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Apr 28, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read Read on X
What i learnt today at #ApexPathshala second day of amazing talks and interactions

Immunosuppressive protocol by prof Dr S k Agarwal and Prof Dr. Jeremy chapman

🔥 the ⏰ timeline of drug development ImageImage
🔥 few ♥️ cardinal points of immunosuppression Image
🔥 risk stratification of patients in renal transplant at AIIMS 🏥

🔥when do you call a patient immunologically high risk ? 🔴 ImageImage
🔥 IL2 receptor blocker versus No induction

🔥 ATG versus Basiliximab ImageImage
🔥 different immunosuppressive protocols Image
🔥 very crucial concluding points Image

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Dory segev says a big NO to that

✅Frailty : state of decreased physiological reserve

✅ it’s both physical and cognitive

✅ we don’t measure but we need to

✅one more risk predictor for outcome

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😩worsening breathing difficulty

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⁉️what’s the diagnosis and how do you approach? #ispd23 @VinBhargava @happiedoc
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Amazing slides and presentation on exit site infection in PD patient by @BeheraVineet at #ispd23 @VinBhargava @happiedoc @VinBhargava @AnuragGangaram

📍How do you define exit site infection ?
🟡Purulent discharge is important Image
📍 how do you define tunnel infection ? Image
📍 what are the microorganisms causing ?
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🔥Dialysis in elderly , crisp talk by @SreejithDr at @AVATAROrg

🔥what ate the outcomes of HD in elderly ?
🔥 why poor outcomes in elderly ?

🔥 how are elderly different ?
🔥 what are the factors you look at an elderly ?

🔴 the risk of mortality
🔴 if risk of mortality is low then look 🟠 for frailty
🔴 the risk of renal failure progression

👨‍⚖️ shared decision making
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🔥 Let’s discuss an interesting case . Already discussed in #ECNeph . Trying to consolidate it.

🏥 I was called in for a nephrology consult for a patient admitted under pulmonology 🫁

🩸 Microscopic hematuria ++ Image
🧠 What do we think in a patient with hemoptysis? Image
🫘 The nephrologist brain in me thought it narrower. The first hit Image
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🔥 the Complement dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) test

🔥 Donor lymphocytes + recipient sera + compliment

🔥 the cells which die due to complement mediated cytotoxicity via recipient antibody binding to donor HLA allow the dye to enter inside and gives itself a red colour ImageImage
🔥 flow cross match

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