Internal Medicine Residency Readings: Nephrology

Articles selected to give trainees a strong knowledge base in core topics by providing an overview of the topic and citing key references, including the foundational literature that led to current clinical approaches.

Ostermann M, Lumlertgul N, Jeong R, See E, Joannidis M, James M. Acute kidney injury. Lancet. 2025 Jan 18;405(10474):241-256. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02385-7. PMID: 39826969.

Kalantar-Zadeh K, Jafar TH, Nitsch D, Neuen BL, Perkovic V. Chronic kidney disease. Lancet. 2021 Jun 24:S0140-6736(21)00519-5. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00519-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34175022.

Neyra, J. A., & Chawla, L. S. (2021). Acute Kidney Disease to Chronic Kidney Disease. Critical care clinics, 37(2), 453–474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccc.2020.11.013

Liu, S., Zhao, J., & Wang, F. (2021). Acute kidney injury in cancer patients. Clinical and experimental nephrology, 10.1007/s10157-021-02131-7. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10157-021-02131-7

Matchett CL, Simonetto DA, Kamath PS. Renal Insufficiency in Patients with Cirrhosis. Clin Liver Dis. 2023;27(1):57-70. doi:10.1016/j.cld.2022.08.010

Barbar T, Jaffer Sathick I. Tumor Lysis Syndrome. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2021;28(5):438-446.e1. doi:10.1053/j.ackd.2021.09.007

Cabral BMI, Edding SN, Portocarrero JP, Lerma EV. Rhabdomyolysis. Dis Mon. 2020;66(8):101015. doi:10.1016/j.disamonth.2020.101015

Achanti A, Szerlip HM. Acid-Base Disorders in the Critically Ill Patient. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023;18(1):102-112. doi:10.2215/CJN.04500422

Sterns, R. H. (2015). Disorders of plasma sodium—causes, consequences, and correction. New England Journal of Medicine, 372(1), 55-65.

Palmer BF, Clegg DJ. Physiology and Pathophysiology of Potassium Homeostasis: Core Curriculum 2019 [published correction appears in Am J Kidney Dis. 2022 Nov;80(5):690. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2022.09.002]. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019;74(5):682-695. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2019.03.427

Mayerhöfer T, Shaw AD, Wiedermann CJ, Joannidis M. Fluids in the ICU: which is the right one?. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2023;38(7):1603-1612. doi:10.1093/ndt/gfac279

Kraut, J. A., & Madias, N. E. (2014). Lactic acidosis. New England Journal of Medicine, 371(24), 2309-2319.

Kruse J. A. (2012). Methanol and ethylene glycol intoxication. Critical care clinics, 28(4), 661–711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccc.2012.07.002

Frost P. Intravenous fluid therapy in adult inpatients. BMJ. 2015 Jan 6;350:g7620. doi: 10.1136/bmj.g7620. PubMed PMID: 25569336.

Cohen, D. & Valeri, AM. (2024). Treatment of Irreversible Renal Failure from Goldman-Cecil Medicine (27th ed.). Available at: https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/book/3-s2.0-B9780323930383001179

Nieto, T., Inston, N., & Cockwell, P. (2016). Renal transplantation in adults. BMJ, 355, i6158.

Mulley, W.R. & Kanellis, J. (2019). Evaluation and Preoperative Management of Kidney Transplant Recipient and Donor. In Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology (6th ed.)