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Brian Rifkin
Why Can’t I Quit You: Steroid Tapering in ...

This week, we will discuss the best schedule for tapering steroids in adult patients with podocytopathies (MCD/FSGS).

Why Can’t I Quit You: Steroid Tapering in Adults with Podocytopathies (START)
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NephJC 2026 Fall Pledge Drive

Help keep NephJC a vital, original, and unbiased source of medical education.

NephJC 2026 Fall Pledge Drive
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Brian Rifkin
REFINe-ing AI’s Role in Nephrology Diagnosis

This week, we will discuss the use of LLMs for the diagnosis of complex nephrology cases. Can AI help nephrologists nail the correct diagnosis?

REFINe-ing AI’s Role in Nephrology Diagnosis
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Too sweet to be true? Prophylactic SGLT2 ...

MERCURI-2 reports that dapagliflozin cuts postoperative AKI after cardiac surgery, but the headline result is mostly a urine-output story, not a creatinine one. That matters: urine output after surgery is easily swayed by anesthesia, fluid shifts, vasopressors, and a diuretic drug in the mix. Until dapagliflozin shows it protects kidney function, not just urine output.

Too sweet to be true? Prophylactic SGLT2 inhibitors before cardiac surgery
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Buffering without benefit? The SODa-BIC study

This week, we will discuss SODaBIC trial: with ICU acidosis driven by multiple overlapping mechanisms, is bicarbonate infusion supported by robust evidence, or does it persist mainly out of habit rather than physiology?

Buffering without benefit? The SODa-BIC study

hiperaldosteronismo primario

¿Los ARMs dificultan la identificación del HAP unilateral en el MVA?

¿Usar o no los antagonistas del receptor de mineralocorticoides para el diagnóstico de HAP en el muestreo venoso adrenal? 🤔
💡 ¿Mito o realidad? ¡Vamos a descubrirlo juntos!

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La Aldosterona en la sombra

El hiperaldosteronismo primario (HAP) no es solo una entidad de hipertensión resistente; este estudio revela un continuo fisiopatológico que inicia en personas normotensas.

A través de pruebas dinámicas, ¿podría el HAP ser la base oculta de una proporción significativa de la hipertensión? ¿Cómo cambia nuestro enfoque en el diagnóstico y tratamiento?

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