Associations of Dysnatremia with COVID-19 Status and Mortality.

Background: In patients without COVID-19, dysnatremia is associated with mortality. These relationships are not well established in patients with COVID-19. We tested the hypotheses that patients with COVID-19 were more likely to have dysnatremia than those without COVID-19 and that, among those with COVID-19, dysnatremia is associated with mortality.

Anemia Management in the Cancer Patient With CKD and End-Stage Kidney Disease.

Anemia is a common medical problem among patients with cancer and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although anemia in patients with CKD is often treated with iron and erythropoietin-stimulating agents, there are controversies with regard to the use of erythropoietin-stimulating agents in cancer patients. In this article, we review the treatment of anemia in patients with cancer and CKD, in addition to summarizing the current guidelines in treatment of anemia in these patients.

Long-Term Follow up of Renal and Other Acute Organ Failure in Survivors of Critical Illness Due to Covid-19.

Background: Little is known about the long-term health sequelae and outcomes of various organ failures in ICU survivors of Covid-19. The aim of our research was to study the characteristics of 120-day ICU survivors of the initial pandemic surge and report their long term (>6 months) outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a telephone questionnaire-based follow up study of 120- day survivors of Covid-19 admitted to ICUs at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY from 3/10/2020 to 4/11/2020.

Learn to Live Again.

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 4.5 million lives so far throughout the world. These sudden, unnatural, and unexpected deaths have led to complicated grief reactions as families did not get time to prepare for death.

The changing epidemiology of acute kidney injury syndromes in the face of emerging respiratory viral pandemic illnesses.

In this issue, Birkelo et al. performed a rigorous analysis of acute kidney injury (AKI) differences in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 versus influenza. Coronavirus disease 2019 AKI was more severe, with worse outcomes, than influenza, despite adjustment for confounders.

Characteristics, Outcomes and 60-Day Hospital Mortality of ICU Patients with COVID-19 and Acute Kidney Injury.

Background: AKI has been reported in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and it is associated with higher mortality. The aim of our study is to describe characteristics, outcomes, and 60-day hospital mortality of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and AKI in the intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in which all adult patients with confirmed COVID-19 who were admitted to ICUs of Montefiore Medical Center and developing AKI were included.

Septic pulmonary emboli causing recurrent bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient with right sided endocarditis: A case report and review of literature.

Patients with a history of drug abuse and right sided endocarditis are prone to develop septic pulmonary emboli. Pneumothorax is a rare complication of septic pulmonary emboli reported in the literature, likely due to the rupture of thin-walled septic cavitary lesions resembling pneumatoceles into the pleural space. Only seven cases (including our case) of pneumothorax from septic pulmonary emboli due to right sided endocarditis have been described in the literature.

Pregnancy outcomes in women on hemodialysis: a national survey.

Pregnancy occurs among 1-7% of women on chronic dialysis. Experience regarding pregnancy and dialysis originates from anecdotal reports, case series and surveys. This survey updates the US nephrologists' experience with pregnancy on hemodialysis (HD) over the past 5 years.

Onconephrology abstracts and publication trends: time to collaborate.

Onconephrology is an emerging subspecialty of nephrology. The American Society of Nephrology(ASN) created a forum dedicated to the field of onconephrology in 2011 to improve collaborative care for cancer patients with kidney disease. In this article, we review the ASN Kidney Week abstracts that were related to onconephrology.