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February 2, 2010 by Shalini

As I started my practice as a nephrologist in Charlotte, I got a lot of questions from my hospitalist and primary care physician colleagues about latest evidence and protocols in nephrology to help them manage their patients better.
It is hard for me as a nephrologist to stay on top of latest developments in the field. For non-nephrologists who have to deal with kidney related issues of patients, the challenge is even greater.
That was the seed of the idea of this blog. To create a forum for non-nephrology physicians to stay updated and find answers around kidney related issues, that will help them in patient management.
I will collect the questions that I am asked by my colleagues and readers, and try my best to answer them. Wherever appropriate I will cite the latest evidence or a good review article for further reading. I shall begin by answering a few questions that I had accumulated over the past three months and I hope I will soon have a lot of questions from you all.
So here it is, the informal vision of this blog. Let us see where it evolves from here. It should be a fun journey in a new medium.

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9 Responses

on February 7, 2010 at 11:48 am | Reply shaan

Great start! In a few years time, we hope to have a complete forum with discussion boards, Q&A section, other contributing doctors and web chats. Keep up the good, creative work…
on February 14, 2010 at 2:22 pm | Reply Bill Peckham

I look forward to following your blog’s development. My question for a future post:
After taking away the option of a transplant how would you treat your own CKD5, if, God forbid, your kidneys stopped working? Which form and dose of dialysis would you choose for yourself?
- on February 22, 2010 at 6:35 pm | Reply Shalini
  
  Thanks for the link.
  I thing this is a great question and I shall respond to it soon.
  Looking forward to continuing the discussion.
on February 16, 2010 at 10:44 pm | Reply Dr Sidharth Sethi

Welcome to the world of nephrology blogging!
I am a Pediatric Nephrologist from India,
http://pediatric-nephrology.com/home.html
- on February 22, 2010 at 6:36 pm | Reply Shalini
  
  Thanks for visiting. I have added you on my blogroll.
on February 19, 2010 at 5:23 am | Reply Tejas

Great website and welcome to the world of renal blogging. Let me know if you’d like to collaborate together.

http://www.nephrologyondemand.org
on February 19, 2010 at 5:25 am | Reply Tejas

Great website and congratulations on entering the world of renal blogging. Please let me know if you’d like to collaborate efforts.
- on February 22, 2010 at 6:36 pm | Reply Shalini
  
  Thanks Tejas, What do you have in mind in terms of collaboration?
on February 24, 2010 at 12:30 pm | Reply Tejas Desai, MD

Hi Shalini. Send me your email and we can discuss how to work together. I believe we can complement each other’s websites very nicely.

Thanks.