National Kidney Month

detailed illustration of a kidney

March begins National Kidney Month.  The IHS Library can provide you with many resources regarding this very important and vital organ.  Check out some of our resources, including organizational links, eBooks, journals and articles, with regards National Kidney Month.

General Kidney Information:

To know more about kidney disease  topics, check the following:

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease

  • National Kidney Month Toolkit via the  National Institute Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/community-health-outreach/national-kidney-month/toolkit

  •  MedlinePlus.gov: Kidney Diseases

https://medlineplus.gov/kidneydiseases.html

Chronic Kidney Disease by the numbers (CDC):

  • Kidney diseases are a leading cause of death in the United States.
  • About 37 million US adults are estimated to have CKD, and most are undiagnosed.
  • 40% of people with severely reduced kidney function (not on dialysis) are not aware of having CKD.
  • Every 24 hours, 360 people begin dialysis treatment for kidney failure.
  • In the United States, diabetes and high blood pressure are the leading causes of kidney failure, accounting for 3 out of 4 new cases.
  • In 2019, treating Medicare beneficiaries with CKD cost $87.2 billion, and treating people with ESRD cost an additional $37.3 billion.

https://www.cdc.gov/kidneydisease/basics.html

Anatomy Resources

  • Acland’s Video Atlas of Human Anatomy

https://aclandanatomy.com/multimediaplayer.aspx?multimediaid=10528651

  • Anatomy TV powered by Primal Pictures (Kidney 3D View)

https://www.anatomy.tv/anatomytv/html5uihap/#/product/fluid/type/Index/displayType/displayFlash/id/166/layer/5/angle/4/structureID/0

  • AccessMedicine Human Anatomy Modules

AccessMedicine

  • Anatomy Books

https://library.shu.edu/Phase1/anatomy

Books

The IHS library has a large of collection of eBooks pertaining to the kidney.  Below are just some examples of eBooks that are available to view:

AccessMedicine  Collection of McGraw Hill books on Nephrology

Additional eBooks

Front cover image for Methods in kidney cell biology. Part A, Volume 153

Methods in kidney cell biology: Part A

Front cover image for Methods in kidney cell biology. Part B

Methods in kidney cell biology: Part B

Front cover image for National Kidney Foundation's primer on kidney diseases

National Kidney Foundation’s primer on kidney diseases

Front cover image for Heptinstall's pathology of the kidney.

Heptinstall’s pathology of the kidney

Front cover image for Biomarkers of kidney disease

Biomarkers of Kidney Disease

Front cover image for Renal nursing : care and management of people with kidney disease

Renal Nursing 

Clinical Overviews and Evidence-Based Information

  • Critically Appraised Topical Information and Clinical Overviews can be found here:

DynaMed

DynaMed CKD Adults

ClinicalKey

Databases

CINAHL

DynaMed

PubMed

TRIP

Guidelines

ClinicalKey Guidelines

NKF KDOQI clinical practice guidelines

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

PubMed

Images (multimedia)

IHS library resources regarding images and kidney’s

ClinicalKey

AccessMedicine

AccessPharmacy

DynaMed

Infographics

AccessMedicine

Journals

Check here to see the following journals that are present in the IHS library holdings through BrowZine.  The IHS library subscribes to some core Nephrology journals including the American Journal of Nephrology and American Journal of Kidney

Nephrology Journals Via BrowZine

Contact your IHS Librarian!

For more information regarding library resources and services reach out to your IHS librarian to set up a consultation or a quick chat!

ihslibrary@shu.edu

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