Hurray For the Young Nephrologists

I think (and hope) I can still be called a young nephrologist although, it is somewhat subjective and the clock is ticking. If not, I take exception to this erroneous study. Anyway, a nice paper was just presented at the ASN meeting in San Diego claiming younger nephrologists tend to send there patients for renal transplantation preemptively more frequently than the more senior nephrologists.

As reported in Renal Business Today : "The investigators found that doctors closer to completion of medical school were significantly more likely to refer their CKD patients in time for preemptive transplantation. It is conceivable that the reason for this finding is that younger physicians are more likely to have learned about the benefits of preemptive kidney transplantation during their education. Hence they might be more prone to refer CKD early in their disease process, the authors concluded".