Insight

September 19, 2022

 Features 
Take the Lead in Steering ISN Initiatives in Your Field of Interest: Apply for Leadership Opportunities by Friday, September 23
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ISN President Agnes Fogo on Her Career, Thinking Outside the Box and the Pathology of Kidney Infections: Watch the Interview and Register for the ISN Frontiers Meeting-New Delhi, September 22-25
ISN President and Frontiers-New Delhi keynote speaker, Agnes Fogo, talks about her role models as a medical student, the unusual ways infections affect the kidneys, and why early-career nephrologists should seek out happy colleagues.
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Improving Medical Teaching Skills in South America Through the ISN Mentorship Program
Find out how mentor and mentee worked together to generate student interest in kidney care, culminating in designing a course for undergraduates - an event that mentee Dr. René Scalet states, “provided the essence of the ISN Mentoring Program: the integration of different cultures for a common purpose.”
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 ISN News 
 
 Research 
Join the Live #NephTrials Discussion on Efficiency in Clinical Trials: 'Getting to the H4RT of Registry Design' on September 29
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 Advocacy 
World Kidney Day 2023 Official Campaign 'Kidney Health for All' Launches - Show Your Support: Download and Share the Banners
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 Events 
Reach a Global Audience: Submit Your Abstract to WCN'23 Before November 9
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Are You Eligible For a WCN'23 Travel Grant? Find Out and Apply Before November 16
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 Grants 
Improving Knowledge of Dialysis Techniques to Tackle High Demand in Cameroon Through the ISN-Swiss Society-Cameroon Society Partnership
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Secure Opportunities to Advance Kidney Care in Your Community: Apply to the ISN Fellowship and Sister Renal Centers Programs by October 1
 Awards 
One Week Left to Honor a Deserving Colleague for Excellence in Kidney Care: Send Your Nominations by September 26
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 ISN Participates 
ISN President Presents at the Congress of the College of Nephrologists of Mexico on September 21
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Tune in for Talks by ISN-KI Early-Career Researcher at Upcoming Oncology-Nephrology Meetings
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 Education 
It’s All in the Family Parts 1 and 2: Sonia Chicano Presents the Latest Renal Pathology Case Presentation on Unusual Findings in Sibling Kidney Biopsies
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Zaheer Amin Virani Presents Two New Modules of the Online Kidney Education for Primary Care Physicians Curriculum on Hematuria and Approach to Pyuria: Watch and Share
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Finerenone Found to Reduce Risk of Clinically Important Kidney Outcomes in CKD Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
The infographic was supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Bayer AG.
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UPCOMING WEBINARS
Friday, September 23  I  1 p.m. CEST
Grand Rounds in Pediatric Nephrology - an ISN-IPNA Sister Centers Initiative:
C3 Glomerulonephritis and Dense Deposit Disease - A Tale of Two Twins
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Tuesday, September 27  I  3 p.m. CEST
ISRNM-ISN Webinar:
Protein-Energy Wasting - Screening, Assessment, and Management in Low- and Middle-resource Settings
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Thursday, October 13  I  1 p.m. CEST
ISN Series on Transplantation - Part 1:
COVID-19, Vaccinations and Transplantations
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RECORDED WEBINARS
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ISN-DOPPS Webinar:
Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Moderate to Advanced CKD - Traditional Risk Factors and Important New Opportunities
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ISN-WIN India Webinar:
Trials and Tribulations of Women Researchers
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ISN Oceania and South East Asia Regional Board Webinar:
Equity in Providing Dialysis Care in South East Asia
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 COVID-19 
Access the Latest ISN Journal Articles on Covid-19
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 Journals 
Watch the Latest ISN Video Abstracts From Kidney International and Kidney International Reports Presented by the @ISNeducation Social Media Team 
Preemptive Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplantation Has Survival Benefit to Patients
Randomized Phase II JANUS Study of Atacicept in Patients With IgA Nephropathy and Persistent Proteinuria
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 KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL SELECTION 
Oral Coenzyme Q10 Supplementation Leads to Better Preservation of Kidney Function in Steroid-resistant Nephrotic Syndrome Due to Primary Coenzyme Q10 Deficiency
The long-term efficacy and optimal prescription of oral CoQ10 supplementation to treat primary coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) deficiency are not well-documented. This study analyzed information from 116 patients to address this dearth. Findings indicated that all patients diagnosed with this condition should receive early and lifelong CoQ10 supplementation to decelerate the progression of kidney disease and prevent further damage to other organs.
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 KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS EDITORIAL SELECTION 
Incidence and One-year Survival of Elderly South Africans Starting Kidney Replacement Therapy
In view of the lack of data available about elderly patients receiving kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in low and middle-income countries, this study analyzed South African Renal Registry data to evaluate the incidence, treatment modalities and one-year survival rates of elderly South Africans receiving KRT.
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