Episode 4: NephMadness Special! Anna Burgner on Preeclampsia
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It's March, and that means it's time for NephMadness! Every year, our friends at AJKDBlog pit 16 unique regions of nephrology against each other in a basketball-style tournament. Prepare for the Preeclampsia region by listening to this special episode, where Anna Burgner from Vanderbilt University joins Kenar and Koyal to discuss recent discoveries in preeclampsia (the world's most common glomerulopathy).  Will the victor be Diagnosis and Treatment of Preeclampsia, or Risk Factors, Prevention, and Long-Term Sequelae in Preeclampsia? Learn more at ajkdblog.org and submit your picks at nephmadness.com by March 31! References: 1.     de Jesús GR, Lacerda MI, Rodrigues BC, Dos Santos FC, do Nascimento AP, Cristóvão Porto L, de Jesús NR, Levy RA, Klumb EM. Soluble Flt-1, Placental Growth Factor, and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Serum Levels to Differentiate Between Active Lupus Nephritis During Pregnancy and Preeclampsia. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 May;73(5):717-721. doi: 10.1002/acr.24360. Epub 2021 Apr 3. PMID: 32583963. 2.     Cross SN, Ratner E, Rutherford TJ, Schwartz PE, Norwitz ER. Bevacizumab-mediated interference with VEGF signaling is sufficient to induce a preeclampsia-like syndrome in nonpregnant women. Rev Obstet Gynecol. 2012;5(1):2-8. PMID: 22582121; PMCID: PMC3349918. 3.     Wiles K, Bramham K, Seed PT, Brockbank A, Nelson-Piercy C, Karumanchi SA, Lightstone L, Chappell LC. Placental and endothelial biomarkers for the prediction of superimposed pre-eclampsia in chronic kidney disease. Pregnancy Hypertens. 2021 Jun;24:58-64. doi: 10.1016/j.preghy.2021.02.010. Epub 2021 Feb 23. PMID: 33677420. 4.     Tita AT, Szychowski JM, Boggess K, Dugoff L, Sibai B, Lawrence K, Hughes BL, Bell J, Aagaard K, Edwards RK, Gibson K, Haas DM, Plante L, Metz T, Casey B, Esplin S, Longo S, Hoffman M, Saade GR, Hoppe KK, Foroutan J, Tuuli M, Owens MY, Simhan HN, Frey H, Rosen T, Palatnik A, Baker S, August P, Reddy UM, Kinzler W, Su E, Krishna I, Nguyen N, Norton ME, Skupski D, El-Sayed YY, Ogunyemi D, Galis ZS, Harper L, Ambalavanan N, Geller NL, Oparil S, Cutter GR, Andrews WW; Chronic Hypertension and Pregnancy (CHAP) Trial Consortium. Treatment for Mild Chronic Hypertension during Pregnancy. N Engl J Med. 2022 May 12;386(19):1781-1792. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2201295. Epub 2022 Apr 2. PMID: 35363951; PMCID: PMC9575330.
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