ISN, the global medical society devoted to advancing kidney care worldwide and Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, have announced the launch of Kidney International Reports (KI Reports). This new bi-monthly, open access journal will publish leading research and developments related to kidney disease. Led by Editor-in-Chief Jai Radhakrishnan,...
Detlef Schlondorff announced recently that he will be stepping down as Editor of Kidney International from the end of 2017. Under his leadership ISN’s flagship journal has continued to grow in impact and in appeal to its global readership. ISN is deeply indebted to Detlef and his editorial team. Soon ISN will commence the search for...
On World Kidney Day (WKD) 2016, ISN and The Lancet launched an online campaign to raise awareness of kidney disease aimed at the international health community. The Lancet Kidney Campaign brings together the best available evidence to inform strategies to reduce the national, regional and global burden of kidney disease and its risk factors. ‘Despite the...
Kidney International (KI) has now reported on the success of the ISN ANIO Online Clinical Nephropathology Certificate (CNC) Program as an innovative form of training for renal pathologists globally. ISN and the American Nephrologists of Indian Origin (ANIO) developed a year-long web-based Clinical Nephrology Certificate Program for physicians looking for training in the principles and...
The outcome of the Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Global Snapshot, an innovative web-based global cohort study carried out under the ISN 0by25 Initiative, is published in The Lancet today. Including 4,000 patients in over 72 countries, the study assessed similarities and differences in recognizing and managing AKI globally. The study found that over half of the patients in...
Kidney International (KI) Reports is now accepting submissions, especially relating to clinical trials, epidemiology, systematic reviews and outcome research. This peer-reviewed journal publishes original clinical and select translational articles as well as educational content related to the pathogenesis, evaluation and management of acute and chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, transplantation, acid-base, fluid and electrolyte...
Kidney International Reports, an official journal of the International Society of Nephrology, is a peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to the publication of leading research and developments related to kidney disease. With the primary aim of contributing to improved care of patients with kidney disease, the journal will publish original clinical and select translational articles...
Access to diagnosis and dialysis for acute kidney injury can be life-saving, but can be prohibitively expensive in low-income settings. The burden of acute kidney injury in sub-Saharan Africa is presumably high but remains unknown. The authors of this study did a systematic review to assess outcomes of acute kidney injury in sub-Saharan Africa...
Starting January 2016, online access to Nature Reviews Nephrology (NRN) is no longer available to ISN members. Kidney International now includes a new section called Nephrology Digest, replacing access to NRN and presenting summaries and commentary on recently published basic science and clinical investigations. By logging into the ISN Member Portal, ISN Members can sign...
ISN Members can subscribe to Seminars in Nephrology at a special rate. This publication provides scholarly review articles focusing on subjects of current importance in clinical nephrology and related fields. Each issue is devoted to a specific topic in nephrology and articles provide updates on the clinical relevance of new investigations. A 12-month online subscription...
