Neph Grad from CMC Vellore
Consultant Nephrologist at IQRAA Hospital, Calicut
Sep 29, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
CKD-MBD - a commonly overlooked complication in our patient population
And one of the most under-prescribed drug (atleast in India) in the armamentarium is Cinacalcet
Here's a short thread on calcimimetics #medtweetorial#nephtweetorial#iqraakidneyclub
Mechanism of action?
As the name says -- a 'calcium' mimetic
Makes the CaSR in the parathyroid gland feel there's 'too much' calcium and suppresses PTH
Jul 14, 2020 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Rituximab in membranous nephropathy!
Quick poll - Has recent evidence changed your practice as first line therapy in membranous nephropathy?
Rituximab is crawling it’s way as part of immunotherapy in many diseases now
Jun 11, 2020 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
How and when do you screen for BK virus Nephropathy at your setting?
An update on BK virus Nephropathy today morning at #iqraakidneyclub
@hafeeq_benil@JyotishGopinat2@ranji72@drferoz
BKVAN is a 2-hit disease - with 1) local environmental factors in the kidney (IRI, ureteral injury during transplant) and 2) immunosuppression playing a key role
Risk factors can be donor/recipient/procedure/virus-related:
