Our NephJC NOSTONE editorial in Kidney Medicine is live. Great work from Renz Palisan, Nikita Pawar, and Rasha Alawieh; supported by Swap and Jade.
Read it here.
This week, we will discuss the ACHIEVE trial. Will spironolactone achieve CV benefits in ESRD?
The summer book club started in 2015, with one of the best books we have done in book club, Atul Gawande's Being Mortal. I think it should be required reading for all physicians. So now, in 2025, it is the NephJC Summer Book’s tenth anniversary (which represents our eleventh book). The history has been rich:
This week, we will discuss the phosphate targets in dialysis. Are you aiming for HIgh or Low?
This week, we will discuss the clinical significance of eGFRdiff, the difference in eGFRcys (cystatin C) and eGFRcr (creatinine).
Our NephJC NOSTONE editorial in Kidney Medicine is live. Great work from Renz Palisan, Nikita Pawar, and Rasha Alawieh; supported by Swap and Jade.
Read it here.
Thiazides to prevent rolling stones - the Ten Tweet summary of NOSTONE is here.
Welcome to #TenTweetNephJC - we’re again covering a practice changing trial, but unfortunately one that shows a treatment we’ve prescribed for decades for kidney stone prevention ain’t doing a huge amount....🧵 pic.twitter.com/j23gn9grw1
— Nephrology Journal Club (@NephJC) May 3, 2023
Check out the crisp VA on NOSTONE trial by Renz Pasilan
What’s your loop and thiazide of choice? Do you know which diuretics are better, faster, stronger? This week’s TenTweets is a two-fer (Chlorthalidone vs HCTZ and Furosemide vs Torsemide). Tweetorial catch-up here.
Welcome to #TenTweetNephJC
— Nephrology Journal Club (@NephJC) February 10, 2023
✳️10 tweets #NephJC catch-up ✳️
We all have our “go to” diuretics that are better, faster, stronger…but are they?
What evidence is there that one diuretic (in a class) is superior to another for CV outcomes?
It’s a 2-fer TenTweets.
Let’s go… pic.twitter.com/9Ms3zg8Z5z