What's New on ISN Education?

Welcome to ISN Education! You will find here the latest hand-picked resources that have been uploaded on our portal. Browse through all categories to find out our full offerings.

Renal pathology cases

ISN Education presents the first two renal pathology cases in a multiple choice format, received from our colleague Hala Kassouf Kfoury from Saudi Arabia. More cases will be posted in future, so keep browsing!

Renal pathology case 1
65 years old female patient who had kidney transplant six and half years ago, presented with nephrotic range proteinuria. A renal biopsy is performed.

Renal pathology case 2
67 years old female patient, presented with SOB for 2 months, found to have anemia with renal impairment and nephrotic range proteinuria.

WCN 2013 Live broadcasts

ISN Education will broadcast three live sessions from Theme 4 on “Clinical Conditions Associated with CKD” during the ISN World Congress of Nephrology to be held in Hong Kong between May 31 and June 4, 2013. Mark your calendars now! More information on how to access these sessions will follow soon.

Cardiovascular disease and CKD – pathophysiology
From 8:00- 9:45 local time in Hong Kong

New perspectives on salt and water metabolism
From 15:45- 17:15 local time in Hong Kong

Debate session: controversies in CKD
From 17:15-18:15 local time in Hong Kong

Click here to access the WCN program

Topics

The topics will be expanded as more content is received

Browse content by subject:

• Acute Kidney Injury
• Basic Science
• Bone Disease
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• Diabetes
• Fluids and Electrolytes
• General Nephrology
• Global Nephrology
• Glomerular Disease (Supported by an unrestricted educational grant of Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc)
• Hemodialysis
• Hypertension
• Nutrition and Hydration
• Peritoneal Dialysis
• Systemic Disease
• Transplantation

Click here to access all categories

Ask the Experts

The ISN Education Ask the Experts column provides authoritative perspectives on issues related to nephrology. As an ISN member, you have the opportunity of getting direct feedback from experts in each field of kidney medicine, and to discuss your question with other ISN members in an interactive way.

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Books

ISN Education has partnered with authors and puts at your disposal several chapters of leading publications in the area of nephrology. Additional Books will be added in the coming months.

		New Landmark papers in nephrology points the reader to some of the seminal observations which have led to the practice of nephrology as we know it today. Twenty areas of nephrology are covered by discrete chapters, with the editors selecting the ten most important papers ever published in that field. The ISN puts at your disposal 2 chapters received from the publishers.
		New Vascular access for the general nephrologist is a compendium of vascular access insights designed to augment the knowledge base of the general nephrologist. This book provides up to date information for the clinical practice of general nephrology as it applies to the care of vascular access. The ISN puts at your disposal 5 chapters received from the publishers.

Click here to view all Books

Education Associates

As we wish to extend and maximize the value of our education offerings, ISN Education has partnered with leading initiatives and communities, such as KDIGO, DOPPS and Cochrane. ISN experts have been closely involved in developing many of the resources below.

Click on the links below to access resources developed in collaboration with the Education Associates:

Guidelines

Click on the links to access the newly published guidelines developed in collaboration with KDIGO, NDT and various ISN Committees and members. Comments and further short presentations from ISN members  are coordinated by ISN's Guideline Committee Chair Dr. Gavin Becker.

The Indian Society of Nephrology Guidelines for Hemodialysis Units^NEW
By Vivek Jha, with a commentary from Peter Kerr

KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Evaluation and management of CKD, January 2013^NEW
Commentaries from ISN Experts will follow soon.

KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Blood Pressure in CKD, December 2012
With a commentary from Dr Marius Miglinas

KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Anemia in CKD, August  2012
With a commentary from Patrick Parfrey, Marisa Battistella and Prof. J.Bargman.

KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Glomerulonephritis, June 2012
With commentaries from ISN Experts Prof. J.Bargman, Prof. J. Radhakrishnan and Dr D. Cattran

Recommendations for the Management of Crush Victims in Mass Disasters, April 2012
With an audio presentation from one of the authors Mehmet Sever

ISPD Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Infections Recommendations: 2010 Update
Copies available in English, French and Chinese

To find other Guidelines and commentaries please browse below:

Click here to view all Guidelines

Pathology

Histopathology images

ISN Education has released a selection of histopathology images collected and commented by the ISN Pathology Committee chaired by Dr. Agnes Fogo. Click on the links below to access the images.

Transplant Kidney Diseases

Native Kidney Diseases

Renal pathology cases

ISN Education presents the first two renal pathology cases in a multiple choice format, received from our colleague Hala Kassouf Kfoury from Saudi Arabia. More cases will be posted in future, so keep browsing!

Renal pathology case 1
65 years old female patient who had kidney transplant six and half years ago, presented with nephrotic range proteinuria. A renal biopsy is performed.

Renal pathology case 2
67 years old female patient, presented with SOB for 2 months, found to have anemia with renal impairment and nephrotic range proteinuria.

Interventional Nephrology

With the support of the ISN interventional nephrology committee chaired by Dr Miguel C.Riella, ISN Education shares a collection of videos of nephrological interventions and procedures.

Peritoneal Dialysis Catheters And Videolaparoscopy ^New
By Stefano Santarelli, Emilio Ceraudo, Matthias Zeiler

Cathether placement tips ^New
by Michael Tal

Insertion of Tenckhoff Catheter with the Seldinger technique^New
By Elieser Watanabe and Rodrogo Bueno

Atlas of Dialysis Vascular Access
By Tushar Vachharajani

Click here to view all resources

Kidney International Editor's Picks

Kidney International (KI) is the official journal of the International Society of Nephrology. Kidney International is published twice a month and is free of charge for all ISN members. Every month, Dr. Jai Radhakrishnan, Associate Editor of KI, will select for ISN Education various articles that have the highest education value and that are available for free, even if you are not an ISN member.

Every month Dr Haiyan Wang and Dr Sei Sasaki et al. will also select for ISN Education Chinese and Japanese translations of KI articles.

Click here to view the selected articles in English

Click here to view the selected articles in Chinese

Click here to view the selected articles in Japanese

Meetings

ISN Education gathers a selection of presentations and talks from various ISN events or events organized by ISN members. Click on the links below to access the presentations.

Latest presentations from ISN leaders at ISN GO CME meetings
ISN GO sponsored CME meetings are held all over the world.

ISN Forefronts Symposium 2012, Tubulointerstitial Disease in Diabetic Nephropathy^New
4-7 October 2012, Melbourne Australia

ISN Nexus Symposium 2012, Bone and the Kidney^New
20-23 September 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark

ISN Forefronts 2012, Systems Biology and the Kidney
7-10 June 2012, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

14th International Conference on Dialysis, Advances in CKD 2012
Tarpon Springs, January 25-27, 2012

8th Conference on Kidney Disease in Disadvantaged Populations
12-14 April, 2011 Victoria B.C., Canada

Contact & Feedback

Please let us know how we can tailor our education offerings better to your needs or if you encounter any problems. You are also welcome to suggest or send us education resources for publishing. Note that in order to ensure the educational and technical standards required, all education resources are reviewed by ISN Experts across our various committees.