John Pickering • Jan 23, 2013 •
Kidney’s are being attacked every day. Yours could be next. So common and deadly are kidney attacks that the theme for this year’s World Kidney Day is “Kidneys for Life: Stop Kidney Attack!“ Kidney Attack, or as Physicians and scientists call it “Acute Kidney Injury,” is a syndrome which affects several thousand people a year … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • Dec 14, 2012 •
How many deaths does it take? We hear that question asked time and again following a tragic event. We also hear it with calls for changes to our public health priorities. Well, I am now asking it with respect to Acute Kidney Injury. Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is one of the most common hospital events (4-5% of … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • Oct 01, 2012 •
Some of you may know Lewis Carroll’s classic nonsense poem “The hunting of the Snark”. Eight men set off with a blank map to find the mythical Snark. And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new It was matter for general remark, Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • Jul 13, 2012 •
Dr Cat Pause is a Fat advocate. For her “Obese” is a negative term, but Fat is good. She hit the headlines this week as the organiser of New Zealand’s first Fat Studies conference. Listening to her interviews (see eg TVNZ interview) and reading some media around this event I detect two strains of argument 1. … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • Jul 09, 2012 •
It has the same incidence as heart attack, 3,000,000 will die of it this year, yet no one has heard of it. What is it? Hopefully, the post title gave you a clue. Kidney Attack is the latest in a long list of names for the disease I study (I’ve been calling it Acute Kidney … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • Jun 12, 2012 •
Today’s stories: The death of a definition, Diluted pee, and No trials for kids. I kill three birds with one blog to catch up with my “2012 publications” and keep my promise to be public about what I research. If you get through these, I’d appreciate any feedback on whether or not I have achieved … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • May 03, 2012 •
I believe in open access and the right of the public to know what I am doing. Putting my money where my mouth is, is another story. When I started this blog in January I promised myself to write something every time an article of mine appeared in print. That’s happened three times already this … Continue reading » … Read More
John Pickering • Mar 07, 2012 •
I’m often asked “What do you do?” Â In order to avoid those glazed over looks, and in honor of World Kidney Day, I present to you Dr John’s five minute intro to his study of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). What is Acute Kidney Injury and why does it matter? AKI is the very rapid … Continue reading … Read More
John Pickering • Jan 13, 2012 •
The kidney is still very much a black box to me. Â Hence, the box in this mini-infographic (a “minfo”) describing some of the cool stuff our kidneys do. Â As you can tell, it is not just a brilliant filter getting rid of waste products but so much more. Â Dialysis (with the aid of Nephrologists’ potions) … Continue reading … Read More