Challenges of kidney function evaluation in pregnancy academic.oup.com/joneph/artic... Estimating (but also measuring) GFR is particularly difficult during pregnancy. A few lines of thought. Thanks to @tstehle.bsky.social and all the merit to Stephanie Grosch
Challenges of kidney function evaluation in pregnancy
The kidney plays a central role in maintaining physiological homeostasis during pregnancy. Since the 1950s, it has been known that measured glomerular filt
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#Semaglutide was effective in decreasing #CKD progression regardless of the administration route or indication (type 2 #diabetes or #obesity), adding to the evidence provided by FLOW in people with type 2 diabetes & CKD www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #T2D #kidney #CVD #MedSky #RenalSky #CardioSky
Urea may be a cost-effective alternative to tolvaptan for 🏥 SIADH patients. In a retrospective 📑 (n=537) both achieved similar correction of HypoNa (>130 mmol/L) while tolvaptan acted faster but caused more overcorrection & was substantially more 💵 🔗https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfag165
Urea vs. tolvaptan for hospitalized patients with SIADH
AbstractRationale. Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder found in hospitalized patients and is associated with an increased mortality. Urea
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finally Health Canada wakes up recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-rec... Avacopan is dead -please stop using it, please stop anyone on it
TAVNEOS (avacopan) and Health Canada’s Review of Data Integrity Concerns - Canada.ca
Health Canada is reviewing significant concerns regarding the data integrity of the pivotal ADVOCATE trial, which served as the primary efficacy study supporting the authorization of TAVNEOS (avacopan...
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Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦@hswapnil.medsky.social · 4mo agoAnd @nejm.org retracts ADVOCATE based on the FDA uncovering and 2 academic authors asking for article to be pulled. (Good on them!) www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/... h/t @drjmluther.bsky.social #Avacopan #vasculitis
In this observational study of adults in Stockholm, measured GFR (mGFR) values below 90 mL/min/1.73 m² were associated with progressively higher rates of #mortality, #kidney failure, #heart failure, acute kidney injury, and major #cardiovascular events. ja.ma/4aNjKky
Helical RBC cast in a patient with atypical anti-GBM nephritis. #UrinarySediment #UrineMicroscopy
New publication on BIC/FTC/TAF in kidney transplant recipients living with HIV. doi.org/10.1093/jac/... Highly phenotyped patients with iohexol-measured GFR and tubular assessment showed no signal for kidney toxicity or clinically significant drug-drug interactions with immunosuppressants.
academic.oup.com/ckj/article/... Congratulation to the Congolese team for this interesting publication about GFR etimation is patients with sickle cell disease! Special congratulations to Yannick Engole!
Performance of creatinine and cystatin C-based equations for estimating high levels of glomerular filtration rate in Congolese adults with sickle cell disease
ABSTRACTIntroduction. Sickle cell disease (SCD) carries a high risk of chronic kidney disease, necessitating accurate glomerular filtration rate (GFR) moni
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Multicenter study in #ASNJASN demonstrates that in ~30% of cases of patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) or T-cell therapies, cystatin C revealed significantly lower kidney function than creatinine. kidney.pub/JASN1119
🚨A new KI Reports Community blog about Obinutuzumab. Wonderful review of how it differs from other anti-CD20 treatments, worth a read 📖 By Dr. Priyadarshini John #NephSky #MedSky www.kireportscommunity.org/post/beyond-...
Beyond Rituximab: Obinutuzumab Redefines Treatment in Resistant Membranous Nephropathy
Written by Priyadarshini John, DMPrimary membranous nephropathy (MN) is a prototypical autoimmune glomerular disease and one of the most common causes of nephrotic syndrome in adults. The discovery of...
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Quand tu ne fais plus de médecine et surtout ne lis plus depuis longtemps tu fais une loi sur le dépistage du risque cardiovasculaire qui n'inclut pas la maladie rénale chronique, ce qui traduit bien l'incompétence des gens qui ont porté ce texte... www.apmnews.com/story?objet=...
Les députés favorables au renforcement du dépistage des risques et des pathologies cardiovasculaires
PARIS, 2 avril 2026 (APMnews) - La commission des affaires sociales de l'Assemblée nationale a adopté à l'unanimité mercredi, en première lecture, la proposition de loi de Yannick Neuder (DR, Isère) p...
