❌ I thought frailty was only for geriatricians .

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

#isncon23 @arvindcanchi @SayaliBThakare @Kavitasv20 @BeheraVineet 🔥 how do you measure FRAILTY 📏

🔥Patient started on peritoneal dialysis has decreased ultrafiltration

😩worsening breathing difficulty

🩻 showed right sided pleural effusion

⁉️what’s the diagnosis and how do you approach? #ispd23 @VinBhargava @happiedoc

🔥 isotope peritoneography

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 📍 how do you define tunnel infection ?

🔥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 ?

🔥 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 ++ 🧠 What do we think in a patient with hemoptysis?

🔥 Points on transplant immunology by Prof. Dr. Jeremy Chapman 🔥 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

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 🔥 few ♥️ cardinal points of immunosuppression

🔥Had a small presentation (12 min ) on Rituximab in ANCA vasculitis . Few things I learnt while making it 🔥How do we know that B lymphocytes play a prominent role in pathogenesis of ANCA vasculitis ?

Hi every one , once again back with nephrotic syndrome

What is steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome ? 🤔🤔

Its two 2⃣ s

2⃣ consecutive relapses while on steroid therapy or

within 2⃣ weeks of stopping steroids What are the steroid sparing agents in steroid dependent nephrotic syndrome in children 👶? 🤔🤔

👉🧨I always had difficulty in getting this numbers right as a resident 🤫🤫 so , lets revise 😀