Send tips to this POCUS novice nephrologist on how to get cardiac views on women's chests because

Looking into old cups in our cupboard and am I just biased but does that not look like a blue kidney

On more than one occasion, I've had a patient apologize to me with tears in their eyes because things took a turn for the worse after they ignored my advice.

It kind of pains me honestly. I'll never take offense for a patient's decision. All I really want is to make sure nothing bad happens.

First time watching Wicked and I'm relieved to realize I wasn't hallucinating when they were talking about dialysis in one of the songs

Each mortality still makes me feel sad. Grief is still such a jarring emotion to behold.
I still can't help but apologize.

I'm sorry we couldn't do enough.
I'm sorry this happened to your family.
I hope you know we tried our very best.

Albuminuria, an established biomarker of the progression of CKD, is also recognized as a biomarker for the risk of CVD (ca. 2024)
#Nephpearls #NephSky #Cardiorenal

👉🏼 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38214258/

Have to look for a Bisaya equivalent to swero 😅 because if I have to lecture another HCW that saline isn't dextrose, I will become very annoying

To celebrate the growing #medsky / #nephsky community, I will post one silly med/kidney cartoon every day for one month! d5: intrarenal AKI

My new personal advocacy as a Filipino nephrologist is to undo the usage of the word "dextrose" as an umbrella term for IV Fluids.

Yeeeeeeeyyyy followed everyone!