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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
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Brian Rifkin
The Ondansetron Ballet: Torsades de Pointes

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?

The Ondansetron Ballet: Torsades de Pointes
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Cristina Adriana Popa
Re”FINE”ing the role of non steroidal MRAs in ...

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?

Re”FINE”ing the role of non steroidal MRAs in Cardio Kidney Metabolic syndrome
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Cristina Adriana Popa
Playing It Safe: Can Felzartamab Fill the Gap ...

This week is time antibody mediated rejection treatment in kidney transplant. A new molecule targeting CD38, on the horizon, safely tested in a phase 2 trial

Playing It Safe: Can Felzartamab Fill the Gap in AMR Treatment?

Time to vote for the Top Nephrology Stories of 2020

2020 has been quite the year. COVID-19 changed everything… However, 2020 also brought us many important advances in the field of nephrology. In fact, we cannot think of a more impactful year in terms of advances. We have not forgotten about the Top Nephrology Stories of the Year, now in its 11th year.

One of the important parts of the tradition is we depend on the wisdom of the crowd to pick the winner. Pour yourself a nice glass of wine and take some time to pick through these 25 gems and tell us who deserves to be in the top 10.

We need you to vote for your favorites.

Votes will be counted until next Thursday December 31th, 2020

The ballot is here:

NNT: Number Needed to Treat or No Need to Think?

NNT: Number Needed to Treat or No Need to Think?

In this edition of #Nephstats, we look at Number Needed to Treat (NNT), a controversial topic creates ripples and roars on social media amongst stat savvy physicians, epidemiologists and biostatisticians. This seems like such a simple and easy number to make sense of a trial’s importance - what could be controversial or wrong about it?