Did you know that for 20 years, doctors have been estimating how fast the kidneys are filtering the blood (the glomerular filtration rate or GFR) using an equation that includes a “Black race correction”?
another birthday checkup
Another birthday has come and gone, which means another reminder to find out how my right kidney is faring since I gave away her mate 11 years ago.
the cutest
old habits are hard to break, part 2
Two months after meeting Mother and Daughter, I was again in the clinic when they returned. This time I acted as supervisor to the fellow, the nephrologist in training. Fellow came from the exam room to tell me about how Mother had been doing since being seen by my colleague and a different fellow at her last appointment a month prior.