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Nephrologist = kidney philosopher. History lover. Aspiring to be better. Freethinker. #NSMC2022, #NSMC faculty, #NephJC #kireports #ERA
Oct 24 8 tweets 4 min read
ne of the last few presentations of today's comes from @VelezNephHepato, of course on hepato-nephrology in acute settings #KidneyWk

⏩Starting with an interesting case O hard to define hepato-renal syndrome type 1 Image
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2/ / Did you know that in 2024, the definition of HRS type 1 was updated? #KidneyWk

What's new, or more comprehensively defined about diagnostics?

❗️Absence of strong evidence for an alternative explanation as the primary cause of AKI

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38527522/Image
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Oct 23 8 tweets 3 min read
1/ There is some beauty and fascination in doing CRRT… yeah, the philosophy and physiology of it..
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2/ but less palpable evidence in favor of CRRT, as shown by RENAL study and IVOIRE study #KidneyWk Image
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Nov 3, 2023 10 tweets 5 min read
🧵intriguing enough, no? Thiazides in dialysis

How many of us do we use them?
#KidneyWk Image 2/ here is what the guideline say 👇
🛑 mainly, no thiazides under eGFR of 30 ml/min
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Nov 3, 2023 9 tweets 4 min read
Drug Dosing in Kidney
Diseases and Dialysis: Factors That Affect Drug Clearance

By Linda Awdishu

@hswapnil moderating

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2/ Drug pharmacokinetics can be influenced by
👉absorbtion
👉distribution
👉elimination
👉 protein binding

#kidneywk

ajkd.org/article/S0272-…
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Nov 7, 2022 12 tweets 10 min read
🧵1/ A nephrologist's retrospective
🤔This is the result!
Among talented, dedicated people I was nominated, I somehow won. I felt humble and shocked... So unreal, trying to understand why my name is there
#NephjCkidneys #NSMC

nephjc.com/news/2022/11/5… Image 2/ 🧵Here it starts, in Jan 2022:
Hi, my name is Cristina, and I'm a🇷🇴nephrologist, too shy to stand out in a crowd, lost after finishing my residency. Teaching, the idea of continuing my Phd made me keep my head above the water
Too busy with life, constantly seeking