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From a large (almost 150,000) Fresenius cohort Association of dialysis time with survival 3 hours worse than longer www.kireports.org/article/S246... in KI Reports (Yes RCTs have failed to show benefit with longer)
Yet another ddAVP trial for kidney biopsies with neutral results academic.oup.com/ckj/advance-... In Clinical Kidney Journal Previous #NephJC discussion: www.nephjc.com/news/ddavp
Bleeding prevention with desmopressin for allograft kidney biopsies: a double-blind randomized study
AbstractBackground. Percutaneous kidney allograft biopsy is essential for evaluating graft dysfunction, but post-procedural bleeding remains the most frequ
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The HIT (Hyponatremia Intervention Trial) is finally out! #hyponatremia #nephrology evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
A Randomized Trial of Targeted Hyponatremia Correction in Hospitalized Patients
Chronic hyponatremia is associated with adverse outcomes, including falls, neurocognitive disorders, and mortality, but whether hyponatremia itself increases morbidity and mortality, or is simply a...
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Very cool Enteric coated budesonide also reduces albuminuria, and GFR remains stable in #IgAN Single arm prospective study from India in KI Reports www.kireports.org/article/S246...
CT-based myosteatosis and muscle mass are increasingly studied in Nephrology How should these measures be interpreted? Physiological thresholds (age, sex, population) vs arbitrary historical cutoffs? This echoes the long-running debate on GFR thresholds to define CKD journals.lww.com/cjasn/citati...
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GFR Measured With Computerized Tomography Urography in Healthy Individuals and Patients With CKD bit.ly/3XsLlQY #OpenAccess
GFR Measured With Computerized Tomography Urography in Healthy Individuals and Patients With CKD
Opportunistic computed tomography (CT)-based screening is the practice of exploiting incidental imaging data for prevention, risk profiling, or presymptomatic detection of relevant disease unrelated…
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What happens when oxalate nephropathy & renal embolic disease interact? How does this interaction impact kidney function? Find out the answer in our latest #Collidescope episode! #renalpath #kidneypath #pathsky #renalsky
Oxalate Nephropathy & Renal Embolic Disease Collision Case | Collidescope Episode 10
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The article referred to seems to not be online yet. If the P30 of tGFR is 94%, this could be considered disappointing. An eGFRcr-cys with this level of accuracy is not uncommon. Comparing new mGFR methods with eGFRcr-cys is essential. This is what we did for CT-mGFR. www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
GFR Measured With Computerized Tomography Urography in Healthy Individuals and Patients With CKD
Opportunistic computed tomography (CT)-based screening is the practice of exploiting incidental imaging data for prevention, risk profiling, or presymptomatic detection of relevant disease unrelated t...
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haysamrady@sodatroubles.bsky.social · 9mo agoCan measuring glomerular filtration finally be easy? #nephsky #nephrology www.kireports.org/article/S246...
« [...]et il ne resterait d’autre solution pour les démocrates que de mourir. Notre sang tacherait l’histoire, la démocratie serait notre linceul et notre tombe.» legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/01/1...
Résister à Trump au Groenland : la doctrine Muselier
Il existe un moyen de répondre à la nouvelle doctrine Monroe. Alors que les dirigeants européens hésitent à condamner le néo-impérialisme américain de peur de froisser l’allié militaire en Ukraine, l...
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Kappa-type light chain proximal tubulopathy On EM, low mag shows membrane-bound crystalline-like cytoplasmic inclusions but up close has fibrillar appearance. 🔹Congo-red is negative 🔹Reported w/ MGUS, MM, & lymphoma 🔹Most had fanconi syndrome #MGRS #renalpath #pathsky #nephsky #nephrology (1/2)
Nephrology Image Mesalazine crystalluria doi.org/10.1016/j.kint.2025.06.027 #MedSky #NephSky #lithiasis #mesalazine
Urine crystals in a patient with Crohn’s Answer: www.kidney-international.org/article/S008... in @kidneyint.bsky.social #NephSky
GFR Measured With Computerized Tomography Urography in Healthy Individuals and Patients With CKD bit.ly/3XsLlQY #OpenAccess
GFR Measured With Computerized Tomography Urography in Healthy Individuals and Patients With CKD - American Journal of Kidney Diseases www.ajkd.org/article/S027...
GFR Measured With Computerized Tomography Urography in Healthy Individuals and Patients With CKD
Opportunistic CT-based screening is the practice of exploiting incidental imaging data for prevention, risk profiling, or presymptomatic detection of relevant disease unrelated to the purpose for whic...
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#LiverCyst #Infection Outcomes in Patients With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease #ADPKD #VisualAbstract by Kajaree https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(25)00671-0/fulltext
A little opinion piece on the relationship between serum calcification propensity (T50) and progressive CAC in kidney transplant recipients 🤓 www.kireports.org/article/S246...
T50 and Calcification Progression in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Does it have to be “bad” to be useful?
The increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among kidney transplant recipients (KTR)1 is challenging for the treating physician. For KTR, CVD risk remains higher than for individuals with simil...
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