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?
Nausea is a very common and distressing problem. Some medications that treat nausea carry a higher risk for arrhythmias, like Torsades de Pointes, and sudden cardiac death. Is ondansetron safe for use in patients on hemodialysis?
This week, we will discuss non-steroidal mineralocorticoid antagonist in the multiverse of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic. What FINEHEART pooled analysis would add to what we already learned from FIDELIO-DKD trial?
Last month Andrew Ibrahim got the academic world tweeting when he launched his primer on making visual abstracts.
"A Primer How to Create a #VisualAbstract" in the works! Will make open source once done #MedEd #FOAMed Here's a preview: pic.twitter.com/J6fjQnSuvR
— Andrew M. Ibrahim MD (@AndrewMIbrahim) December 7, 2016
Take a look at the primer here (alt). We tried our hand at a visual abstract for next week's #NephJC
Click to download high quality PDF version.
I then tried making an animated gif and realize that this Visual Abstract is too complex. Will be better net time.
We had two good chats in the shadow of the impending Holiday vacation. Here are the summaries:
Renal physiology and pathophysiology is widely regarded as one of the most challenging subjects in the pre-clinical studies of medical school. The challenging subject has been blamed for the downturn in interest in our fine specialty. To help combat this we have started an initiative where a medical students can post a question to Twitter and get an answers from practicing nephrologists and basic scientists. See the kick off post at PBFluids.
The way this works is, if a student has a question they post it to Twitter with the hashtag #AskRenal. We have a bot that scours Twitter for this hashtag and will retweet the question while tagging @NephJC. NephJC will amplify the question to its audience of nephrology nerds who will then provide answers tagging the initial questioner.
Everything is in place, we are just waiting to get some student questions.
Inorder to better promote this we would like to capture when different medical students teach renal physiology and renal pathophysiology. If you know the schedule of one or two medical schools, please enter the class timing on to this crowd sourced spreadsheet.
For a team that is supposed to know a lot about social media, we all find Facebook pretty baffling.
It's back. The original, slightly subversive, slightly funny, ASN Kidney Week Bingo board. Turn hobnobbing with the kidney elite into a competitive sport. Tweet out each of your squares with the hashtag #KidneyWkBingo. Let's make Nephrology Great Again!
Click to download a PDF of the board
Thanks for the outpouring of participation following our call for nominations for the NephJC Kidney Awards. It has been heart warming to see our community step up and participate when asked. It is what makes working in nephrology social media so rewarding.
