Insight

November 28, 2022

 Features 
2023 KI-ISN Early-Career Research Awards for Best Clinical and Best Science Publications in Kidney International Now Open: Submit Your Research
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“A Broader and Deeper Understanding of Current Knowledge in
Nephrology” - First-hand Experiences from ISN-KI Editorial Fellows:
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ISN-KI Fellowships are non-funded positions for early-career professionals to learn editorial skills at Kidney International. Hear what current and former fellows say about the opportunity.
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Connect With Like-minded Colleagues and Engage in ISN Initiatives: Join the ISN Young Nephrologists Network
Discover the new Young Nephrologists Committee platform to connect younger ISN members and share relevant ISN initiatives.
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 ISN News 
 Membership 
Tailor-made Fees for Specialized Content: Join the ISN or Renew Your ISN Membership
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 EVENTS 
Genomic Medicine for Kidney Diseases and Myths of Providing Dialysis in Lower Income Countries - Discover Contemporary Topics in Kidney Care From WCN'23 Plenary Speakers: Grab the Early Bird Fee!
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“These Stories Need to Be Shared,” Dr. Roberto Pecoits-Filho on the Value of the ISN Film Event to Highlight the Patient Perspective
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 Grants 
Applications to the ISN Continuing Medical Education and Educational Ambassadors Programs are open
year-round.
Find out how a healthcare center and recent society event were supported by these grants:
Team of ISN Educational Ambassadors Provide Week-long Training in Sister Renal Center in Romania
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ISN Supports International Speakers at the XXXI Brazilian Congress of Nephrology
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 RESEARCH 
Publishing and Reporting a Trial: Take a Look at the Latest Narrative-based Chapter of the ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit
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Listen to the ISN GTF Twitter Space Recording on the TESTING Randomized Clinical Trial on Oral Methylprednisolone
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Explore the ISN Global Trials Focus Selection for October Featuring 'Trial of the Month' on the Association Between Discontinuing Immunosuppressive Therapy in Lupus Nephritis and Renal Relapse
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 Advocacy 
The ISN Urges an Integrated Approach to NCDs at the 73rd WHO Regional Committee Session
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 ISN Participates 
Join the ISN President at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Nephrology
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 Education/Academy 
ISN Members - Access All ISN Frontiers Meeting-New Delhi Content on Infections and the Kidneys at the ISN Academy
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UPCOMING WEBINARS
TODAY, November 28  I  9 p.m. CET
ISN-ACT Webinar:
Hypoxia Inducible Factor-prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitors (HIF-PHIs)
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Wednesday, November 30  I  11 a.m. CET
ISN-ISE Webinar:
Endocrine and Metabolic Complications After a Kidney Transplant - Part 2
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Tuesday, December 6  I  1 p.m. CET
Grand Rounds in Pediatric Nephrology - an ISN-IPNA Sister Centers Initiative:
The Spectrum of Alport Syndrome: Who and How to Investigate?
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RECORDED WEBINARS
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ISN Webinar:
The Role of Nurses in Kidney Care
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ISN Webinar:
Developments in Managing DKD: Perspectives of a Nephrologist, Cardiologist and Diabetologist - a Discussion on the Main Messages of the Post-hoc Analysis of FIGARO, FIDELIO and FIDELITY   
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ISN-KDIGO Webinar:
Conclusions From the KDIGO Conference on Home Dialysis
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ISN Series on Transplantation:
Personalized Care & Therapies - Individualized Risk and Treatment After Transplantation
 
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 ISN JOURNALS 
COVID-19
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VIDEO ABSTRACTS
Watch the latest ISN video abstracts from the @ISNeducation Social Media Team on inhibiting inflammation with anti-cytokine therapy and post-dilution hemodiafiltration
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The videos are based on papers from Kidney International and Kidney International Reports:
A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of Anakinra for Hemodialysis Inflammation
High-volume Hemodiafiltration and Cool Hemodialysis Have a Beneficial Effect on Intradialytic Hemodynamics: a Randomized Cross-over Trial of Four Intermittent Dialysis Strategies
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL EDITORIAL SELECTION
Particulate Matter of Air Pollution May Increase Risk of Kidney Failure in IgA Nephropathy
Environmental pollution has been associated with the progression of chronic kidney disease in the general population. This study specifically investigated the influence of exposure to fine particulate matter less than 2.5 μm in diameter (PM2.5) on IgAN progression.
The results suggest that PM2.5 is an independent risk factor for kidney failure in patients with IgAN.
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KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS EDITORIAL SELECTION
Leveraging Resources Effectively at the Community Level: Lessons Learned From the Kidney Disease Screening and Awareness Program (KDSAP)
The authors highlight the successful aspects of the kidney disease screening and awareness program (KDSAP) - a decade-old educational model that selects undergraduates in US universities and develops their interest in nephrology. The KDSAP has an outreach program that provides free screenings for CKD risk factors and educational events to raise public awareness of kidney disease.
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