#Nephrology

Derek Pinkerton, MD

TheNephromancer

1/Today I diagnosed an ear infection on the transplant Nephrology consult service. An immunosuppressed patient who came in with fevers with what we thought was a slam dunk UTI was

Sreejith Parameswaran

SreejithDr

It is exactly #25years since I entered Government Medical College, #Kottayam, Kerala, as a medical student, on 12th September 1995! From a timid (& lean) lad all of 17 years,

Swapnil Hiremath, MD, MPH

hswapnil

New paper alertFitting as we conclude a #NephJC tonight that the latest paper on twitter journal clubs dropsFree link (till Aug 5, email/DM after Aug 5 if needed) https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1bFHBzcYnqH6Y 1/ What

Amaka Eneanya, MD, MPH

AmakaEMD

I teamed up with @kcnorris_ucla and @EbonyBoulware to write this @JAMA_current editorial on a study that focuses on the removal of #race in #eGFR equations. We reaffirm that in medicine,

NephroPOCUS

NephroP

#POCUS case:Patient with CKD admitted with HF exacerbation. Started on IV diuretics. Scr , wt by 0.5 kg, urine ~700cc (12 hr) Pt felt 'OK'Dr. A: "she is intravascularly dry,

Chris #BLM Carroll MD

ChrisCarrollMD

A #Tweetorial on Blood Gas Analysis (adapted from my WKRP in Cincinnati style method of teaching blood gases). Blood gas interpretation is something that is initially very confusing, is usually

Jinwook Park

jwpark938

Dark urine (hematuria)First branch pointMicroscopic vs GrossGross hematuria is always pathologic (GN? Cancer? UTI? Prostate? Stone?) Microscopic HematuriaFirst! always order urine culture (UC) if UC pos, treat and repeat UAPersistent

David Bassily, MS4

DavidBassilyDO

On the nephrology service, so let’s talk very briefly about something I had never heard of before, but makes complete sense when you think about it for a moment...Disequilibrium Syndrome#DavidLearns

Natalia Solenkova, MD PhD

SolNataMD

1/Somebody needs to start caring about poor urban & rural hospitals. If you think that we have top world medicine in this country then you r blind. While top hospitals

Francis Deng, MD

francisdeng

Do the benefits outweigh the risks in using MRI gadolinium-based contrast media (GBCM) in patients with kidney disease?MAJOR new consensus statement from @RadiologyACR and @NKF published in @Radiology_RSNA at https://doi.org/10.1148/radiol.

Marianne Parshley MD

MParshleyMD

Informatics algorithms & POC decision support tools/apps may bias us inadvertently. Been wondering about this.How do we check for bias?⁦@sagar_ankita⁩ ⁦⁦@TLeungMD⁩⁦@meggerber⁩ ⁦@XimenaLevander⁩ ⁦@littleorphannie⁩ 1

Michael L. Barnett

ml_barnett

Brief shoulder dislocation update thread: the follow-up appointmentThe absurdity of my orthopedics appt today is why I work on studying specialty care and improving the delivery system. I think I

The Scope

MedicineScope

(1/17) Why does every BMP report show a GFR - African American and GFR - non-African American for the same Cr value?Let's focus on #racecorrection in the estimation of GFR

Jonathan Hastie, MD

hastie_md

Houston’s @TXMedCenter has apparently reached baseline ICU bed capacity, and has stopped public reporting of these figures.A few thoughts from our experience in New York City #COVID19 1/16https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/28/c

Alyssa Burgart, MD, MA (She/Her/Anesthesia)

BurgartBioethix

A little on the perils of being an imperfect #ethicist. Being an #ethicist requires a lot of reflection & self policing. Claiming to have authority/ knowledge on ethical

Swapnil Hiremath, MD, MPH

hswapnil

Today we have @DrRonWald from St Mike's presenting on "Phosphate control in the dialysis population: Settling the controversy" at @OttawaRenal Nephrology Grand RoundsFollow along as we live tweet Dr Wald

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