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This #ASNKidneyNews special section on green nephrology brings together insights from experts advocating responsible innovation in kidney care, balancing clinical efficacy with ecological stewardship. Explore the articles: bit.ly/KN-Green
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We check renin in all patients refd to the Ottawa hypertension clinic (also 24 hour urine for Na & K)

Renin phenotyping is useful - see data from @anandvaidya17.bsky.social in @ahajournals.bsky.social below

Oral health is often overlooked in nephrology care, despite significant implications. Authors unveil the crosstalk between oral and kidney health. bit.ly/KN1703-18
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What are some of the common and rare indications and complications of therapeutic plasma exchange? Find out in our new study published in BMC Nephrology! 🩸https://bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12882-025-03970-2#citeas

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Interplay between periodontitis and chronic kidney disease - Nature Reviews Nephrology Periodontal disease is very common and might represent a non-traditional risk factor for chronic kidney disease (CKD), independently of shared risk factors. Here, the authors discuss the interplay bet...

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Can someone please share this article's PDF?

How to improve the environmental impact in hemodialysis: small actions, big changes AbstractBackground and hypothesis. The burden of chronic kidney disease is increasing driven by population aging and the rising of risk factors. In-centre

Interested in Green Nephrology? Brand new paper from 🇪🇸out in CKJ on how to reduce the environmental footprint of dialysis, a “power- and water-hungry, and a waste generating intervention”
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CONFIDENCE, FLOW and REGENCY at the HIT session

more trials and protocols at the ISNWCN HIT session

even the @theisn.org #ISNWCN has two high impact trial sessions!

This has to be one of the #TopNephrology stories

the era of nephrology lagging behind in RCTs is over

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RBC cast - brightfield with SM stain - from patient admitted with AKI, "pneumonia" and fatigue - serologies all negative - biopsy pending ... #UrineMicroscopy #UrinarySediment

Ten Tips in Lupus Nephritis Management Selene T Y Teoh, Desmond Y H Yap, Tak Mao Chan; Ten Tips in Lupus Nephritis Management, Clinical Kidney Journal, , sfae376, https://doi.org/10.1093/ckj/sfa

Ten Tips in Lupus Nephritis Management:
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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Cirrhosis in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease This cohort study aims to determine whether use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists are associated with lower risk of developing cirrhosis and its complications, including decompensation and ...

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GLP-1 RAs may reduce the risk of cirrhosis progression and complications in patients with MASLD and DM, especially when started early. No benefit observed if initiated after cirrhosis onset. #LiverHealth #DiabetesCare #metabolicsyndrome

Wondering why vasoconstrictors work in hepatorenal syndrome even though the pathogenesis is driven by renal vasoconstriction? Here is a conceptual explanation:

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AI Curriculum I am still in the “amazed by what AI can do” stage Here is me prompt i am teaching a class on electrolyte abnormalities for nephrologists. What would be good tricky things to teach I th…

I am at the beginning of my AI journey of discovery, you know the place where you are still dumbfounded by what the machine can do. In this case it developed a pretty compelling electrolyte curriculum for nephrology fellows 😳

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Figures from "Finerenone, Serum Potassium, and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure With Mildly Reduced or Preserved Ejection Fraction"

FINEARTS-HF trial in JAMA Cardiology:

Finerenone was effective in reducing the risk of CV death and heart failure events even in patients with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction who experienced elevated potassium levels. #AHA24

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Transition from an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)-based to a risk-based approach to CKD care from KDIGO
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Why iodine is used as IV contrast?
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Aquaporin-1 and Osmosis: From Physiology to Precision in... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology ion and/or trafficking are key to sustain osmosis in multiple tissues. Here, we review the convergent evidence demonstrating that aquaporin-1 (AQP1) facilitates water transport across endothelial cell...

The discovery of the #aquaporin #AQP family of water channels has provided a molecular counterpart to the movement of water across biological membranes. This JASN review, discusses the concept of osmosis and its central relevance for #PeritonealDialysis. journals.lww.com/jasn/fulltex...

Got my shirt ready for #KidneyWeek

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Grand Tetons in the backdrop
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The Nephrology Nursing Shortage: Insights From a Pandemic - PubMed The Nephrology Nursing Shortage: Insights From a Pandemic

Healthcare staff shortages are on the rise, particularly for
#PD nurses.

👉 **Challenging question:**

Does offering staff-assisted PD help with nurse shortages?

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Prakash Gudsoorkar MD, FASN, FNKF on LinkedIn: Tirzepatide for Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and Obesity… 🌟 New Hope for Patients with HFpEF and Obesity: Tirzepatide Shows Promising Results 🌟 Exciting findings from a recent international, randomized trial…

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#Tirzepatide for #HFpEF & Obesity
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Folks attending AHA
-what’s new in hypertension world?
-what’s new is heart failure world?

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