title: American Society of Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire 2013: RRT.
abstract: The Nephrology Quiz and Questionnaire (NQ&Q) remains an extremely popular session for attendees of the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology. As in past years, the conference hall of the 2013 meeting was overflowing with interested audience members. Topics covered by expert discussants included electrolyte and acid-base disorders, glomerular disease, ESRD/dialysis, and transplantation. Complex cases representing each of these categories, along with single best answer questions, were prepared by a panel of experts. Before the meeting, program directors of United States nephrology training programs answered questions through an Internet-based questionnaire. A new addition to the NQ&Q was participation in the questionnaire by nephrology fellows. To review the process, members of the audience test their knowledge and judgment on a series of case-oriented questions prepared and discussed by experts. Their answers are compared in real time using audience response devices with the answers of nephrology fellows and training program directors. The correct and incorrect answers are then briefly discussed after the audience responses and the results of the questionnaire are displayed. This article recapitulates the session and reproduces its educational value for CJASN readers. Enjoy the clinical cases and expert discussions.
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Kidney Research Institute and Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; rmehrotr@uw.edu.
authors.forename: Rajnish
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut; and.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Perazella
authors.affiliation: Division of Nephrology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Choi
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010530:Peritoneal Dialysis; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: ESRD; hemodialysis; peritoneal dialysis