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Chicago Sports Fan... Nephrologist by day. My tweets are not medical advice. The views expressed here are my own and not those of my employer.

Feb 26, 2022, 13 tweets

.@goKDIGO Glomerular Diseases Guideline: Reflections on a Decade of Progress with @adrianliew8 @ReichHeather @Dr_KeishaGibson
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👉 kdigo.org/wp-content/upl…

IgA Nephropathy: A 1st step is in treating IgA Nephropathy is assessing "prognosis" based on data available at the time of biopsy

@goKDIGO suggest using the "prediction tool" that was derived from the largest & most geographically diverse cohort to date

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IgA Nephropathy: The @goKDIGO treatment algorithm recommends consideration of use of corticosteroids in patients with "persistent proteinuria >1g/day" if the risk/benefit profile is favorable

📌 A GFR of 30 is considered a threshold for treatment

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IgA Nephropathy: Comparison of TESTING, STOP-IgAN and DAPA-CKD

TESTING pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28763548/
STOP-IgAN pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26630142/
DAPA-CKD pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33878338/

#VisualAbstract by @kidney_boy @KidneyBea_n

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Membranous Nephropathy: No biopsy needed for diagnosis if PLA2Rab + (Speaker: Dr Jack Wetzels)

The year 2009 marks a significant breakthrough in MN: Discovery of aPLA2R ‼️

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Membranous Nephropathy: Anticoagulant therapy
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Membranous Nephropathy: Risk Evaluation and Treatment
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Membranous Nephropathy: Using aPLA2R to guide therapy
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Membranous Nephropathy: Management of Resistant disease
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Membranous Nephropathy: Pre-transplant evaluation - "maximal efforts" to ascertain if MN is associated with aPLA2R
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Management of Nephrotic Syndrome in Children (Speaker: Dr Keisha Gibson)

PREDNOS pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31156083/
PREDNOS 2 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34928294/

#VisialAbstract by @jbda19 @drM_sudha
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Nephrotic Syndrome in Children
📌 Treatment algorithms: SSNS, FRNS, SDNS

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