Insight

June 20, 2022

 Features 
New! Women and Kidney Ethics: Access Online Talks and Register for a June 28 Online Workshop
Access newly-released and upcoming resources focused on understanding ethical issues impacting kidney care for women.
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Review Abstracts from this week's ISN Frontiers Meeting on Complement-related Kidney Diseases in the Open-access Kidney International Reports Supplement
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The meeting is being held in Bergamo, Italy, from June 23-25, 2022.
Shaping Future Leaders: How is the Second Emerging Leaders Cohort Advancing?
Last month, the 12 members of the second ISN Emerging Leaders cohort began activities on collaborative leadership and problem-solving in global kidney health as part of their two-year participation in the ISN Emerging Leaders Program.
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The YNC Reports: Keeping PD Relevant in the Developing World, Why and How - the Pakistan Story
ISN Young Nephrologists Committee member Ahad Qayyum reports on initiatives and ISN involvement in helping to address the low uptake of peritoneal dialysis in Pakistan.
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 ISN News 
 
 Grants 
The ISN Renews Collaboration with CREED to Develop Dialysis Education in Southeast Asia Through ISN Grant Programs
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ISN Fellow Vimbayi Lynnet Makanza Admitted to the College of Physicians of South Africa
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Advance in Your Career and Make Life-long Learning Connections: Apply to the ISN Mentorship Program as a Mentee
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 Awards 
Has Somebody Inspired You with Their Exceptional Commitment to Kidney Care? Nominate Them for an ISN Award
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 Advocacy 
Professor Robyn Langham Receives Recognition on the British Queen’s Birthday 2022 Honors List
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The ISN Presents at the World NCD Congress 2022 to Highlight Global Kidney Health Concerns
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The ISN Dialysis Framework to Advance Kidney Care in Low-resource Settings Now Available in French
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 Research 
Building a Statistical Analytical Plan: Look Out for the Next Narrative-based Chapter of the ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit
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 Education 
UPCOMING WEBINAR
Tuesday, June 21  I  2 p.m. CEST
ISN-KDIGO-WONCA Joint Webinar on CKD Early Identification and Intervention - Part 2
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This webinar is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from AstraZeneca.
 COVID-19 
Kidney International on COVID-19
A Retrospective Cohort Study Measured Predicting and Validating the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Individuals with Chronic Kidney Disease
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Efficacy of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies Prophylaxis and Vaccination on Omicron COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients
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Inferior Cellular and Humoral Immunity against Omicron and Delta VOC Compared to SARS-CoV-2 Wild-type in Hemodialysis Patients Immunized with Four SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Doses
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Kidney International Reports on COVID-19
Immunologic Responses Following COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Membranous Nephropathy Receiving Anti-CD38 Felzartamab Therapy: Results from the Phase 1b/2a M-PLACE Study
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COVID-19 Vaccination in Patients with Membranous Nephropathy
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 Journals 
ISN's Involvement in Advancing Kidney Care in Peru Highlighted in Kidney International Reports Paper
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Watch Two New ISN Video Abstracts on IgA Nephropathy and Glomerulonephritis
The latest episodes from the @ISNeducation Social Media Team present two papers from Kidney International Reports:
The Density of Renal Lymphatics Correlates with Clinical Outcomes in IgA Nephropathy
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Comparison of Complement Pathway Activation in Autoimmune Glomerulonephritis
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 KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL SELECTION 
Calculated Versus Measured Albumin-Creatinine Ratio to Predict Kidney Failure and Death in People with Chronic Kidney Disease
This study compares the performance of albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR) calculated from urine dipstick protein versus protein-to-creatinine ratio (PCR) measured ACR in predicting kidney failure in people with CKD. The authors found that dipstick-calculated ACR has a similar prognostic performance to PCR-calculated ACR.
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 KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS EDITORIAL SELECTION 
The Rational Use of Complement Inhibitors in Kidney Diseases
A summary of the knowns and unknowns of complement activation and therapeutic inhibition in kidney diseases. The authors provide indications for a rational approach to complement modulation in kidney diseases.
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