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Avengers meet ICU #Nephpearls Credit: @DocScribbles – at Oak Brook, IL
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Urine eosinophils, please tell me your still not doing this and hopefully not teaching students to do this.
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The division of nephrology at Milan University Hospital 🇮🇹collaborated with a dairy artisan to produce a phosphate-free, dialysis-friendly cheese
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Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework via @NUIM_Chiefs grepmed.com/?q=hemoptysis #FOAMed #MedEd
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Here is a study from @KIReports that discusses long term outcome in the MYTHIC trial, HCV donor RNA positive and Recipient negative (HCV donor RNA+/R-) KT Image courtesy Medlineplus.gov
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*Season 1: The Congestion Cascade TRAILER* 1. Aortic Valve 2. LVOT 3. LV 4. Mitral Valve 5. Diastology 6. Pulmonary veins 7. Lungs 8. RVOT 9. RV 10. TV 11. IVC 12. Hepatic Vein Doppler 13. Portal Vein Doppler 14. Intrarenal venous Doppler 15. Exta & intrathoracic vessels
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New study reveals decades-old standard hypertension treatment may actually cause more harm than help bit.ly/3yjSsOt
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Hearing Loss and Kidney Disease What’s that you say? 👂 You haven’t heard about the relationship between hearing loss and CKD? Gather around and listen closely as we explore these seemingly separate organ systems that share structural pathology. 1/20 kireports.org/article/S2468-…
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Apparently macrophages (🟢) can repair ruptured blood vessels by pulling the broken ends back together…. 🤯 cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S… #MedTwitter

Macrophages Mediate the Repair of Brain Vascular Rupture through Direct Physical Adhesion and...

Luo and colleagues reveal a hitherto unexpected role of macrophages in the repair of brain vascular ruptures. Once rupture of brain blood vessel occurs, macrophages come to mediate the repair of the...

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MT @jbcarmody 1 Liter NS ~ 20 @LAYS bags (1 oz) of Potato 🥔 Chips #NephJC #Nephpearls – at Riverside, IL
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In the US, 6.6m patients use Furosemide vs 0.48m Torsemide. But why? Torsemide: -longer half-life -⬆️ absorption -⬇️ mortality?? (await TRANSFORM-HF) Furosemide: cost less. Or does it? Depends! Let’s compare cost by standardizing dosage of diuretics 👇🏾#cardiotwitter
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Resurgence of Urine Microscopy !onlinedigeditions.com/public… - #UrinarySediment #UrineMicroscopy @always_oncall

Kidney News • July 2021 13#7 • Page 20

Dedicated to trainees and educators, our July issue looks at open access education platforms and advances in education in subspecialties, including transplantation, glomerular diseases, home dialys...

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Just submitted my bracket for #nephmadness ! #nephmadnessnewbie
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Do you use base excess in your routine clinical assessment of acid-base status? If so, please share when do you find it most useful.
12%Often
15%Sometimes
73%No
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Yes, this was actually a thing.
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Even more intense than the great #TeamHagfish and #TeamSeahorse debate of #NephMadness 2021
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Need a quick reference to learn urine microscopy fast? Brush up on your #LiquidBiopsy here and be sure to go to #NephMadness to read the urine sediment articles by the best in the (high power) field. saltwebsite.org/#/nea-nephro…
I have seen several cases of new onset proteinuria after starting rosuvastatin which is reversed by switching to atorvastatin. Be on the lookout for this ADE as it’s documented in the literature.
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Thanks to @FissellIv and @krishnaadit for an excellent overview of artificial kidneys in this year’s #NephMadness. buff.ly/3cMsEzV
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