Joel Topf
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Saying the product of the kidneys is urine is like saying the product of a factory is pollution. Urine is a by-product. The product is homeostasis. COI: https://pbfluids.com/about/
Terrific use of my train journey today: open.spotify.com/episode/4tzC... That is all. @hswapnil.medsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @medpeedskidneys.bsky.social
FF94 C3 Glomerulopathy with Carla Nester
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🦵Had our Kick-off meeting today to welcome a new class of #NephJC interns (year 12 and counting). 👁️Keep an eye out for new blog and VA creators. See if you can Catch'em All🎣 #NephSky #MedSky @hswapnil.medsky.social @kidneyboy.bsky.social @nephroseeker.medsky.social @dramiliflores.bsky.social
Took us more than 10 years to get this to this stage AVF versus catheters - doing an RCT was difficult and we learnt a lot. Hope our community also does?
Comparing Catheters to Fistulas in Older Patients Starting... : Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
recommendations were based is observational with potential for bias. Methods A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted in 12 hemodialysis centers in Canada and Australia. Individuals aged 55…
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🔗https://www.docwirenews.com/post/era-congress-recap-part-1-find-ckd-and-majesty-trials 🎯Don't miss the two-part conversation between Neph Times board members @kidneyboy.bsky.social and @annagaddy.bsky.social on research highlights from this year's ERA Congress. #nephrology #ERA26
ERA Congress Recap, Part 1: FIND-CKD and MAJESTY Trials | Docwire News
Drs. Joel Topf and Anna Gaddy discussed highlights of the 63rd European Renal Association Congress, including the FIND-CKD and MAJESTY trials.
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This is horrible. The IRB failed in the most basic RCT question, "Would you feel comfortable if your miserably nephrotic grandmother was randomized to the placebo group."
Swapnil Hiremath 🍁🇨🇦@hswapnil.medsky.social · 2mo agoAgree - it would likely be a N of 1000 + trial, and one would need funding of Ritux for control + Obi for intervention. Also, note when Tac was stopped per @brycebarr.bsky.social above! www.kireports.org/article/S246... from Ruggenenti et al in @kireports.bsky.social with same thoughts #ERA26
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Nikhil Shah@drnikhilshah.bsky.social · 2mo ago#AudioScholar #Nephrology — a weekly #podcast briefing of the most significant peer-reviewed, citation verified, nephrology literature. Generated by AudioScholar at audioscholar.cc. Podcast Links Spotify bit.ly/4dWr7qU Apple apple.co/4u2YePu RSS feed for ANY podcast app - bit.ly/43aJTpp #FOAMed
"...this review found little to no benefits from use of calcium, vitamin D, or combined supplementation on the prevention of fractures and falls." www.bmj.com/content/393/... via @bmj.com
Calcium, vitamin D, or combined supplementation to prevent fractures and falls: systematic review and meta-analysis
Objective To assess the effect of calcium, vitamin D, or combined supplementation on fractures and falls in adults. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Trials included in system...
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Dr. Fauci came to Stanford for Medicine grand rounds and shared a few reflections I thought were worth passing on: The first was about Operation Warp Speed and the current state of the NIH. As you’ll recall the first mRNA vax was developed at record speed. Fauci atttributes that success to 4 factors
If I told you ten years ago all of the Jeopardy winners, doctors, lawyers, stat-focused sports nerds, and premium shitposters escaped Twitter on a pirate ship to a website that was completely inhospitable to Nazis and phrenologists……. I don’t know, man, I’d be pretty excited.
Gift 🎁 link: what sort of person is complicit in killing democracy? "It turns out...the kinds of career pressures familiar to employees everywhere — the desire to revive a stalled career or obtain a minor promotion — can be enough to incentivize lower- and... 1/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/w...
Actually, Democracy Dies in H.R.
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Bigger story? The Japanese company marketing Tavneos, Kissei - has told docs to stop using Avacopan WSJ story (Apple News link; apple.news/A8Woi0mr1QIm...)
Slipped into the #NephMadness Fellows debate a bit late. Looks like they are talking PLEX in AAV #NKFClinicals
Catch more highlights of #NKFClinicals from @kidneyboy.bsky.social and @annagaddy.bsky.social on day 2! #nephrology #nephsky youtu.be/OGdxvTBQ2Ys?...
NKF Spring Clinicals May 8, 2026
Drs. Joel Topf and Anna Gaddy from the Nephrology Times editorial board discuss highlights of #NKFClinicals (so far) on day 2 of the conference. #nephrology
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European Commission has updated its follow buttons. ✅ Mastodon and Bluesky are in; ⛔ X, Facebook, YouTube are out. (Only when you scroll all the way down, FB and YT are still there, but no longer X.) commission.europa.eu/index_en
Back here for Renal Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease #NKFClinicals
🔗 www.docwirenews.com/post/kidneyc... Did you miss KIDNEYcon? Catch up on the 2026 highlights courtesty of Joel Topf, MD. #nephrology #nephsky #kidneycon @kidneyboy.bsky.social
KIDNEYcon 2026 | Docwire News
Joel Topf, MD, shares highlights from the 2026 KIDNEYcon nephrology conference.
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We had a stellar day at #NKFClinicals filming interviews with @kidneyboy.bsky.social. And you can't do much better than chatting with both NKF's president and past president at the org's signature event. Keep an eye on nephtimes.com for these interviews and more in the coming days. #nephrology
“Podcast sloplords” are flooding the zone with AI-generated podcasts. By one count, almost 40% of new podcasts are written by AI chatbots and presented by “AI voice synthesizers [that] can sound eerily humanlike”. [futurism.com]
Approaching Half of New Podcasts Appear to Be AI Slop
New data shows that nearly half of new podcasts show signs of being AI-generated, with some companies churning out thousands of AI podcasts.
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Have you heard the news? Dapagliflozin is now $8/month at @costplusdrugs.com Wrote my first script this AM From $1935 to $15 for 90 days at 10 mg per day Inflation is everywhere except #Flozins
I wrote about the NEJM Image in Clinical Medicine Retraction at PBFluids (still blogging) pbfluids.com/2026/05/the-...
The retracted NEJM Image in Clinical Medicine
On Saturday, I saw a post by Rahul Ganatra on Roon about NEJM retracting their Image in Clinical Medicine due to it being altered with AI. I immediately jumped over to Twitter to post this juicy ti…
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KIDNEYcon after dark pbfluids.com/2026/05/one-...
One of the lesser known reasons to go to KIDNEYcon
Kidney COn is a great conference and one of the highlights are the nights. Thursday night is the faculty dinner. This year it included the students who got scholarships from KIDNEYcon to attend. Th…
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It's Bandcamp Friday that means all of your money goes right to the artists! That makes this the perfect time to support my daughter's band, Sleep Tight Tiger! sleeptighttiger.bandcamp.com/album/plum-s...
Plum Something, by Sleep Tight Tiger
7 track album
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Bandcamp@bandcamp.com · 3mo agoHappy Bandcamp Friday! 🎉 Until midnight PT, we are waiving our revenue share so more of what you spend goes directly to the artists and labels you love. If you want to make the most of it: 🛒 Cross a few things off your wishlist ✨ Discover someone new 🎶 Support the release you have had on repeat
a man in a suit and tie is talking on a phone in front of a sign that says " targets in megadeaths "
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking on a phone in front of a sign that says " targets in megadeaths "
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Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social · 3mo agoFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Overheard at morning report "Being chief resident is 80% tech support" Chief resident is the medical equivalent of the AV club president