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Cristina Adriana Popa
ACEing the management of advanced CKD

This week we come to meta-analyse, strikingly late, the cornerstone of all CKD treatments. Are you still in doubt? We need ACEing CKD to the end of GFR, and beyond

ACEing the management of advanced CKD
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swapnil hiremath
BPROAD: Sprinting down the BP Road in Diabetes

This week, we will discuss hopefully the final story of intensive BP lowering. BPROAD is a larger version of ACCORD without the glycemic control arm. Dive in.

BPROAD: Sprinting down the BP Road in Diabetes
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joel topf
#HCWvsHunger 2024

Its that time of year again! Jade Teakell is leading team #UrineItToWinIt for #HCWvsHunger 2024. Read more.

#HCWvsHunger 2024
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Brian Rifkin
Potassium Rollercoaster Heartbreak

This week, we will discuss the use of 3K dialysis bath with sodium zirconium cyclosilicate versus 2K bath and no potassium lowering medications in dialysis patients and the associated risk of arrhythmia.

Potassium Rollercoaster Heartbreak
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Jade Teakell
FLOZINATing to the Future- Long Term Effects of ...

This week, we will discuss post-trial follow-up for EMPA-Kidney. What are the longer-term effects of empagliflozin for patients with chronic kidney disease?

FLOZINATing to the Future- Long Term Effects of Empagliflozin in Patients with CKD

allopurinol

Correlation is Confusion not Causation: The Case of Uric Acid in CKD

Correlation is Confusion not Causation: The Case of Uric Acid in CKD

This week, we will discuss the fresh-off-the-press trials from this week’s issue of the NEJM: PERL and CKD-FiX. These two trials examined if the uric acid and CKD link is causal: by measuring CKD progression after giving patients allopurinol. Be ready for another medical reversal.