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swapnil hiremath
Metformin- Should I Stay or Should I Go

This week, we will discuss another target trial emulation study. The FDA says to stop metformin at a GFR of 30. Are they right?

Metformin- Should I Stay or Should I Go
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Brian Rifkin
KDIGO 2025 ADPKD Guidelines Review

This week, we will discuss the first iteration of KDIGO’s 2025 guidelines on ADPKD.  These guidelines are a result of a decade of global collaboration between physicians, researchers, advocates, and patients. The guidelines incorporate ADPKD-specific care as well as many general CKD management practice points.


KDIGO 2025 ADPKD Guidelines Review
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Cristina Adriana Popa
REGENCY: A B-Cell Super Destroyer in Lupus

This week, we will celebrate in advance World Kidney Day by discussing the results of OBInutuzumab in active lupus nephritis. The LUNAR trial (rituximab versus placebo) was “almost” positive, but not quite there. Would Obi overpower its cousin ritux? ✨

REGENCY: A B-Cell Super Destroyer in Lupus
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Cristina Adriana Popa
Hunting Primary Hyperaldosteronism: are MRAs a ...

This week, we will continue with February’s aldosterone leitmotif: do mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) truly blind the diagnostic in unilateral hypraldosteronism? Is this the article the mythbuster? Draw your own conclusions

Hunting Primary Hyperaldosteronism: are MRAs a blindfold in adrenal vein sampling?
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Brian Rifkin
Undercover Aldosterone

This week, we will discuss the origins of primary hyperaldosteronism in normotensive patients. Could this undetected anomaly be the cause of idiopathic hypertension and CKD?

Undercover Aldosterone

The NephJC Summer Book Club: 'When Death Becomes Life'

The NephJC Summer Book Club: 'When Death Becomes Life'

It’s back! The NephJC Summer Book Club with great read by Joshua Mezrich, When Death Becomes Life, Notes from a Transplant Surgeon. Part history book, part memoir, Mezrich explores the past, future and the current realities of organ transplant through the experiences of the pioneers, recipients, and donors. Join us August third and fourth to chat about this summer’s community read.

KDIGO and BP: One Target, Many Visual Abstracts

Here is the visual abstract for standardized BP measurement, from Dilushi Wijayaratne

Another on lifestyle (chapter 2):

Which drugs should you use? (Chapter 3)

And one on the BP in Transplant guidelines

And another on the pediatric BP guidelines, from Shina Menon