Author Archives: Emma Farrell

The Edren Textbook

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 3, 2011

A brief guide for medical students or for any professionals joining a renal service, from the Edinburgh Renal Unit (www.edren.org). Alphabetically organised, ‘guaranteed to cover core clinical material’. A 2-3 minute read on each topic, but it would take you an hour or more to read and follow the whole lot. 킠Quick link is www.edrep.org/textbook […]

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 4, 2011

Pathology course and UNC renal pathology resources

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 3, 2011

Good but quite long and heavy online tutorial with not brilliant image quality.킠 Not comprehensive but you’ll learn a lot. Various other University of North Carolina resources are linked from here – some of these are good and good quality, but they are pdf files, often large, and some are simply pdfs of powerpoint presentations. […]

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 4, 2011

Transplant pathology and immunology (Pittsburgh)

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 1, 2011

  The Transplant Pathology Internet Services website from the Pittsburgh unit gives an excellent account of biopsy appearances in all sorts of acute and chronic transplant settings, including different types of rejection.킠 There킠 is a useful account of the history of transplant immunology and HLA testing though coverage of the latest tests isn’t fully up […]

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 4, 2011

Renal disease and pregnancy (Medscape)

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 1, 2011

Disappointing, feels long but is superficial on important areas, quite misleading in others.킠 Good on physiology.킠 Then a list of possible complications without clear introduction.킠 Evidence for recommendations/statements often unclear. US-specific and in some areas varying significantly from international practice.  

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 11, 2011

Hypertension in Pregnancy (NHS)

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 1, 2011

Excellent, well-presented and readable recommendations with evidence, not specifically renal. Tip-top first read for trainees or update for experienced clinicians. 킠From the very good NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries series. It is presented as a series of scenarios. 킠It is best to ‘View full scenario’ from the outset.  

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 11, 2011

Photo-library of pathology (University of Tokushima)

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 1, 2011

A good many nice quality photomicrographs, but without any explanation.킠 Created at the University of Tokushima in 2005 apparently (http://www.med.tokushima-u.ac.jp/english/article/0013468.html – but the Japanese pages look so much more interesting). So it’s really for illustrating rather than learning.

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 4, 2011

Pathology of Infections of the genitourinary tract

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 1, 2011

An excellent breeze through the pathology of common and uncommon infections, of the genitourinary tract, simply presented with short explanations from Fujita University, Toyoake, Japan.킠 In other sections of this site he goes through other organ systems too; a valuable resource for any specialty.킠 Created in 2003, not apparently updated, but it’s quick to do […]

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 4, 2011

Atlas of Renal Pathology (AJKD)

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 1, 2011

The AJKD Atlas of Renal Pathology comes mostly from Agnes Fogo (Vanderbilt).킠 It is very good indeed, and covers 55 diagnoses with excellent downloadable images and explanation.킠 However it is an atlas, so more useful as a reference than a learning resource, which is the only reason it drops a star in our rating system.

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 4, 2011

Kidney lecture notes from the Pathology Guy

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 1, 2011

Ed Friedlander is remarkable but this very listy and long page is not the best introduction to kidney diseases.킠 The rare late manifestation is listed alongside the common early, the accuracy is not great either.킠킠 It reads like a pathologists view of nephrology – oh that’s what it is.킠 The best bit is the links […]

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 4, 2011

Renal pathology from the Pathology Guy

By Emma Farrell | Published: November 1, 2011

The macroscopic images are excellent, but the histopathology pics are not such high quality and the commentary on them is very brief and can sometimes be misleading, so use those with caution.킠 There is a good range and it is a very useful overview though.킠 The rest of the Pathology Guy’s website is quite extraordinary, […]

Posted By:   Emma Farrell
Last Edited: November 17, 2011

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