lung sounds...
Source: Kidney Notes - January 1, 2009 Authors: Joshua Schwimmer, MD, FACP, FASN