Tweet of the Week: Urine Eosinophils and NephroCheck

Dr. Faubel nailed the best comment about NephroCheck by reminding us while we pick apart the particulars of NephroCheck that we have some other dragons to slay:

@hswapnil @Nephro_Sparks @dr_nikhilshah btw, nephrocheck and urine eos cost about the same. urine eos useless. this much better. #nephjc

— sarah faubel (@doc_faubel) February 18, 2015

And then Edgar slides in with the appropriate #NephPearl (How does he do that so fast?)

@NephJC @doc_faubel Why I DO NOT order URINE EOSINOPHILS anymore #Nephpearls #NephJC http://t.co/NH9PdFK7fc pic.twitter.com/cbneNsoZPl

— Edgar V. Lerma (@edgarvlermamd) February 18, 2015

Tweet of the night

We had a great NephJC last night. We had a new contributor who was excellent, Eric Weinhandl of Minnesota.

those models for ESRD risk are like spinning plates. 31 events and HRs bounce around with every adjustment #nephjc

— Eric Weinhandl (@EWeinhandl) February 4, 2015

Dr. Weinhandl works with the new PEER Kidney Care Initiative. It looks like a cool project. Here is some press from Nephrology News and Issues.