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
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.
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.
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?
The NephJC Summer Book Club returns! Start reading F. Perry Wilson’sHow Medicine Works and When It Doesn't so you can join us August 8th and 9th for book club!
This week we discuss the AKi Alert trial from BMJ. Surely alerting us to AKI earlier will be helpful, right? Maybe - or maybe not. Join us to discuss this very important trial with some counter intuitive results.
SGLT2i are the wonder drug for our age. But do we know how they work? How does their natriuretic effect actually work? Let’s dig deeper into this week’s mechanistic study that explores this question