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Transplant fellow @OttawaRenal/ Kidney doctor/ @ISNEducation SoMe Team member - Lead #ISNTweetorial/ @WomenNeph_India SoMe Team member Tweets are my own
May 15, 2020 25 tweets 11 min read
Did you check out the latest SKG case? Read all about it in this awesome and fun thread by @nepherson
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⚡️Taking inspiration, here’s a 🧵on the complications of hyponatremia

#NSMC #Tweetorial @TheSkeletonKG
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But before we start - I have two words for you!

☝️OSMOLALITY and
✌️TONICITY

Are they the same or are they not?
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May 2, 2020 23 tweets 9 min read
This week at #NephJC we took a break from #COVID19 to discuss the @NEJM ISCHEMIA-CKD trial🧑‍🏫👨‍🏫
⚡️For those of you who missed it, here’s a recap in the form of a🧵
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Thanks @amyaimei and @Vernisartan for being such great mentors and helping me out! #NSMC But first, lets take a quick poll
👉Do you advise your patients with advanced CKD (GFR<30 mL/min/1.73m2) and moderate myocardial ischemia to go for coronary angiography?👈
Mar 12, 2020 15 tweets 5 min read
Happy #WorldKidneyDay!
We had a brilliant #NephJC discussion on ISPD 2020 recommendations yesterday!
To commemorate this day, here's a small compilation of some important PD studies - On solute and fluid clearance -

CANUSA
CANUSA Re-analysis
ADEMEX
HONGKONG TRIAL
EAPOS
NECOSAD 2
NECOSAD

CCr = creatinine clearance
pCCr = peritoneal creatinine clearance
Feb 14, 2020 10 tweets 2 min read
PEXIVAS - The groundbreaking results of this trial are finally out!! A quick recap of some of the landmark trials in vasculitis

⚫INDUCTION TRIALS
☑️ NORAM
☑️ CYCLOPS
☑️ RAVE
☑️ RITUXIVAS
☑️ MEPEX
☑️ MYCYC
☑️ CORTAGE NORAM ⏩ Methotrexate 🆚 oral cyclophosphamide ⏩ Methotrexate not inferior but associated with shorter time to relapse

CYCLOPS ⏩ IV pulse cyclophosphamide 🆚 daily oral cyclophosphamide ⏩ IV pulse not inferior to oral but associated with more relapses