Some interesting insights here, including that people are much more influenced by *people they follow* switching platforms than by their own *followers* switching platforms.
Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801
YES! I was persuaded we would mourn Henry‘s death at the end. Using past tense to talk about him really threw me off.
I also enjoyed the scientific literature device of a case report to illustrate a disease turned a novel very much. #NephJC
Hi :) Judy joining in from Vienna, a little late since 9 pm EST is 3 am around here 😄 COI: I read „Looking for Alaska“ in high school and enjoyed it
Delivery of Palliative Care in the Last Year of Life to Individuals Receiving Maintenance Dialysis: A Population-Level Cross-Sectional Study
bit.ly/Bonares25OI #OpenAccess
#CKD
(Basic) ICU Hemodynamic “Secrets” - Part1:
I know you know them, but let’s remind ourselves of some basic hemodynamic "secrets":
New Commentary by Madhumitha Rajagopal on the #AJKDBlog:
Unseen, Unheard: The Silent Strain on Dialysis Caregivers bit.ly/RajagopalBlog (FREE)
Article by Driehuis et al: bit.ly/Driehuis25OI
P-values are fraught with hazard, but SO IS BAYESIAN STATISTICS
the Achilles heel of Bayesian stats is that someone determines a pre-test probability distribution (usually arbitrarily)
The pre-test probability is often too high
This inflates the final posterior probability
🧵 #1/4 #EMIMCC
Health Outcome Preferences and Trade-Offs Among Older Adults With Advanced CKD: A Discrete Choice Experiment
bit.ly/Schoot25OI #OpenAccess
#CKD
journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
A little goes a long way, and just by bringing up advanced care planning and asking a few questions about their preference even without a specific framework you‘ll probably deliver more EOL care than many other centers
Editorial by Marie Evans, Jenny Lindberg, and Johan Sundelöf:
Finding Barriers for the Implementation of Advanced Care Planning in Patients Receiving Dialysis
bit.ly/AJKD25EvansED (FREE)
NEW on the #AJKDBlog:
@maximalchange.bsky.social interviews the authors of a recent review of ADPKD, Sara S. Jdiaa and Reem A. Mustafa, and discusses prognosis, goals, and monitoring.
bit.ly/Jdiaa25 (FREE)
‘ Strawberry milkshake ´ dialysate in a Peritoneal Dialysis patient at PD onset ? What is your diagnosis ?
➡️ authors.elsevier.com/a/1lSI0_1y3u...
@inesdufour.bsky.social @clemencebechade.bsky.social @lobbedezt.bsky.social @hswapnil.medsky.social @kidneyint.bsky.social
Long-term Outcome of #Adult Patients With #Membranous Nephropathy Treated With #Rituximab
#VisualAbstract by @priti899.bsky.social
www.kireports.org/ar...
Review by Anjana Gopal, Janine Farragher, Sarbjit V. Jassal, and Istvan Mucsi:
Sleep Disorders in CKD
bit.ly/GopalREV25 (FREE)
doi.org/10.1093/ckj/...
🎨Check out the beautiful #visualabstract by #NephJC intern @shelliefravel.bsky.social
⏰Chat happening on July 8, 9 pm EST
www.nephjc.com/news/2025/7/...
GFR at RRT initiation trend from 2002 to 2022. GFR and peaked in 2010
The trend in the US was to start at higher GFRs throughout the 2000s and this peaked in 2010 and since then there has been a small decline in mean GFR at initiation but imo it is still too high.
Visual abstract - still needs work since KI doesn’t get professionals to do it! 🤷🏽♂️
Interesting data from Alberta
www.kidney-international.org/article/S008... in @kidneyint.bsky.social
GFR < 15 is classified as ‘kidney failure’ in most studies - but about a third of them die before starting RRT.
Is that glass half full or half empty? 🥃
#NephSky
➡️ Cognitive impairment and physical dysfunction associated with unplanned dialysis initiation www.kireports.org/ar...
In the latest video in our partnership with @glaucomflecken.bsky.social, the REGENCY trial investigating the efficacy and safety of obinutuzumab when added to standard therapy in patients with active proliferative lupus nephritis is explained. Access the article for free: nej.md/DrG20
Summary: urinary anion gap is not a good measure of urine ammonium and should be abandoned.
If you need to know the urinary ammonium, measure the urinary ammonium.
15/15
Bought it right away when I saw the announcement, finished it today and looking forward to the discussion :)
Determinants of Caregiver Burden Among Spouses of Patients With Kidney Failure: A Qualitative Study
bit.ly/42kNvWq #OpenAccess
#VisualAbstract
GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Outcomes, Safety, and BMI Change in a National Cohort of Dialysis Patients by Drs. Orandi, McAdams-DeMarco et al.
journals.lww.com/cjasn/abstra...
GLP-1 RA use in DM 2 patients on HD was associated with weight loss, reduced mortality, higher chance of waitlisting.
#POCUS in #Nephrology: Enthusiasm Alone Won't Suffice; Training Is Key".
@ajkd.bsky.social
The final typeset version is out. Here is the open access link 🔗 authors.elsevier.com/a/1lFg5_6ClS...
#Nephpearls #FOAMed
The rate of procedures for maintaining hemodialysis vascular access in new patients is 0.71 per year, with higher risks in adults with a primary central venous catheter. kidney.pub/KID0841
#ASNKidney360
A graph of the least-squares mean ratio of the change from baseline in the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio in the full analysis population.
In the CONFIDENCE trial in persons with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes, combination therapy with finerenone and empagliflozin led to a greater reduction in the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio than either drug alone. Full trial results: nej.md/4jEVbbk
#ERA25 #MedSky #Nephrology
